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The Untranslatable Russian Word: It Baffles Foreigners
There are many words in the Russian language that are impossible or extremely difficult to translate into other languages.
Timur Khomichev Russian language words translation languages People and Events 30 November 2024
This harmless Russian word used to have a scary meaning: here's what grandpa used to mean
The word "grandfather" used to have two meanings.
Timur Khomichev Russian language words meaning of words grandfather People and Events 8 November 2024
A unique word in the Russian language: its meaning changes depending on the stress
In the Russian language there is a unique word whose meaning depends on the stress.
Timur Khomichev words stress in words meaning of words Russian language People and Events 1 September 2024
These 4 words are used incorrectly by 90% of people, without understanding their true meaning.
There are words that even highly educated and literate people use incorrectly.
Timur Khomichev words meaning of words Russian language People and Events 30 July 2024
These 3 words are used inappropriately, terrifying people: do not say this so as not to lose face
There are a few words that are often used completely inappropriately.
Timur Khomichev words meaning of words Russian language People and Events 29 July 2024
How do you translate the word "sausage" into Russian? You're unlikely to guess, although the answer is obvious
Few people know that there are as many as three versions of the origin of this word.
Timur Khomichev sausage Russian language words meaning of words People and Events 19 July 2024
"Dinner": This word used to have a different meaning. Have you heard of it?
Nowadays we call the evening meal "dinner", but in the past the word "supper" was used for it.
Timur Khomichev dinner words Russian language meaning of words People and Events 16 July 2024
Why are baby teeth called that: the ancient Greeks know the answer
Milk teeth "come into the world" at about six months of age.
Elena Shimanovskaya teeth Name People and Events 27 June 2024
This Russian word cannot be translated into other languages: Dostoevsky was especially fond of it
There are many words in the Russian language that are impossible or very difficult to translate into other languages.
Timur Khomichev Russian language words languages meaning of words People and Events 23 June 2024
This Russian word is impossible to explain to a foreigner. Although everyone has encountered it at least once in their life
Only in Russia is there a specific definition of the process, although people drink and cure their hangovers in other countries as well.
Pavel Gospodarik Top news hangover Russian language language People and Events 31 May 2024
Even the Internet Can't Help You Spell This Word Correctly: What's the Difficulty?
To this day, many popular websites dedicated to the Russian language do not reflect the changes recorded by the Academic Russian Spelling Dictionary.
Pavel Gospodarik Top news Russian language dictionary internet People and Events 28 May 2024
A mistake in this word immediately reveals an illiterate person: its meaning changes depending on the stress
If you put the wrong emphasis on one of the syllables of a word, you can get into trouble and be considered illiterate.
Pavel Gospodarik Top news Russian language stress in words meaning People and Events 27 May 2024
Almost everyone mispronounces this word: abroad, such a mistake is rare
This word, denoting an object of worship, came into the Russian language from French.
Timur Khomichev Russian language words stress in words People and Events 18 April 2024
A mistake in this word immediately gives away an illiterate person: it is in every kitchen, but 90% of people write it incorrectly
This unusual word refers to an object with holes that can be found in every kitchen.
Timur Khomichev Russian language words mistakes People and Events 17 April 2024
In the USSR, this is what they called those who cut in line: today's youth won't even understand what we're talking about
This slang became entrenched in the Russian language during the war in Afghanistan.
Timur Khomichev USSR Russian language words People and Events 16 April 2024
80% of people get this word wrong: you hear it at work
This word is one of the most frequently used in the Russian language.
Timur Khomichev Russian language words stress in words mistakes People and Events 14 April 2024
What is the longest word in the world: it takes 57 pages to write and more than three hours to pronounce
There is a word in the world that has 189,918 letters, making it the longest word in history. This word is the chemical name for the protein titin, which is responsible for muscle elasticity.
Elena Shimanovskaya record Guinness Book of Records Records and anti-records 4 April 2024
This Russian word cannot be explained to foreigners: it came into our language from the Bible – now it has a different meaning
Analogues of this word in other languages do not convey the full depth of meaning.
Timur Khomichev words meaning of words Russian language languages People and Events 3 April 2024
The longest word in the world has been named: it had 65 letters – don’t even try to read it
A word consisting of 65 letters has been deleted from the German dictionary.
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This Russian word has no equivalent abroad: it is difficult to explain to foreigners
There are many words in the Russian language that are difficult to explain to foreigners.
Timur Khomichev language Russian language languages words People and Events 2 April 2024