A Spoonful of Russian - Learn Russian Online from Russian Tutor - Vacation Note

Vacation Note

09/17/05 • 1 min

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A Spoonful of Russian - Learn Russian Online from Russian Tutor

Click on the title "Vacation Note" to hear my message. I have a few photos to go with my audio note. All of them were taken in Texas outside Tyler.

I can't waith to get back to work on the next "A Spoonful of Russian" lesson!

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Lesson 5 - Wolves in Sheep's Clothing

Sounds like cognates are the single greatest friend to folks learning Russian. However, as with most good things there are pitfalls. And these pitfalls are called 'false cognates'. A 'false cognate' is a word that shares a similar pronunciation between two languages, but means one thing in one language and something else in the other. You'd sound pretty silly if a Russian asked you what you were doing ('Что вы делаете?') and you'd answer 'Я читаю магазин' (which means 'I am reading a store')....
'False Cognates" examples.
The dialogue at the beginning of the show: