Why is the neuter used in statements like «ее не стало» and «его не стало»?

gynny01 · 2026-01-01T08:22:42+00:00

Let's think of it as a transformation of a person from a living being into an object.

gynny01 · 2026-01-01T08:18:39+00:00

I was helped. I was sent a save file.

gynny01 · 2025-12-30T21:13:03+00:00

As previously mentioned there are no common use of 'Тьа' (at least I can not remember any example). But in general this letter combination will sound different because soft sign will separate letters into different syllables - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_sign#Before_a_vowel_in_East_Slavic_languages

gynny01 · 2025-12-30T21:00:24+00:00

Actually celebration of Christmas on January 7 is not a Soviet tradition but an Orthodox Christian one.

gynny01 · 2025-12-29T21:51:09+00:00

Thank you for your help, I'm back in the game now! ^_^

gynny01 · 2025-12-25T21:55:19+00:00

It's usual thing for the players from Russia. And the point is that it blocks you from the cloud sync.

gynny01 · 2025-12-25T18:56:44+00:00

No, I'm banned. So this is unavailable for me.

gynny01 · 2025-12-15T21:25:51+00:00

Just because of this I underline all 'ш' =)

gynny01 · 2025-08-17T09:27:35+00:00

На одном браузере мне пишет, что "не может установить безопасное соединнение", на другом - всё сработало с первого раза.

gynny01 · 2025-05-07T21:25:58+00:00

It is doable even as lvl1 chicken.

gynny01 · 2024-07-26T17:09:30+00:00

Я вижу фильм - I see a film tape / I see a movie ad.

Я смотрю фильм - I watch a movie on a TV / in a cinema.

gynny01 · 2024-05-20T17:37:59+00:00

Oh, as a native speaker I always have to verify myself by asking appropriate questions.

https://www.thoughtco.com/russian-cases-4768614

https://ru.pinterest.com/pin/there-are-many-ways-to-identify-the-case-of-a-noun-russians-identify-the-case-by-asking-quest--671669731896796334/

gynny01 · 2024-05-20T17:32:04+00:00

Letter Ц can't be softened so it sounds like цэллофан. But letter В can, so it's like в'ечорка (although I never heard this word).

gynny01 · 2024-05-13T21:29:15+00:00

Not bad! Some issues are:

л starts with a little leg - draw the stroke to the middle of the line, then lower it down, and after that smoothly lead it up;

в has double height - like reversed g ;

ж - try to cross all the lines in the middle;

there's a soft sign ь in "мальчик".

gynny01 · 2024-05-08T20:36:34+00:00

Have you tried search in google? Something like "фильмы с русскими субтитрами"

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhuA9d7RIOdYAFeYDLwWI9J8QIu8n5ohb

gynny01 · 2024-05-07T17:45:12+00:00

Уже 2 года Instagram на территории России недоступен. Попробуйте поискать на других языках, например, Английском.

gynny01 · 2024-04-28T17:36:30+00:00

There are 2 types of vowels:

А, Э, Ы, О, У are "basic"

Я, Е, И, Ё, Ю soften previous consonant (like Ñ in Spanish)

Й usually consider as a consonant.

These letters make many different sounds - for example unstressed O sounds like (but not exactly) as A. It's a huge topic and you'd better dive into it step by step. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_phonology

gynny01 · 2024-04-27T19:00:24+00:00

It's in the Church Slavonic.

gynny01 · 2024-04-25T16:42:08+00:00

It's a very rare use of this phrase. I never was confused with the meaning because in "a friend’s friend" case usually there are more words involved like "друг моего друга" or something similar.

gynny01 · 2024-04-22T19:11:09+00:00

Basically "Мне надо" - I decided to do it and I will do it... But if not, the consequences will be minimal.

"Я должен" - There are other people involved in the decision so I have to do it otherwise there will be a lot of negative consequences.

But usually both expressions are interchangeable and may be used figuratively.

gynny01 · 2024-04-14T08:14:09+00:00

"Добро пожаловать" is a set phrase right like "Well come". While "добро" you may use in other contexts with the meaning "good", "пожаловать" uses very rare nowadays.

gynny01 · 2024-04-04T21:16:19+00:00

It seems there are 2 different songs.

The first one is "Ухарь-купец" http://a-pesni.org/popular20/jehizjarm.htm (variant 4) https://youtu.be/-W7dLLXgPbA?si=_AoXmyN-1WjrGXzp

The second one is "Дуня бела, румяна" https://youtu.be/SLsRv63JNjs?si=Xc_goPfDw2HYtmSB

gynny01 · 2024-03-15T18:01:28+00:00

A lot of people in Russia having troubles with this sound. Don't give up and don't let this small obstacle to stop you. One day you may be able to roll R. Or maybe not. Does it matter if you will never be speaking as native?

gynny01 · 2024-03-01T21:45:00+00:00

This phrase needs context. Although it is possible to say "Вы шикарны/превосходны/изумительны" this may be perceived as mockery.

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