Your first russian article

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If you would like to write an article and to tell russian readers about various national educational useful customs, please, inform me about it by e-mail idea-learning (at) rambler.ru. Please, write me in Russian, in spite of the fact that you do not know this language blamelessly.
This is the way I can improve your Russian especially for writing, in particular for articles.
Tatiana.
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Audio Russian dictionary online?

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I know there are online English dictionaries where you can *click* on the word and it is pronounced.

Does anybody know of any online Russian dictionaries where you can HEAR the word pronounced?

Thanks!

David Emerling
Memphis, TN

Imperative using the infinitive?

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I was watching Russian TV online today (Группа ЗЕТА?) and it seemed I was hearing the command "Молчать!" quite a bit. It was being used in the context of "Shut up!" I thought that the Russian imperative usage would be "Молчи!" And I have heard that more often in spoken Russian.

Also, in this show, I also heard the command "Стоять!" being used for "Stand up! or "Get up!"  I was expecting "Стой!"

Do Russians sometimes use the infinite form of a verb as an imperative? And, if so, does it have a different connotation? I'm guessing that "Молчать!" may be more like the English "Shut up!" (quite rude), whereas "Молчи!" may be more like the English "Be quiet!" (not so rude).

A teacher, trying to quiet down her students would not say "Молчать!", would she? She would say, "Молчите!" or "Тихо!"

Correct?

David Emerling
Memphis, TN