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ТРКИ-4 Чтение: тексты 19-ого и 20-ого века Одна из задач в тесте ТРКИ-4 чтение касается определения времени происхождения текста. Вся сложность заключается в том, что фрагменты предложенные тестируемым относятся не к литературе, а к научно-популярной публицистике. Возникает вопрос как отличить текст 19-ого или 18-ого …
Watching Movies in Russian as a Way of Boosting Your Skills Question: I take it from your command of both Russian and English that you read a lot. Good for you. I don’t. No time for this. I also don’t live in Russia. Do you …
Do you think your Russian is awkward? Have you ever said anything especially awkward in Russian? I wonder what it was? Post a comment below, if you have a story to share.
Trying to speak Russian you may have experienced a certain amount of awkwardness. Reading this, you might recall some of your sputtering attempts at communicating in a Russian airport, all the while dragging a bulky luggage, looking gawky, and generally presenting yourself in an ungraceful manner. At some point, you might have even lost self-control and acted like a bull in a china shop? Well, you aren’t the only one.
Ways to say “a lot”, “many” in Russian Taking your Russian to the advanced level means you need to give your Russian vocabulary a serious boost. Synonyms are a big part of it and–as you can see looking at these vocabulary activities–they’re a big …