Russian Language Weekly Newsletter - Tuesday, April 28, 2015

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Top new questions this week: Рукописи не горят In Bulgakov's "Master and Margarita" there is the famous sentence: Рукописи не горят. It's usually translated into English as "Manuscripts don't burn". However it seems to me (a native English and ... перевод   asked by David 5 votes answered by Quassnoi 11 votes When do you use находимся? Google Translate identifies, находимся, as the English word, are. Is this true? If it is, then when are you supposed to use it? I thought Russians don't have words such as: is, are, and am. verbs   asked by Fry 3 votes answered by Qwertiy 4 votes Определения, тесно связанные по смымлу с опр. словом В этом учебнике читаю такое правило: Определения, стоящие после определяемого слова, но тесно связанные по смыслу с ним или с другими членами предложения, не обособляются. В таких случаях, если ... пунктуация   asked by Graduate 2 votes answered by Quassnoi 2 votes Why does 'в' have a special case in consonant voicing? As far as I learned the lesson about voiced and voiceless consonants and consonant clusters, voiced consonants voice the preceding voiceless consonant and voiceless consonants devoice the preceding ... произношение   asked by RussianNewbie 2 votes answered by Quassnoi 1 vote What does вот bring to this clause? I saw this on a website, and although I understand the meaning of the sentence, and I know that it would have the same meaning without вот, I'm curious as to what nuance it brings, or perhaps some ... значения частицы   asked by CocoPop 2 votes answered by Quassnoi 6 votes What part of speech is можно here? Можно я попью чая? What part of speech here is "можно"? Also, if possible, can you parse this sentence, please? part-of-speech   asked by brilliant 2 votes answered by iTollu 2 votes Is it possible to translate English tenses into Russian tenses? How would these tenses and aspects translate into Russian? I realize that the two languages use a different system, but it seems to me that if I knew how each of these aspects translated than I would ... aspect   asked by Corey Roberts-Reynolds 2 votes answered by Avtokod 1 vote Greatest hits from previous weeks: Запятая плюс тире как отдельный знак пунктуации Допустимо ли в принципе в разделяемом на две части посредством тире сложносоставном предложении ставить перед тире запятую, если того требует логика первой части? Например: Человек, который ..., ... пунктуация   asked by SwiftHanded 4 votes answered by shabunc 3 votes How do I say no brainer in Russian? A "no brainer" is something so clear and obvious that it takes little to no thinking to make a decision, it is definetely not worth the effort to be thinking harder about. How do I say it in Russian? phrase   asked by 1453 2 votes answered by Dmitry 7 votes Can you answer this? Thesaurus organization by lexical kinship and etymology Is there a kind of thesaurus that teaches words based on kinship? An example will make it clear to you what I have in mind: суд - судья́, суди́ть, ... коне́ц - наконе́ц, зака́нчивать/зако́нчить, ... обучение   asked by Lumi 1 vote

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