- Что ты ему дал?
- Ну, ты ж сказала виски, я дал виски.
- Какое виски?! Я сказала Вискас, Вискас корм!
- What did you give him?
- Well, you said whiskey, so I gave him whiskey.
- Whiskey?! I said Whiskas, Whiskas cat food!

😉 The kitty looks like it doesn't mind it. С пятницей, товарищи!

#Friday
#just_a_joke

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👋Приветствую! С первым днём весны, товарищи!

• Весна пришла. (femin.noun, Past tense, perf.asp. verb)
[vis-na prish-la]
Spring has arrived.

• Весна наступила.
  [vis-na nas-tu-pi-la]
Spring has come.

• Весна началась.
  [vis-na na-chа-las']
Spring has begun.

🔻Spring in Russia symbolized not only the renewal of nature, but also the rebirth of life.

🔻In Old Russian songs, the long-awaited spring was called nothing other than Весна-красна (red spring) meaning beautiful or lovely.

🔻In crossword puzzles spring is:

🌱 Когда деревья одеваются, а девушки раздеваются
When the trees get dressed, and the women get undressed

🌱 Растворитель зимы
The solvent of winter

🌱 Календарное обострение эмоций
A calendar-based exacerbation of emotions

🌱 Конопатое время года
Freckled time of year

❓ How would you describe spring in Russian?

▶️Весна (сезоны)

▶️Подснежник

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#useful_vocabulary
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🥞 Russian Blini: A Quick Recipe

Ingredients:
☆1 cup milk
☆1 cup flour
☆1 egg
☆1 tablespoon sugar
☆Pinch of salt
☆2 tablespoons melted butter (plus extra for greasing)

Instructions:
1. Whisk together milk, egg, sugar, and salt.
2. Gradually add flour, whisking until smooth.
3. Stir in melted butter.
4. Let batter rest for 15-30 minutes.
5. Lightly grease a hot pan.
6. Pour 1/4 cup batter onto the pan for each blini.
7. Cook for 1-2 minutes per side, until golden brown.
8. Serve warm with your favourite toppings (sour cream, jam, red caviar).

💢 By the way:

• Печь блины
[pech bli-ny]
doesn't only mean to bake blini but also to skip pebbles on the water.
Did you know it?

Video: AI Pinterest

😋Yummy! What's your favourite topping/filling for Russian blini?

#Russian_cuisine
#holidays
#Shrovetide

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В моём теле была лёгкость и энергия, двадцать блинов назад ...
My body felt light and energetic, twenty pancakes ago... 

#just_a_joke
#Shrovetide
#holidays
#memes

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Today Cat Day is celebrated in Russia

🔻Cats in Russia are one of the symbols of spring, and March is considered "cat month."

🔻This holiday was organized by the Moscow Cat Museum and the editorial staff of the magazine and newspaper "Cat and Dog" in 2004.

🐱May your cats be extra fluffy, your catnip plentiful, and your furniture... well, let's just say slightly less intact.

#holidays

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🌝 С Масленицей!
Happy Shrovetide!

🔻Maslenitsa (or Shrovetide), a week-long traditional Russian festival before Lent, culminates in Forgiveness Sunday.

🔻This significant day precedes Great Lent, marking a time for asking forgiveness and reconciliation. 

🔻The week-long celebration leading up to it features the vibrant Russian tradition of Maslenitsa, including feasts, games like the thrilling greased pole climb, the burning of a winter scarecrow, and joyous performances of folk songs, lively chastushki (short humorous Russian songs), and energetic Russian folk dances.

🔻Maslenitsa remains incredibly popular, showcasing Russia's rich cultural heritage and is celebrated by Russians not only in Russia but in other countries as well.

Video: an episode from Russian film Сибирский цирюльник by Nikita Mikhalkov (1998)

#Maslenitsa
#Shrovetide
#holidays
#Russian_culture
#ForgivenessSunday

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Eсли бы блин с начинкой был человеком
If a blin with a filling were a human

❓Which one would you prefer😉?

Source: Pikabu

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Осторожно с блинами!
Be careful with blini!

🔻Doctors say a safe amount of pancakes for Maslenitsa is no more than 4 per day.

🔻Overeating can upset your stomach and affect your figure due to the high fat content.

😋Get hold of yourself!

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#memes

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👋С понедельником, товарищи! Как настроение?

• Быть (не) в настроении (делать что-то)
[byt' (ni) v nas-trа-ye-ni-i]
SLT: To be (not) in the mood (to do something)

🔻It describes a state of feeling, where someone might be receptive and enthusiastic (в настроении) or withdrawn and uninterested (не в настроении). 

🔻So, if someone says they're не в настроении, it means they're not up for anything right now.

🔻Don't forget that the verb быть (to be) is omitted in a sentence with Present tense:

• Он сегодня не в настроении работать.
[on si-vo-dnya ni v nas-tra-ye-ni-i ra-bo-tat']
He is not up for work.

❓А Вы сегодня в настроении?

▶️Настроение (Revision)

🎧🗣👇

#spoken_Russian
#MondayMood
#morning

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U.S. officer Woody Lee, carrying the "nuclear football," waits for Ronald Reagan to tour Red Square. 1986.

#retrophotos

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