Winter is here. Time to learn seasons in Ukrainian! Here they are: зима — winter весна — spring літо — summer осінь — autumn Now, when we want to say that something happened “in summer, in winter, etc.”, sticking a preposition in front is not enough. You see, in Ukrainian, the whole word changes: in winter – взимку (if the pr…
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“Let us know in case you have any questions.” – is one of those phrases we hear all the time. However, is it correct? Or should it be “Let us know, if you have any questions.”? Those are the questions... Let’s find out the subtle difference between IF and IN CASE. In a nutshell, “if” suggests a condition, wher…
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You need to know, when to say “No”! In case you also need to know, how to say “no” correctly in Russian, this ALMA Tip is for you ;) In Russian there is a word for “one can’t” – “нельзя”. The hard part is choosing between perfective and imperfective variations of the following verb. To say that something “isn’t allowed”…
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What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; When it comes to Russian, however, giving and calling names is not so simple. It happens so that in English the noun ‘name’ can be given to people and things altogether. My name is Victoria. The name of our future pro…
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Today’s ALMA Tip is all about word order in Ukrainian. So, reading on you must keep! The ‘m’ dash One punctuation mark you will come across a lot more in Ukrainian or Russian, than in English is “–”. That is because we omit “to be” (є) in present tense: він – студент (he is a student); вони – студентки (they are students); ми …
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