Belarusian and Russian are two beautiful Slavic languages, they sound similar, but be careful, you can come across a lot of false friends, when speaking those. Tanya (Russian Lessons Youtube channel) and I decided to show you how misleading can be a conversation between a Russian and a Belarusian.
Tanya's channel is here: / @russianwithtatiana
The list of false friends:
(BEL) час = (RU) врЕмя
(BEL) кАчка = (RU) Утка
(BEL) столь = (RU) потолок
(BEL) дывАн = (RU) ковёр
(BEL) стИрка = (RU) стёрка (стирательная резинка)
(BEL) трус = (RU) заяц
(BEL) чернИла = (RU) вино
(BEL) ангЕльский = (RU) англИйский
(BEL) недЕля = (RU) воскресЕнье
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My essential playlists:
Russian vocabulary: • Live Russian VOCAB
Russian pronunciation: • Master Russian pronunciation
Russian cases practice: • Master the Russian cases through exam...
Russian verbs: • Master Russian VERBS
Russian intonation: • Live Russian INTONATION
Learning tips: • Learning TIPS
Russian alphabet: • Master the Russian alphabet