Don't confuse with журнал (magazine, zhoornal). A person who writes a newspapers and a person who writes a magazine are both a журналист (zhoornalist). In other words, "journalist" is a more prestigious job title because magazines are more prestigious, so newspaper writers want to be called "journalist" even though they should be called a "gazettist."
Где
Where
G'dyeh
Australians are always late. The Australian greeting "G'day" doesn't mean "Good day," it means "Where were you?"
Гитара
noun
Guitar
Geetara
A cognate (same word in Russian and English).
Голова
noun
Head
Gollova
In A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess changed this to "gulliver," as in Gulliver's Travels, as in "we kicked him in the gulliver." Think of a picture of Gulliver tied down by the Lilliputians, with the little people dancing around his head.
Голос
noun
Voice
Golloss
Russians have glossy voices. That's why they can make those sliding R's.
Город
noun
City
Gorod
Novgorod is a city between Moscow and St. Petersburg. It means "new city."
That eat and is are homonyms suggests that "to be" and "to eat" are the same to a Russian. Or perhaps "you are what you eat"?
Ещё
Still; yet; else; also; more; another
Yehschyo
Ешё looks like "ewe." Picture a female sheep, standing still. Also picture another female sheep. And picture more female sheep—a whole flock of ewes.
Russian women use hair color that gives them sheen. Also note that жен and жить are the start of many words about women and living, so think of Old World gender roles where a woman's place was in the home.
Живой
adjective
Alive, lively, active
zheevoi
Picture a lively boy, who lives in cottage in the French countryside.
Жить
verb
Live (e.g. where you live)
Zheet
A cognate with the French word "gîte," pronounced "zheet," which is a country cottage you rent by the week. When asking where a Russian lives, picture that he or she rents a cottage in the French countryside. Remember that Жить conjugates by changing the т to в, then the next vowel is ё: я живу, ты живёшь, он/она живёт, мы живём, вы живёте, они живут.
Жук
noun
Bug, beetle
Zhook
Журнал
noun
Magazine
Zhoornal
Cognate with "journal." Don't confuse with Газета (newspaper).
