Why Your English Brain Finds Russian So Strange

Why does Russian feel so strange to English speakers? In this episode, I explore one of the biggest mistakes I made while learning Russian: trying to translate words instead of concepts. From почему vs. зачем to the surprising ways Russian and English organize information differently, I share the realization that changed how I think about language and made Russian feel much more logical.Because  sometimes the hardest part of learning Russian isn't understanding Russian—it's learning to stop thinking like an English speaker. Send us Fan MailСпасибо, что послушали Russian One Mistake at a Time.  До следующей ошибки.