После дождливого, обычного для Питера июля, август выдался теплым и солнечным. Всю неделю сослуживцы рассказывали о своих грибных достижениях в прошедшие выходные, и Грибов решил взять день из своих неиспользованных отпускных и поехать в лес. Накопившиеся проблемы тревожили, а лес как-то успокаивал и освежал и, казалось, заряжал его энергией. Read More
The weather that summer day was nice. I love this kind of weather when it is rather warm, but not hot. I remember that day because such an unusual thing occurred that I will never forget.
It happened in August. I had a day off and decided to go to the forest to pick mushrooms. This is a favorite Russian pastime in August. It is a kind of hunting. We even call it “quiet hunting.” I love to walk in the forest. I believe the trees can recharge me. As I said, the weather was perfect. And everything was okay in my life then. I loved and I was loved. My parents were healthy. My friends were nice. Even my job gave me satisfaction and enough money to feel independent. The air in the forest was fresh and
clean. There were a lot of mushrooms, so I filled up my basket quickly. I continued to walk, thinking about many different things. After a while, I decided to take a little rest and began to search for a good place. I found a small meadow with a huge pine tree in the middle. It seemed that the white, soft moss around the tree invited me to lie down and take a nap under that pine tree. So I did. And I had a very strange dream. Even now, I do not know whether it was dream or something else. Read More
Many of my friends love the fact that I speak Russian to my child and are surprised by the replies to me in Russian and to them in English. At almost 2 already knows the difference between the two languages and sounds different in each of them. Some of my friends are multilingual too and I myself love listening to them speaking their language. As I speak a lot of languages, plenty of times I can actually understand what is going on. Read More
It’s not an easy question, because it’s hard to tell what actually counts as a word.
For example a word shape. Is it one word or two, or even three? It can be a verb (meaning to form), can be a noun (meaning figure). In the expression shape of mind (state) it is translated into Russian with a different noun.
The biggest Russian Modern dictionary contains around 200,000 entries. This dictionary does not have jargon, swear or archaic words. It also does not contain a lot of special terms – for that purpose, there are many other specific dictionaries: medical, agricultural, juristic, etc.
According to Oxford Press the Second Edition of the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary contains full entries for 171,476 words in current use, and 47,156 obsolete words.
But what is more important that on average a well-educated person knows and uses only around 6000 – 8000 words.
Это не простой вопрос, потому что, во-первых, не так легко понять, что считается за слово.
Самый большой словарь современного русского языка содержит около 200 000 слов. Но в этот словарь не включены жаргон, мат или архаичные слова. Он также не содержит специальную терминологию: медицинскую, сельскохозяйственную, юридическую, и т.д.
Но для всех тех, кто хочет выучить русский язык, важно знать – сколько слов надо выучить, чтобы хорошо говорить по-русски? Ответ на этот вопрос будет различаться, в зависимости от ваших целей, но вам будет полезно узнать, что в среднем хорошо образованный русскоговорящий человек использует только около 6000 – 8000 слов!
Когда я была маленькой девочкой и ходила в детский сад и потом в школу, самым любимым и долгожданным праздником для меня был Новый Год. К его встрече и родители , и дети всегда готовились заранее. В доме каждой семьи почти за неделю до праздника, а то и еще раньше, наряжали живую ель. С игрушками в те времена было не так хорошо, как сегодня и поэтому многие гирлянды, фонарики и снежинки мы с сестрой делали сами из белой и разноцветной бумаги и особенно, если повезет, из гофрированной бумаги и фольги. Ещё на ёлку мы вешали стеклянные шары и бусы, а также шары с фосфорным покрытием, которые светились в темноте. Это было здорово и необыкновенно загадочно и красиво! Read More
Many people say that giving yourself a New Year’s resolution is a waste of time, but it is not so. Just the other week I was listening to NPR and they said ” And believe it or not – believe it or not – a large percentage of people who make resolutions actually do stick to them.”
What are your New Year’s resolutions? Hopefully one of them is to learn Russian. Whether you are a complete beginner and are just starting your journey with the Russian language or have been at it for a while, a new year is always a good time to regroup and invest into your studies. Read More
Following Easter and Christmas, Kreschenije (Baptism ) is one of the most important religious holidays in the lives of Russian Orthodox people. This day is in honor of John the Baptist who baptized Christ in the Jordan River.