Russian trailers of foreign movies

  If watching a whole movie in Russian seems too much work for you, why not start with trailers? You can practice your listening comprehension and vocabulary, and it won't take that much time. Here are a few trailers to get you started.

Анна Каренина

Хоббит: Нежданное путешествие

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Облачный атлас

Cloud Atlas

Russian vocabulary: Twilight vampires and werewolves

  Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2 is in theaters now, so finally this “saga” is over. For those of you learning Russian who like Twilight stuff, here is a bit of useful vocabulary.

Белла Свон

Эдвард Каллен

Джейкоб Блэк

вампир - vampire

кровь - blood

клыки - fangs

кусать - to bite

яд - poison, venom

чтение мыслей - mind reading

читать мысли - to read someone's mind

оборотень - werewolf or were- anything

индеец - an Indian

стая - pack

вожак (стаи) - leader (of a pack)

запечатление - imprinting

скучная героиня - boring heroine

Спайк гораздо лучше Эдварда — Spike is so much better than Edward

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Celebrities speaking Russian

  Some foreign celebrities have Russian roots or lived in Russia, so they speak Russian a bit. Some learned a few words for their visit to Russia or to play a Russian character. Below are a few videos of famous actors speaking Russian. If they are not afraid to speak sometimes not so perfect Russian in public, why should you be? ;)

Mila Kunis

Milla Jovovich

Turn the subtitles on by clicking CC. Some fun insights into Russian weddings and drinking of alcohol :D. The video ends with everyone performing a song in Ukrainian.

Arnold Schwarzenegger