Money in the jar

It would not be a surprise for you to hear that Russian word for bank is банк (masculine gender).

Also, we have a similarly pronounced word, but of feminine gender – банка. Means a jar (glass jar for storing).

But in prepositional case, they would take the same forms – банке. So,

– Возьми в банке! can mean 1) take (it) in/from bank 2) take it in/from the jar

– Я храню деньги в банке!  can mean 1) I keep money in bank 2) I keep money in a jar

And one more about work (not bank/jar) for more advanced speakers:

Source: Demotivators.to     (when) you don’t work – to live not on what (there’s no money for living)     (when) you work – to live there’s no time (there’s not time for living)

Great present

Let’s talk about a few words related to presents.

Дарить – to give something as a present – Что тебе подарить? Я не знаю!

Дар – gift (but quite a high style, better use the word below) or talent.

Подарок – a present (подарки – presents) – read like *ПАДАРЭК.

Do you think dark chocolate is a good present (just make sure you say the Russian РРРРРР sound!)?

Picture: veganstore.com

Sleeping in spa

If you struggle with Russian word спать (to sleep) think spa! And then just add a soft consonant т (when not italics will look like т)

It’s an imperfective infinitive that changes normally in past – спал, спала, спали. But it’s a bit tricky in present: я сплю, ты спишь, он спит, мы спим, вы спите, они спят.

When “look” is onion

If you know English word look, you will definitely master the Russian word for onion as it sounds (almost) the same: лук. The tiny difference will be that in Russian sound л will be very hard. Hope my idea below will help you remember it!