Questions tagged [other-languages]

Questions that are partly about languages other than Russian.

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What is the understanding of Church Slavonic among Russian native speakers?

Let's say we have a native Russian speaker, who never learned or heard Church Slavonic. If he listens to a text in this language (I mean contemporary CS as used by today's Orthodox Church and with Russian pronunciation), how much would he…
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where can I learn everyday Russian for free?

I want to improve my Russian language skills (esp. speaking). Could you please post any useful online sources (for example: language chats, poscasts, videos..)
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"Ne pas" and "не раз"

I'm an English speaker learning Russian and from the little bit of French that I know the negation construct "ne pas" feels quite similar to "не раз". Is there in fact a historical connection between these two negation constructs?
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