r/russian

I'm a medical student studying in Belarus, do you guys have any resources that you know of which might help improve my russian? It doesn't specifically have to be medicine-related, but that would be very helpful too. We were taught russian grammar for 2 years so I'm fine with that area, but I could use a refresher, I find the падеж a bit difficult

I've asked my entire dormitory around for phrases/poems with curse words and what not, does anyone have anything to add?

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‎Понеслась пизда по кочкам

‎За ясно ебут потрясно

‎ни кого не жалко жизнь большая свалка

‎в пизде на гвозде

‎уебеби себя об стенку писькой об коленку

‎Чай дохлебиваем и уебываем

‎Тихо спиздил и ушел называется нашёл

‎Понаражают и не топят

‎Пиздит как дышит а дышит он часто

‎Растудысь в твою тудысь

‎Фак ю бич соси кирпич

‎Вот те на те — хуй в томате

‎Все пучком и пизда торчком

‎Тюрьма не хуй сиди кайфуй

‎Дают бери, бьют беги

‎Груша яблоко повидло, завали ебало быдло

‎Смех смехом а пизда к верху мехом

‎Хуе хуе хулиган, оторву тебе еблан

‎Жизнь говно, все бабы бляди, солнце гребённый фонарь

‎Вемени не тратя даром, похмеляйся солнце даром

Шалаш

Улыбок тебе дед Макар

Hi. I'm confused by something Duolingo is showing me.

In most cases it seems when counts of something are presented, the noun becomes plural so три собаки, две недели etc. But then for words like мальчик it goes to два мальчика instead of мальчики. Similar with часа и часы. Whats the pattern? Is it like saying "two examples of a boy" instead of "two boys"?

This is probably a dumb question, but im only a month or two into this.

Здравствуйте!

Я ищу русское издание книги Филипа Карло The Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez.

После смены телефона я потеряла свою электронную копию и теперь не могу её найти. Подскажите, пожалуйста:

• существует ли официальный перевод этой книги на русский язык?
• если да, как называется русское издание?
• где его можно легально купить или прочитать в электронном виде?

Буду очень благодарна за любую информацию или подсказку!

I know (or heard) that Russians avoid interactions with strangers, which I do as well here in Belgium so that's not a problem

However, I do want to know how greetings work if you have to order at a restaurant or café, or if you have a question in a store

I know the basic привет and Duolingo gave me more things like good afternoon, good morning, good day, good evening, goodnight, but how much do they matter?

It also gave me извините which sounds more useful for questions

I'm asking this because when I started learning French, I found out that it's frowned upon to use bonjour after 5pm and that not saying bonjour before entering a room is rude as well. I thought it was just a stereotype, but my French teacher doubled down on it before our trip to Paris.

However, on my trip to Poland, I could just use dzień dobry all the time

So yeah, I want to know how the locals do it. I know that it's just привет with close friends, but I don't have those yet ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I doubt that I'll be able to do an exchange to Russia in the circumstances but I will be studying the language at university

I am a native speaker of Serbo-Croatian (Montenegrin specifically) and have been somewhat exposed to Russian through games such as STALKER, METRO and CSGO. And even though I understand mostly whenever I am conversing with other Russians I get mad that my vocabulary is the bare minimum, literally below the A2 level. At first I had though that similar and shared vocabulary will make it easier, but I soon realized that it was just either situation-specific vocabulary or totally useless words/phrases (those I learnt in aforementioned games).

I stumbled upon Olly Richard's book entitled "Short Stories in Russian" and gave it a try. It has everything one serious learner of Russian language needs; marked stress on each syllable for each word, there's a glossary at the end of each chapter, but I still wasn't fond of it. Most of the words I knew and those I didn't, I quickly found some same root across other Slavic languages and memorized them fairly easily. Then I tried joining a Discord server and once I started speaking I was fumbling and couldn't find proper words to say at the right time. I would either completely forget the word I was about to say or I'd just try to "borrow" some from my native tongue in hope the other person would understand me either through context or that word would be exactly the same in both languages, but mostly it wasn't the case. I had to refer to Yandex and/or Gemini to properly convey my message, but I knew I was doing something wrong.

Any advice? Thanks in advance :)

Hi! I'm a native Russian speaker looking to practice my English with native speakers. My level is probably around B2, maybe edging into C1 in some areas, but I'd say B2 is the safer estimate.

If you're learning Russian or just want to chat, or maybe do some cultural exchange, I'd be happy to help — feel free to reach out. I'm into film, music, history, and linguistics, among other things, so there's a decent chance we'd find something to talk about beyond just language practice. Write something about yourself in the comments if you wish.

Hello! I'm writing a fiction novel and opted to make the setting in St. Petersburg. Many of the characters I use speak Russian and I want to make sure I'm using words correctly and not sounding incredibly stupid.

For terms of endearment, I frequently use *dorogaya* to refer to someone as darling. I've also used *moya lyubov* to refer to someone as "my love."

I use a number of swear words in the novel and want to make sure that they are placed correctly. Frequently in English someone will yell out "fuck" when upset. Would it be grammatically correct to use the equivalent in the same place? Would I use the direct translation or is there an alternative that would be used instead?

For derogatory terms, I've used direct translations. These have only been used between people who are familiar with one another. I just don't know if there's another way to get the insult across in the way we would call someone an asshole or a bastard.

Edit: I chose Russia for many reasons but at this point I would have to rewrite over 200 pages to change the location. I just don't want to offend or sound stupid when I finally do get the guts to post it somewhere.

ik to talk russian properly but idk how to read or write. im planning to go to russia next year for studies so how do I learn this nd how long wd it take

Hi! I'm a young russian learner and have been learning russian for literally like 4 days. It's an interesting language honestly and i have a few russian friends.

anyway, to get to the point---is it normal to write using the block/print letters instead of cursive? i feel slightly pressured to learn the cursive as a beginner because my russian friends all write very naturally in russian cursive. i don't know if that makes sense, but whatever.

so should i focus on learning cursive so i can master it quickly or would it be easier to learn the block letters first?

Looking for a good source to buy Russian books in the US (online)

Currently trying to find copies of

<Аелита> Алексей Толстой
Aelita by Alexei Tolstoy

<Красная звезда> Александр Богданов
Red Star by Alexander Bogdanov

<Долгий путь к маленькой сердитой планете> Бекки чамберс
Long way to a small angry planet by Becky Chambers