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Learning Russian Numbers Made Easy

Learning the Russian language requires a good understanding of the numbers. If you're planning to visit Russia or just want to expand your language skills, mastering Russian numbers is a must.

Let's start with the basics, numbers 1-10. Repeat after me:

один ("a-deen")

два ("dva")

три ("tree")

четыре ("chye-tir-ye")

пять ("pyat")

шесть ("shest")

семь ("syem")

восемь ("vo-syem")

девять ("dyev-yat")

десять ("dyes-yat")

Good job! Now, let's move on to numbers 11-19:

одиннадцать

двенадцать

тринадцать

четырнадцать

пятнадцать

шестнадцать

семнадцать

восемнадцать

девятнадцать

And finally, the compound numbers:

двадцать ("dva-dtsat")

тридцать ("tree-dtsat")

сорок ("so-ruk")

пятьдесят ("pyat-des-yat")

шестьдесят ("shest-des-yat")

семьдесят ("syem-des-yat")

восемьдесят ("vo-syem-des-yat")

девяносто ("dyev-ya-nos-to")

сто ("sto")

двести ("dva-sti")

триста ("tree-sta")

четыреста ("chye-tyr-es-ta")

пятьсот ("pyat-sot")

шестьсот ("shest-sot")

семьсот ("syem-sot")

восемьсот ("vo-syem-sot")

девятьсот ("dyev-yat-sot")

тысяча ("tysyacha")

миллион ("meel-yon")

миллиард ("meel-lee-ard")

Practice counting from 1 to 10, then backwards from 10 to 1. Challenge yourself by counting in increments of 10, and eventually practice forming bigger numbers. With enough practice, you'll soon be able to understand Russian numbers with ease!

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Genitive case is difficult? I don't think so

Genitive case:1) Possession2) Absence Watch my previous video about Nominative case

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Why do we need CASES in Russian? Nominative case

Nominative case:

Stands before the verb, the action (If you're not sure what is the verb use this link https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verb) In 99% is the 1st word in sentences We never have prepositions before Nominative case (if you're not sure about prepositions use this link https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepositions)

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How to learn Russian with AnkiApp 1) Download this app:  https://apps.ankiweb.net/downloads  for computers, mac |  AnkiDroid on Android (look for the "stars" icon) 2) Download Flashcards from shared decks https://ankiweb.net/shared/decks/russian 3) Visit my website and book the trial lesson http://snootyrussian.com/

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A Worthy Challenge: How To Learn Russian  PART 1

The fast track--the best way to learn Russian fast Personally, I don’t like the idea of teaching or learning a language very quickly.  Of course, you can learn the basics of a language quickly--be able to reasonably read, listen, write a little and speak enough to be understood.  But in only a few months, it’s almost impossible to learn the nuances of a language, the idioms, the cultural connections to the language. 1. Take the time to learn Cyrillic   The Russian language uses the Cyrillic alphabet. Some letters are the same as the English alphabet, but others are different. So, it’s to your advantage to learn Cyrillic. There are lots of great resources out there for learning the Russian alphabet. For instance, you might try "RussianPlus’s popular YouTube video" 2. Use authentic media Using authentic (real) media is a fun and useful way to learn Russian quickly. By using audio and video made for native speakers and listening to the Russian language in context, you relate  the Russian you’re leaing to real-world situations. One great tool for learning Russian with authentic media is FluentU. It features real-world videos—like movie trailers, music videos, news and more. 3. Learn common words first   If you know the most common words, you’ll be able to hold basic conversations more quickly. Didn’t catch something? Go back and listen again. Missed a word? Visit Openrussian.org, you will find all these words with pronunciation 4. Learn words that tie in with your native language or others  Many languages, including Russian and English (one example), share some words that are similar or exactly the same.  Sometimes, one language will adopt words from other languages, and this can lead to words being the same across languages.  For example, in English "Bridge game" comes from the Old East Slavic, which is related to Russian: бирич (biritch)

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PART2: RUSSIAN PODCASTS: how to improve your RUSSIAN listening skills

