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Are there any groups of Russian words that you often get confused?

Last week, someone in my meetup group tried to ask for a mug, but couldn’t remember what it was called. When he asked, three people each gave a different answer. This led to a discussion about these three words, and which one was correct – I love these types of discussions. (All in Russian, of course!)

So in case you didn’t know, here’s a quick vocab lesson for ya…

Cтакан

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Чашка

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And the correct answer…

Кружка

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As long as we’re mentioning Russian drink ware, I didn’t want to leave out one of my favorite Russian items -

Подстаканник

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