Confusing Russian Words | Learn Most Common Russian Homonyms | Part 2

Всем привет! It's Mila from How to Russian, and I'm here to help you learn Russian language easy, fast, and with lots of fun. Today I will show you some really confusing Russian words. Homophobes. Words that are spelled and pronounced the same, but represent different parts of the speech. In my previous video, I have already shown you some of the most common Russian homographs. Words that are spelled the same, and often are pronounced the same, but they have a different meaning. If you haven't watched this video, you can find a link in the description. Ну что, вы готовы? Поехали! So, Russian homoforms are really tricky, and there are lots of them in Russian language. Let's first look at these homoforms. The first two words are spelled the same, and they have quite a similar meaning, but they represent two different parts of the speech. The first word ПОРА is a noun, and it means a period of time. We can say Secondly, the word ПОРА is a predicative, and it means it's time to do something, it's due to do something. For example, one can say A full sentence It's time for me to leave, it's time for me to go. Goodbye, thank you very much. Thank you very much! Well, if you don't want anything else, do you have anything else? Or Or someone can just shout ПОРА to give a signal of action to someone. So, as you can see, these two words have quite a similar meaning. It's all about the time. So, the first one is a period of time, and the second one is time to do something. And the third word is ПОРА. So, as you can see, it doesn't sound the same. We don't have the stress on the same syllable. And in this case, it's a noun, so it doesn't have a similar meaning to the previous words. It means a poor. So, it's quite easy here. For example, The next pair of homoforms The first word охота is a noun, and it means a hunt or a chase. We can also use a verb here. Or The second word охота is also a noun, and it means a willingness to do something. However, I would say that this word as a noun, when it means a willingness to do something, is not really used a lot nowadays. You can see it in some books or here in some Soviet movies, but in speech we prefer to use a noun желание. So, instead of охота, we use желание. For example, We would rather say But this word охота is often used in speech when it represents a predicative adverb. And as a predicative adverb, this word охота also shows a willingness to do something. For example, you can hear people saying It's the same as saying охота or It is the same as saying You can also replace охота with a verb is just a reflexive form of the verb or So, three different ways of how you can express your desire. The next pair of homoforms The first word домой is an adverb that means to one's home or back home. Please note that домой is not a noun and you cannot change its form. домой can have a narrow meaning of a place where a person lives and it can also have a broad meaning of a country. For example, to my house and This word can also be used separately as an order домой, иди домой or just домой. Russian parents usually shout this to their children when it's already late and they're still outside. And secondly, the word домой is also an imperative form of the verb which is a perfective form of to wash something It's a one-time action. So, means finish washing something except clothes finish washing the dishes hey, finish washing the car And the last three words that look and sound the same are The first word права is just a plural form of the noun which is a right to do something So, права are the rights, the rights to do something Secondly, права is a driver's license. So, we can say that these two words actually have a lot in common because driver's license are the right to drive a car And the last word права is a short form of the adjective in a feminine form That's all for today. In my next video, I will show you more confusing Russian words that have several meanings. I hope that you enjoyed watching this video, and if you did, don't forget to like it and leave a comment below.