Lesson 5 - Wolves in Sheep's Clothing

A Spoonful of Russian - Learn Russian Online from Russian Tutor - Un pódcast de Natalia Worthington

Sounds like cognates are the single greatest friend to folks learning Russian. However, as with most good things there are pitfalls. And these pitfalls are called 'false cognates'. A 'false cognate' is a word that shares a similar pronunciation between two languages, but means one thing in one language and something else in the other. You'd sound pretty silly if a Russian asked you what you were doing ('Что вы делаете?') and you'd answer 'Я читаю магазин' (which means 'I am reading a store').... 'False Cognates" examples. The dialogue at the beginning of the show:

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