Language

The Talking Kazakh (Qazaq) Phrasebook

The Talking Phrasebook Series presents useful phrases and words in side-by-side translation and with audio files specifically geared to help students work on listening skills and pronunciation. Below, you will find several useful phrases and words. To the left is the English and to the far right is the Latvian translation. In the center column […]

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The Talking Latvian Phrasebook

Medical Russian Vocabulary: Doctors and Folk Remedies

Recipes

8,000 Years of Winemaking Lives on in Georgia

Georgia is home to one of the world’s most diverse selections of native grape varieties. Evidence suggests it’s the oldest winemaking region in the world and it retains unique and ancient winemaking technologies to this day. Over millennia, winemaking has become deeply integrated into Georgian cuisine, tradition, and identity. It is present at elaborate feasts […]

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Churchkhela, Sharan, and Pelamushi: Desserts Off The Vine 

Blini, Mlintsi, Palačinke! Making Slavic “Pancakes”

Holidays

Berikaoba: Georgia’s Spring Festival Rises Again

Berikaoba is defined by its monstrous-looking masks, good-natured pranking, games and performances of strength, freely shared food and wine, and general festive atmosphere. Although the festival was nearly lost to the passage of time, locals, foreigners, and Georgians from other corners of the country now flock to the Kakhetian villages of Didi Chailuri and Patara […]

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Remembrance of WWII and Russian Identity: Student Observations

Victory Day in Russia and Other Countries: Vocabulary and History

Talking Phrasebooks

The Talking Tajik Phrasebook

The Talking Phrasebook Series presents useful phrases and words in side-by-side translation and with audio files specifically geared to help students work on listening skills and pronunciation. Below, you will find several useful phrases and words. To the left is the English and to the far right is the Tajik translation. Tajik uses a Cyrillic […]

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The Talking Uzbek Phrasebook

The Talking Buryat Phrasebook