Russian roofs can be... different

  Russian word for a roof, крыша, means more than just that. It originates from крыть - to cover. Let's start with which prepositions you can use with крыша:

на крыше (plural: на крышах) — on the roof (something is there)

на крышу (на крыши) — to the roof

по крыше (по крышам) — on the roof (something is moving there)

о крыше (о крышах) — about a roof

с крыши (с крыш) — from the roof

в крыше (в крышах) — in the roof

под крышей (под крышами) — under the roof

из-за крыши (из-за крыш) — from-behind the roof

нет крыши (нет крыш) — no roof

много крыш — many roofs

Russian words about sleeping and a lullaby

  It's night time here, so I decided to share with you some Russian vocabulary about sleeping.

спать - to sleep

уснуть, заснуть - to fall alseep

просыпаться - to wake up

вставать - to wake up, to rise

будить, разбудить - to wake someone up

будильник - alarm-clock

сон - sleep, dream

бессонница - insomnia

кошмар - nightmare

видеть сны - to dream

сниться, присниться — to appear in dreams

сонный, сонливый - sleepy

храп - snore

храпеть - to snore

кровать, постель - bed

подушка - pillow

одеяло - blanket

колыбельная - lullaby

петь колыбельную - to sing a lullaby

сова - night owl, evening person

жаворонок - lark, morning person

голубь - "pigeon" (a person who doesn't have strong preferences to early or late waking up)

Idioms about sleeping:

The Voices of Russian Women

  A small collection of Russian songs for you :).

Flëur


Linda


Melnitsa


Zemfira

Viktor Tsoi – a Soviet rock legend

  It's been so many years since Viktor Tsoi died, but he and his songs still live in the hearts of fans. He was – well, he still is – a legend. Of Russian and Korean origin, he formed a band called Kino, and became an icon for people of so many nations in USSR and beyond. I like his songs, and my friends in Moscow would often play them on acoustic guitar and sing. Below are just a few bits of Viktor Tsoi's heritage.

Печаль

(Pechal' - Sadness)

Группа крови

(Gruppa krovi — Blood type)

Кукушка

(Kukushka - Cuckoo)

Russian New Year song about a Christmas tree

  This song is classic. I can't imagine a Russian person who doesn't know it. It's called «В лесу родилась ёлочка» (literally: in the forest a little fir was born).

8 Russian songs you may like

…well, at least I like them already :). I don't listen to Russian music often, but there are a few songs in Russian that I really like, so today I want to share them with you.

Би-2 и Чичерина – Мой Рок-Н-Ролл
Bi-2 feat. Chicherina – My Rock'n'roll


Lyrics.


Мельница — Королевна
Melnitsa — Princess


Lyrics.


Линда — Танец под водой
Linda — Dance under water
(with a bit of Japanese)


Lyrics.


Ария — Осколок Льда
Aria — Splinter of Ice

Russian songs with lyrics + Singing vocabulary

I have found a nice channel on Youtube that shares Russian songs with their lyrics and much more. Even if you don't like singing, it's still a nice practice for listening comprehension. (If you want to know 7 reasons for using music and singing in your language practice, read this.)

In addition here's some useful Russian vocabulary:

Word of the Day + Russian song

How to say that you like something in Russian? One of ways is to use нравится. Here is how you do it:

Мне нравится... - I like...

Мне не нравится... - I don't like...

You can use verbs after this word:

Кате нравится слушать музыку. - Kate likes listening to music.

Мише не нравится пить молоко. - Misha doesn't like to drink milk.