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6 Numbers You Need To Know in Russia Posted by on Sep 24, 2018

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Perhaps you are planning a short visit or even a longer stay in Russia. If you want to be successful in your new environment, here are certain numbers you should know. Some of these will be familiar to our readers who live in places that use the metric system. 1. Your weight in kilograms You…

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Трое в лодке: Collective Numerals in Russian Posted by on Sep 8, 2016

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If you look at the Russian translation of Jerome K. Jerome’s Three Men in A Boat, you may be surprised to read “Трое в лодке, не считая собаки.” Why “трое” and not “три”?  In my last post on forms that don’t exist in Russian, I briefly touched upon the category of collective numerals. Since they have…

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Russian Numbers – Now With Cases! Posted by on Apr 1, 2010

Not too long ago we had a post here on the blog called “Russian Numbers 0 – 100”. No matter how useful this post might have been (and still is as you’ll see if you go back and read it again), I think I’m speaking for all of us when I say that it didn’t…

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