Дорогая Людмилла Дорогая Людмилла, Поздравляю Вас новым годом и рождеством. Желаю Вам, что все хорошо и Вы с Кыриллом будете здоровы и счастливы. Мы надеемся, что вы скоро приедете к нам в Англию. Мы с нетерпением ждем этого! Илья и я – счастливы, и жизн спокоен. Спасибо Вам за мою поздравительную открытку, я не магу поверить, что мне уже 35 лет! Шлём Вам миллион поцелуев! Илья и Том

Letter to my mother-in-law Дорогая Луда, С Рождеством и Новым Годом! Желаю Вам хороших праздников. Надеюсь, что вы поедете много вкусной еды и Вы прекрасно проведете время. Я планирую приготовить другие блюда, что я никогда не готовлю раньше. Я уверен, что Илья сообщит об этом. Мы с Ильям и Джилам надеемся, что Вам нравится ваши подарки. Вы всегда подарите такие замечательные подарки и также они всегда личные и вдумчивые. Отправляем один миллион поцелуев! С любовью. Том и Илья

Russian films with subtitles in Russian Hey there! I'm having a bit of trouble with this one. I'm specifically looking for Russian films (Preferably kids films, such as Pixar and Disney etc) which have subtitles in Russian that are accurate. Almost all of the subtitled films I can get my hands on have completely different Russian to the Russian that is being spoken and it is extremely frustrating. I think having an entire movie where you can also read the subtitles in Russian along with the Russian spoken performance makes it a good tool for learning. Can anyone help - do you know any movies that have accurate subtitles in Russian? I have a feeling that sometimes the subtitles in Russian are from the original translation of the English version and then they just don't bother to rewrite them for the fully dubbed Russian version or something. Anyhow its extremely frustrating! Can anyone help? Tom

Some advice for my Russian speaking friends :) I recently, for random short practise installed an app on my phone which fakes my GPS location: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.incorporateapps.fakegps.fre&hl;=en_GB I then use dating apps to talk to people! Its a really good way of meeting some strangers and chatting. I say this as I realise it can be very hard to find people to talk with on this site because so few people are learning Russian and millions and millions of people are learning English. So just a bit of advice. Also if you want to be a bit cheeky or evil you could theoretically say "I'm coming to England" or "America" or whatever soon and could meet you so wanna chat on skype. Also people are very very happy to help you when you don't know how to say something correctly usually. Anyhow good luck! :)

Written Letter Thanks to all who helped correct my letter. Here is the finished thing. I think it looks fairly good now - I realise in this picture к тому же is spellet wrong but I have corrected it since. http://i.imgur.com/fmOzfiJ.jpg Thanks again for all the help! :) Tom x

Letter to mother-in-law Убеждаемая Людмила, Здравствуйте, надеюсь что, вы хорошо. Я думал что, хотел бы написать к вам потому что я практикую написать по-русски. Также я только написал один раз! Как поживаете? Илья и я отлично, мы наслаждаемся жизнь а также робота прошла очень хорошо. Интересно, это письмо; очень английский? Я никогда не написал письмо по-русски, простите меня! Я не знаю как ещё писать письмо. С уважением Том Please help haha - I realise this is going to be a disaster. I don't like trying to speak or write when I am completely making up what I should say. GAH - But I wanted to write to her. Please let me know if anything sounds really weird or unnatural - I am fine if it sounds a little English sounding - but please let me know if there is anything really weird in here. Thanks in advance. x

Looking for some good podcasts Hey everyone! I'm looking for some good Russian podcasts that I can easily access on iTunes. I'd like something that is fairly general and with not very complex language. Also preferably something with conversation as opposed to just someone talking on their own the entire time. Maybe something that is supposed to be funny too? Anyone recommend anything? :) cheers x

My Russian handwriting Trying my handwriting out! http://i.imgur.com/hxfYihU.jpg Feedback appreciated!

Anyone here really into cooking and food? Sorry, this is not exactly a proper language question. (Although ultimately it will help me with my language learning a LOT! ) I am looking to get a cookbook in Russian. Preferably one which focuses on Ukranian and Russian food. But here's the thing. I am a BIG food lover - I am interested in the science of food and fine-dining and the very best food the world has to offer so I am looking for a really authentic cook book. Something with really classic recipies. Can anyone recommend anything that I can purchase to be sent to England? I'd prefer something with really lovely tasty classic recipes as opposed to something trying to be really fancy and posh. Cheers x