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My YouTube Channel Has Been Re-Enabled!

Finally! Thanks to the Big G tech support we were able to sort out the problem. Now I will be able to upload my videos to The Spoonful Of Russian chan...

Unable to log in to my YouTube to upload or approve comments

Not sure what happened exactly, but I am unable to log in to my own YouTube account in order to upload new videos or manage my subscribers' comments....

a Spoonful of Russian 032

Today I fill a request of one of my Podcast listeners/ YouTube subscribers by reciting a short poem written by one of Russia's greatest talents - Anna...

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a Spoonful of Russian 031

The video that goes with this episode can be found on my YouTube channel: Episode 031

a Spoonful of Russian 030

The video that goes with this episode can be found on my YouTube channel: Episode 030



Asking questions in Russian can be qu...

a Spoonful of Russian 029

Ever wanted to pronounce the days of the week in Russian like a native? Piece of cake!

a Spoonful of Russian 028

Today’s spoonful is going to consist of a useful Russian phrase and a poem in Russian. Don’t worry if you don’t understand the poem. The reason for re...

Russian Vocabulary: Family (Семья)

Ever wanted to know how to call your family members in Russian? I don't mean nicknames:) I mean official titles.



 

What's On My Mind (О Чём Думает Моя Голова) reading out loud

Almost everybody has a book that they read and re-read in their childhood. When we read it again as adults it takes us back into the wonderful world o...

Not Gone. Just Getting Ready for my Oldest Child's Wedding.

Thank you all who enjoys the content I produce and who is patiently waiting for updates. This Sunday (in 3 days!) my oldest daughter is getting marrie...

Russian Christmas (Рождество)

Many of you probably know that Russians have always been big on celebrating the New Year rather than Christmas.



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Most Common Russian Drinking Toasts

Most Common Russian Drinking Toasts. There are more, but these will get you started:)

Little Fir Tree (В Лесу Родилась Ёлочка) Happy New 2014!

Little Fir Tree (В Лесу Родилась Ёлочка).  



This is the most popular Russian New Year's song. Every Russian knows it. It's...

Russian Vocabulary - Borrowed Words in Modern Russian

Borrowing:



The best way to think about the borrowed words in Russian is from a historical perspective. The influx of foreig...

Песенка Крокодила Гены. Урок и Караоке (Gena Birthday Song. Tutorial and...

Russian Vocabulary - Antonyms (Антонимы)

A fun way to learn Russian is by learning the words with opposite meanings. Here are some antonyms for you.





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UPDATE: "Houston, we have a problem!" Moving feeds in Feedburner.

UPDATE: to cut the long story short iTunes /Mac app support basically told me I was 'out of luck'. I did a bit more thinking. My head must have been e...

Q and A Session #1

Здравствуйте и добро пожаловать … Hello and welcome to the very first 'Questions and Answers' edition of A Spoonful of Russian Podcast. Coming to you...

Крокодил - Корней Чуковский - Часть 3 / "The Crocodile" by Korney Chukovsky - part 3

Final Part 3 of Крокодил (The Crocodile) by Korney Chukovsky.

Крокодил - Корней Чуковский - Часть 2 / "The Crocodile" by Korney Chukovsky - part 2

Part 2 of Крокодил (The Crocodile) by Korney Chukovsky. Крокодил (часть 2) Корнея Чуковского. 

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Крокодил - Корней Чуковский - Часть 1 / "The Crocodile" by Korney Chukovsky - part 1

Звёзды - Сергей Есенин (Stars - Sergei Esenin)

Russian Poems series. "Stars" by Sergei Esenin.

Russian Vocabulary - Weather, Seasons, Pets

Learn some Russian words related to weather, seasons, and pets.



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Lesson 27 - Russian Stress Patterns ( Accented Vs Unaccented Vowels)

Russian Stress Patterns ( Accented Vs Unaccented Vowels)





1. Greeting by a subscriber (Thank you, Emily) - Спа...

Спорт - Sports (Russian Vocabulary)

Learn some sport-related vocabulary words in Russian.

A Spring Storm (Весенняя Гроза) - Ф.И. Тютчев

Inspired by last night's thunderstorm, our next poem is by Ф.И. Тютчев "Весенняя Гроза".








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Гой Ты, Русь - Сергей Есенин / Hey there, Russia

Subscribers spoke. Some of you mentioned you would enjoy listening to Russian spoken without thinking of grammar. I've been thinking of doing it for a...

Mother-Daughter Duet (Опять Метель)

Just to change the pace a little, my daughter Emily and I are trying our hand at covering one of the most popular contemporary Russian songs originall...

Lesson 26 - Consonants [p][b] and [n][t][d]

Lesson on bilabial stop consonants [p] [b] and dental consonants [n] [t] [d]







1. Greeting by a s...

Lesson 25 - Russian Accented Vowels

Russian accented vowels sound much richer and fuller than their English equivalents. That is because Russian is spoken much more vigorously than is En...

Lesson 24 - Russian Sound System. Introduction

Ученье свет, а неученье тьма

(Knowledge is light, ignorance is darkness)





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Spoonful of Russian is now LIVE on Twitter and YouTube!

Follow me on Twitter @russianspoonful now and get your Russian language related questions answered. Ever wonder how to pronounce words in Russian? Jus...

The Russian Cursive files are now compatible with iPhone!

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Announcement: by popular demand

...by popular demand of many of the subscribers I am now offering one-on-one video/audio chat for the purpose of going in depth of my podcast's lesson...

Lesson 23 - Nouns and Gender

Today we'll talk about nouns and genders. Keep in mind that we are going to look only at singular nouns in nominative case (more on the 6 noun cases l...

Lesson 22 - Russian Cursive (Letters "Ш,Щ,ь,ъ,Ы,Э,Ю,Я")

'Привет', my old friends, and 'Здравствуйте', my new listeners! Welcome to Lesson 22 of 'A Spoonful of Russian with Natalia'. I am Natalia, your hos...

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Today we are off to Louisiana. The next spoonful will come out soon after we return. Всего хорошего!

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