4. News in slow Russian (https://www.newsinslowrussian.org/) News in slow Russian is  an educational website for beginners, intermediate and advanced learners of Russian language. No matter where you are in your learning Russian journey, you want to finally get to the point where you can read Russian books and listen to Russian radio and watch Russian movies / TV? Then this podcast is for you! The news articles are entertaining and educational at the same time, they always contain lots of handy words. And if you have a local around to practice your maybe not so good Russian yet, it´s a great way to start a conversation about the news you recently read using vocabulary that you´re already familiar with. Grow your vocabulary and learn to understand spoken Russian. You´ll feel awesome once you reach the point when you finally “get it” when you hear locals speak. You can have a free trial of the podcast. 5. YOULANG (https://youlang.ru/) If you want to learn Russian as a foreign language on your own, you can download lessons of different levels from A1 to C2 (from beginners to advanced). Each lesson has an interesting text, video or audio, tasks and keys to them. You can always test yourself! Use all the lessons on different topics to learn new Russian words, read, write and speak Russian. You get better with each lesson. If you have found a language partner and started to communicate, then eventually you will notice that every day you speak the same topics. It"s boring and inefficient. It is at this moment that our lessons in Russian as a foreign language will come to your aid. Just before the meeting online send your language partner our lesson, and during communication discuss the topic and if you want to do the job together.

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RUSSIAN PODCASTS: how to improve your RUSSIAN listening skills

1. A taste of Russian (https://www.torpod.com/ and http://www.tasteofrussian.com/) A Taste of Russian is a podcast for intermediate-level Russian learners. This podcast focuses on sharing conversations you might find in daily life, with a lot of colloquial phrases. Since many textbooks focus on more formal words and phrases, this is a helpful way to build your vocabulary with terms you might not otherwise encounter while learning Russian. For each lesson, you can download a PDF of the full text (in Russian). You can download the podcast as an MP3 directly through the website. A Taste of Russian offers a lot of free content, but you can also subscribe to get additional premium content. 2. Очень по-русски (https://ochenporusski.com/) Очень по-русски (Very Much Russian) is a free Russian audio podcast for intermediate and advanced learners. Every episode of the podcast is dedicated to one or a few Russian words and expressions that you are very likely to hear in the conversational Russian speech: among your Russian friends, watching Russian movies, or simply in the street. Many of these expressions are not included in the standard Russian dictionaries and textbooks. The audio of the podcast is recorded by a native Russian speaker at a normal conversational speed. Every episode comes with a full transcription in Russian with stress marks and translation in English, available for free. Every audio file can be downloaded if you want to have it offline. The words and expressions discussed in each episode are listed in the end of it and added to the Modern conversational Russian dictionary. 3. Russian Podcast by Tatiana Klimova (https://russianpodcast.eu/).Russian Podcast offers great lessons for beginning through advanced learners.Beginning learners can learn helpful information like common questions, while advanced learners will benefit from very specific vocabulary and lessons, such as psychotherapy-related podcasts. While most of the material is conversational, there are also a number of songs included, so the podcasts are varied and entertaining.

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Read with correct word stress in Russian One of the most complicated, hard things in learning Russian is understanding its stress pattern. When people start learning Russian, they nearly always ask about the rules of stressing words. Then, when they find out that there aren't many of those and mostly it's a matter for their memory to deal with, they feel quite disappointed and discouraged. Usually, the textbooks on Russian as a foreign language of A1, and sometimes A2 level present the stress marks above every stressed syllable, but even this doesn't help really much when you come to real, plain texts without those stress marks and even without those two dots above Russian letter ё, which kills one of the hopes to read at least some words correctly. What can be a really good solution for the problem of understanding the logic of stress in Russian words?   It's understanding and even more feeling the melody of the language. Based on my experience, I can tell that the best way to come to this understanding and feeling is accompanied by a teacher reading stories and books which present double-language texts, a Russian text paralleled by the one native for the student. With this, even slow progressing students come to feeling the pattern of the language quite soon, often surprisingly soon. Not the knowledge of the rules but intuition and subconscious memory helps. This is my advice - read, read in a company with experienced teachers, with some native speakers, listen to audio books and follow the readers in portions of the text which you feel short enough to remember the pattern, which has just sounded, and long enough to develop your memory and avoid too frequent stumbling, killing the pleasure of reading a good story.

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Traditional Russian Foods That You Need to Try Russian cuisine includes many delicious meals such as soups, porridges, jams and preserves, tasty pastry. Russian huge territory holds a whole range of cultures and food traditions. The country’s different geographic landscapes and climatic features made Russian menu one of the most diversified cuisine in the world! Meat eaters and vegetarians can easily find their perfect meal options. 

