Olga JarrellMar 24, 2021ПОЛИТИК vs. ПОЛИТИКАWhen you hear or see the sentence “Мы говори́м о поли́тике”, do you know what we talk about: politics or a politician? 🤔The...
Olga JarrellApr 3, 2016Words easily confused: CLASS vs. КЛАССThe word CLASS looks like a true cognate of КЛАСС, but, unfortunately, these words can act like false cognates in many usages. Even some...
Olga JarrellSep 20, 2015Cognates vs. False CognatesOver the centuries, English and Russian have expanded their vocabularies by borrowing words from different languages. For that reason, we...