Easter is the important celebration for Christians. Easter is identical with Jesus. Paul called it “the Passover lamb”. The Christian congregation today believes that Jesus was crucified, died and buried. Then on the third day rose from the dead. Easter celebrates the day of the resurrection. This is the most important celebration because it commemorates […]
Easter Day symbolizes the passion and death of Jesus Christ. A series of great day begins with the celebration of White Thursday, Good Friday, and Quiet Saturday then the Easter Sunday evidences as the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. There is one unique thing that has always been synonymous with this great celebration, the […]
Have you found an easy ways to learn Russian language? You can check other best ways to learn Russian online here. Well, in the previous post we learn about Imperative and subjunctive mood Russian verbs. Now, let’s learn about one of the conjunction ‘чтобы’. This conjunction is used in subjunctive or conditional mood. Чтобы is often used to answer questions зачем? (why?), для чего? (what for?), с какой целью? (for what purpose?). Details about the function of чтобы as you can […]
Most Russians celebrate New Year’s Eve with family and close friends. New year’s celebration in Russia comes from the celebration of Christmas. Big holiday in Russia is Christmas before Communist Party have banned the religious festivities. Russians celebrate the New Year as much as possible as Christmas, but exclude the religious aspect. Its compensation because […]
Ded Moroz and Snegurochka as Symbol of Christmas in Russia. Ded Moroz and Snegurochka are popular figures in Russia, especially in Christmas and New Year. Who are they? Orthodox Christianity is the most widely embraced religion in Russia. Like other Christians, Orthodox Christians also celebrate Christmas. But uniquely they celebrate Christmas not on December 25, […]
Formal Situation 1. Извините If you are in hurry and hit someone’s shoulder, and you want to apologize you rather use извините (excuse me). извините is more polite and specifically mean (excuse me). Example : А сейчас извините, мне звонят. ‘A sejchas izvinite, mne zvonjat.’ (If you’ll excuse me, I have a call.) Извините, который […]
Orthodox Easter Day in Russia is not much different with other Christians in the other country. Even if there is a difference, it is not a matter of principle. Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant Christians alike believe in the resurrection of Christ. The Easter celebrations in Russia are unlike anywhere else. Russians are more focused on […]
On our previous lesson, we have learned about preposition –ко. Now, let’s take a look at another Russian preposition which is easily can be found and one of common prepositions that being used in sentences. Let us introduce you to the preposition –по. Literally, preposition –по has meanings as after, on and upon. We usually […]
Studying terms related to time in Russian might be a little complex, but don’t worry you can learn it slowly from the basic like ordinal number followed with genitive case so you can really understand how to tell time in Russia. After that you can start learning about time of the day, frequency, and specified […]
In this lesson, you will learn specifically how to ask time in Russian, either time of the day, how long the time will go, and another way to talk about time. Before you come here you can learn the basic about time from ordinal number, genitive case, how to tell time, and time expression in […]