r/russian

hi guys this jas been really tricking me how to pronounce these few words:

море - does the е reduce to an и or no, because logically it should but to my ear it doesnt really sound like it

моря - same with this one does я reduce to an и?

без - same woth this one too, are there any reductions happening

нашей - same with this is it е -> и? and because its after ш does it sound like ы?

thanks to all replies this would really help

I started to learn Russian yesterday, and there is a thing I don't understand. Can someone explain to me the verbe to be and to have? Because I know the basic conjugation , like Ya ty on/Ona my ty oni yest. But how I'm doing it if I want to say, for example, Anastasia is beautiful or Anastasia is in the park? And for the verb to have, there are 3 words. The 1rst word is u. The words in the middle are the pronouns, right? And the 3rd word is yest. Can someone explain it to me? How do I say Lola has 26 fingers, or Lola has red hair? It's so complicated 😅😅😅

Hello, where could I meet Russian people and make friends with them or at least exchange some convos. I'm trying few language learning apps I'll give it some time, but other than that idk. I want to learn the language and also meet new people. I know you guys are pretty much restricted bes of the war, so idk what my options are. I have telegram but idk how to use it.

I'm 20y old, living near Belgrade, there are some of russians here but all of them are older than me.
I'm into travel, gym, nature and gaming.
If someone could help me out I'll be grateful!

I'm still learning and trying to understand Russian language. Sorry if this is a stupid question

Both translate as "Chisel"

I'm thinking of the words "двое, трое, четверо, пятеро etc.". According to my grammar book, it is used with masculine animate nouns and in some other cases, such as items that come in pair (a pair of scissors). So... do you say "Я вижу пятерых мужчин" instead of "пять"? Я вижу "двух детей" or "я вижу двоих детей"? "C четырьмя ножницами" or "c четверы́ми"?

I'm thinking of expressions like "двести грамм сыру" vs "сыра". Same with "сахар", "чашка чаю", кусочек хлеба/у, etc. Do you rather use the -y ending or the simple genitive ending?

Hi guys, I’d like to give you a heads-up that English isn’t my native language either.

So in my russian course we are currently learning times in russian. But telling time spans is still not clear to me.

For example: from 8:20 to 8:40

I would either say:

С двадцати минут девятого до без двадцати девять

Or

С двадцати минут девятого до без двадцати девяти

I guess to say it in this way is in general a bit uncommon under native speakers (?)

But generally we have to say it like that.

The only confusing thing for me is, if девять has to be put in genitive or not because of the до.

Thanks in advance

Sorry if the title is a bit confusing. I don’t know what else to call it lol.

So basically, I’m relearning Russian (I used to know it well when I was a kid, but since I moved to Canada, it’s been hard to remember).

And I feel like I understand the language pretty well, but my main issue is when it comes to talking.

All of my relatives speak Russian and only Russian, and the main problem with me is that I can understand it really well and I know how to pronounce the words, but every time it comes out of my mouth, it isn’t right. Like I’m in the middle of a sentence and then I lose my tracking and then I just start saying gibberish if that makes any sense.

And especially with the longer words, I feel like I forget how to pronounce the mid-sentence.

I’ve been doing Duolingo for like 4-5 months and I feel like I’ve understood the language more, but I still suck at pronouncing stuff. Do you guys have any advice?

I recently came across something while learning Russian that made me curious.

«Новость» means news and seems clearly related to «новый» (new). That connection makes complete sense to me.

But then newspaper is «газета».

There is no «нов-», no «новость», nothing that seems related to news at all.

How did Russian end up using «газета» for newspaper when the word is so etymologically unrelated to «новость / новости»?

I'm genuinely curious about the history behind this.