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Command Forms Beyond the Imperative in Russian Posted by on Jun 7, 2018

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You may know the imperative mood as one way of making requests or giving commands in Russian, but there are other, less common, ways you may come across. Read on to learn how to recognize and use them. Imperative Mood — Повелительное наклонение The most common way is, of course, the imperative mood. The forms…

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Eat me! Drink me! Off with his head! Posted by on Apr 26, 2013

As we all know, shortly after the inquisitive Alice falls вниз по кроличьей норе, she discovers a little glass table with a tiny golden key on top of it, along with an enticing bottle of something that turns out to be shrinking potion: К бутылке была привязана бумажка, а на бумажке крупными красивыми буквами…

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