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Why do Russians add -то behind a word?
Just watched a Russian show today (The Road To Calvary), and I noticed they frequently add -то behind a word.
For example:
«Когда ж это будет-то»
«А потом-то вернетесь»
What does adding -то mean?
If I were to remove the -то from the word, is the…
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Why do I keep seeing зову́т for third person singular?
I've seen phrases like Как его зовут? in several places, but when I look up зовут, it appears to be the third person plural. Why is it being used for the singular, here?
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Why "лук" is a mass noun while "огурец" is not?
In Russian, we use some fruit and vegetable names as mass nouns and don't form plural for them:
Салат с луком / капустой / клубникой
while the others do form plural:
Салат с огурцами / кабачками / артишоками / помидорами
Also, if you ask…
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Does "есть" mean to eat or to have?
I'm very new to Russian and was wondering if the word есть has different meanings? I thought it meant eat, but then noticed it was being used in different contexts.
Forgive the simplicity of my question — as I said, I'm just starting out.
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In Russian, can "мы" be used to refer to "you" in conversation?
А чего это мы такие ворчливые?
I just received an IM from my girlfriend, in which she used the pronoun "мы" (jokingly, I suppose) although it was I alone who was grumbling about something in a previous message.
I wonder if this is an equivalent of…
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How acceptable is to omit pronouns in certain verb usages?
That's it, for example, is it acceptable to say Люблю тебя, or do you have to use я Люблю тебя. Or читал книгу instead of Я читал книгу?
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Are there some typical mistakes made by native Georgian speakers when speaking Russian?
I've been living in Georgia for half a year and most of my friends are fluent in Russian.
I've been focused on learning Georgian rather than Russian so far. But when I want to learn some Russian too, am I likely to pick up some bad habits by…
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Is "ну ты бухать" grammatically valid?
I don't understand what makes "ну ты бухать" a valid language construct. Can anybody point out some references?
Is it some sort similar to "ну ты даешь"?
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Не справился с управлением транспортным средством/транспортного средства?
What way is correct here?
... водитель не справился с управлением транспортным средством
or
... водитель не справился с управлением транспортного средства
brilliant
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Why do Russians say "Чего?" and not "Что?" when they didn't understand something?
Иди, дело есть. ― Чего? ― спросил Карусельщик с подозрением, но из тумана все же показался. // [Елена Хаецкая. Синие стрекозы Вавилона/ Семеро праведных в раю господина (2004)]
Could anybody explain why чего is used in genitive here?
In English…
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What part of speech is 'на!' when used for 'take!'?
Not sure what part of speech 'на!' is when used in the meaning of 'take!'
Trident D'Gao
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Склоняется ли слово "коала"?
On some sites коала, коалы, коале, коалу, коалой/коалою, коале
On some sites коала, коала, коала, коала, коала, коала
What is right?
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Use of Dative after учить etc
I've always had trouble figuring out why the dative is used in such constructions:
Я учу драконов русскому языку каждый день—вот беда моя!
So why is the verb учить followed by an accusative object then the dative? Is the literal meaning something…
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Difference in meaning between locative and prepositional cases
In some cases one can write either в тазе/в тазу...на мысе/на мысу...в снегу/в снеге... и.т.д.
Is there a difference in meaning between the old locative case (у,ю endings) and the prepositional case?
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