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In Course: Russian A2

Expressing Moods, Feelings and Urgency

Learn to express emotions, moods, and urgency in Russian using impersonal state predicatives like скучно, весело, лень, and пора across present, past, and future tenses.

A wide, candid photograph of a lively outdoor street performance in a bustling square in St. Petersburg, Russia. In the foreground, a young woman throws her head back in joyful laughter, while slightly behind her, an older man watches with a thoughtful, almost melancholic expression. A child next to him gazes with wide-eyed curiosity at the performers, all bathed in the golden hour light, with blurred historic Russian architecture in the background.
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37 Cards
Lesson#1
In Russian, you can describe how you feel, your moods, and what you feel like doing using a person in the dative case with special state words. You do not need a verb like to be in the present tense. In this deck, you will learn to express your feelings and urgency across the present, past, and future.
Lesson#2
To say that someone is bored or that something is boring, use the dative case with 'скучно'. For example, 'Мне скучно' means 'I am bored'. You can also add an infinitive: 'Детям скучно сидеть дома' means 'The children are bored sitting at home'.
Quiz#3
Translate into Russian: 'I am bored.'

Мне скучно

Quiz#4
Translate into Russian: 'The children are bored sitting at home.'

Детям скучно сидеть дома

Lesson#5
To express that someone is having fun or feels cheerful, use 'весело' with the dative case. 'Нам весело' means 'We are having fun'. To say that someone is fun to be around, you can say 'С ним всегда весело', which means 'It is always fun with him'.
Quiz#6
Translate into Russian: 'We are having fun.'

Нам весело

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