Posted in Russian on Aug 23rd, 2007
Various languages have different levels of politeness for speaking with other people.
The forms of the Politeness depend on the culture and in the native language.
There are various levels of politeness. This may be expressed in the type of words/vocabulary that one uses, or it may also be an integral part of a language’s grammar.
Languages with only [...]
Posted in Russian on Aug 20th, 2007
Onomatopoeia is a word(s) that imitate the sound of an item it is describing. This word is of the Greek origin ”onoma” (name) and “poio” (to create) which means “name creation”.
Onomatopoeia covers a wide range of sounds, the sounds made by animals, devices, musical instruments and so on. It’s important to be aware that in different parts of the world, [...]
Posted in Russian on Aug 15th, 2007
A palindrome is a word, phrase, number or sentence that reads the same in either direction.
The word “palindrome” was coined from the Greek roots (palin) “back” and (dromos) “way, direction”.
If you are called Анна, Алла, Боб or Натан, your name is a palindrome. Backwards or forwards, it is spelled the same way.
Palindromes may consist of a single word: ротор, мадам, кабак, лапал, доход, [...]
Posted in Russian on Jul 16th, 2007
Russian is the most widely spoken language of Eurasia and the most widespread of the Slavic languages.
Russian is a Slavic language in the Indo-European family. From the point of view of the spoken language, its closest relatives are Ukrainian and Belarusian, the other two national languages in the East Slavic group.
The basic vocabulary, principles of [...]
