RL 102-18 Locative Case prepositions – Part One

Original YT playout date: 23 November 2008
Duration: 20:00

This is part one of two parts that the 18th lesson comes in. You may be surprised not to get much actual Russian in the first half – but more talk around the way prepositions work in Russian, but I believe it will help you if you take in what is being said here – more than that, you won’t get your head around Russian unless and until you get some of the ideas I’m talking about here. In the second half, which will be in a day or so for those following real time, we cover two locative case prepositions, a joke and a song.
Continue reading “RL 102-18 Locative Case prepositions – Part One”

Huliganov’s Black Raven

Original YT playout date: 28 August 2008
Duration: 15:51

Viktor Huliganov, requested by BabaLeanne, aka Leanna Delehanty, authress of children’s books, sings the song “chorny voron”
Continue reading “Huliganov’s Black Raven”

RL 102-17 Russian Basic Grammar #17/2

Original YT playout date: 18 August 2008
Duration: There is, in the time-honoured fashioned fashion, a funny hat and a drink and a joke and a song.

The second part of the lesson showing how to break the back of Russian prepositions.
Continue reading “RL 102-17 Russian Basic Grammar #17/2”

Novobrantsy

Original YT playout date: 1 August 2008
Duration: 2:30

Irina Levkovitch does an impromptu reading of this Russian poem of uncertain authorship.
Continue reading “Novobrantsy”

Huliganov’s Venice Experience #3 – Russian Fun in Venice!

Original YT playout date: 8 June 2008
Duration: 9:41

It’s Venice in the night still, and we share the boat back with some interesting passengers who notice my filming them. They take pretend umbrage, but make jolly sure I’ve got their e-mail address anyway… Continue reading “Huliganov’s Venice Experience #3 – Russian Fun in Venice!”