Russian spelling
The letter ё in the Russian language
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I'm getting the impression that in most written Russian text they don't distinguish between е and ё . The don't write ё, always e. For example, in...
Russian Spelling Rule, И after К,Г,Х,Ш,Щ,Ч, Ж
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Did you know that we always write the letter и and not ы after the letters ш, щ, ч and ж and after к, г, х in the endings. For example, МалышИ: Babies ЩИт: Shield ЖИвотное: Animal МечИ:...
Russian Spelling Rules, Е and O after Ц
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Did you know that, if the ending of a noun is stressed, we use the vowel о after ц in the Instrumenal case. However, we use the vowel е if...
Russian Nouns Ending in ЦИЯ and СИЯ
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Did you know that the majority of English nouns of Latin origin, ending in -tion (organisation, ovation, capitulation, etc.), end in ция in Russian? However, when a noun of Latin...
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Did you know that in the Russian language there are consonants that can be silent in some letter combinations? Here is a small list: вств (здравствуй, чувствовать, явственный, девственный), silent в. здн (праздновать, праздник, поздний,...
The Difference between то же and тоже
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Did you know that spelling is extremely important in the Russian language? For example, тоже means "also, too" and то же means "the same". Я тоже хочу купить платье. I also...
7-letter rule (г, к, х, ж, ш, ч, щ)
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The 7-letter rule is an important spelling rule in Russian that has no exceptions.The rule applies to these letters no matter where they are in the word - whether they...
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The 5-letter spelling rule applies only to the endings of Russian nouns, adjectives, participles and pronouns. After the letters ж, ш, ч, щ, ц, write o if the ending is stressed...
Words that start with ПОЛ-: Meaning and Spelling
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You may have already noticed that in Russian, the collocation "половина чего-то"(half of something) can transform into an independent word. See for yourself. половина часа = полчаса (half an hour) ...