Popular Russian food includes traditional Russian recipes and also dishes of other slavic nations. For instance, world-famous borscht is originally a Ukrainian dish, but it became beloved by Russians and you can find it in every Russian restaurant’s menu. Therefore, let’s not be too specific about geographical nuances and name the most delicious dishes that you need to eat in Russia. 

Russian pelmeni 

Russian pelmeni is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Russian kitchen. In the Urals and Siberia people started to cook them more than 600 years ago. If you have a look on one piece of pelmeni you’ll see that its shape resembles the auricle of the ear. And this similarity determines the origin of its name which means “bread ear”. Recipe is pretty simple - just wrap some finely ground meat into dough and put it into boiling water for a few minutes. 

Vareniki   

Vareniki can be seen as vegetarian pelmeni since they are usually stuffed with potato , mushrooms, cabbage, cottage cheese. In addition to savoury options there are also sweet ones with cherries, strawberry and other berries. 

Solyanka 

Russian Solyanka is a hearty, thick soup that’ll keep you warm in rainy cold days. In general, main ingredients are salty smoked meats, sausages, olives, pickles, sometimes carrots. But they are always subject of change since recipe hugely depends on cook preferences. The name of the dish солянка means “salty”, which is derived from the word соль – salt. The variety of ingredients in the soup gave birth to a phrase “сборная солянка”, which means a mixture of nearly everything.

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How to Make Small Talk in Russian ⠀ ⠀ Want to start a conversation with a Russian speaker but don't know where to start? Just have a look at the following expressions that will help you to boost your conversational Russian vocabulary! ⠀ ⠀ Try to say them out loud, don’t just read them silently. ⠀ ⠀ Russian Greetings Доброе утро — Dobraye ootro — Good morning Добрый день — Dobriy den' — Good afternoon Добрый вечер — Dobriy vyecher — Good evening Здравствуйте — Zdrastvooyte — Hello Привет! — Preevyet — Hi! Рад тебя видеть — Rat teebya veedet' — Nice to see you! Как поживаешь? — Kak pazhivayesh? — How are you? Спасибо, прекрасно! — Spaseeba preekrasna! — Fine, thanks! Неплохо! — Neeploha! — Not so bad Как Вас зовут? — Kak vas zavoot? — What's your name? Меня зовут... — Meenya zavoot... — My name is... ⠀ ⠀ Saying Thanks in Russian Спасибо — Spaseeba — Thank you Большое спасибо — Bal'shoye spaseeba — Thank you very much. Не за что — Nyezashta — That's all right Пожалуйста — Pazhalooysta — You're welcome ⠀ ⠀ Saying Goodbye in Russian К сожалению, мне (нам) пора идти — K sazhalyeneeyoo mnye (nam) para eettee — I'm sorry I (we) should be going До свидания! — Da sveedaneeya — Good-bye! Пока! — Paka — Bye-bye! Увидимся — Ooveedeemsya — See you Счастливого пути! — Schasleevava pootee — Have a nice trip! ⠀ ⠀ Speaking and Comprehension Вы говорите по-английски? — Vi gavareetye pa angleeskee? — Do you speak English? Я плохо говорю по-русски — Ya plokha gavaryoo pa rooskee — My Russian is bad Говорите, пожалуйста, медленнее — Gavareetye pazhalooysta myedleeney — Could you speak more slowly? Я не понимаю — Ya nee paneemayoo — I don't understand Я понимаю — Ya paneemayoo — I understand ⠀ ⠀ Having a conversation in the real world can be challenging – but don’t give up! Here’s the tip to understand person who you talk to better:When you’re listening to someone during a conversation just try to focus on the words that you recognise and understand more than the words you don’t.⠀⠀And remember the more practice the better!

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How many names do Russians have?

Russian names Officially, we have three name — a family name (фамилия), a first name (имя) and a father’s name (отчество). For this purpose there is a magic abbreviation which you’ll be able to find in official forms or applications = ФИО

Example: Иванов Иван Иванович Фамилия. These names can be male or female. Usually a male фамилия ends with a consonant (Ex: Иванов) and a female one — with the vowel letters -A or -Я (Ex: Иванова).

More examples: Путин — Путина, Чайковский — Чайковская, Петров — Петрова.

But this rule works only with pure Russian family names. If a family name is borrowed from a foreign language (German, Korean, Ukranian, etc.) it has the same form for both genders and we never change endings.

Examples:

German — Майер Александр and Майер Александра

Korean — Цой Виктор and Цой Анита

Ukranian — Нетребко Павел и Нетребко Анна Имя. This is the given name that parents select when a baby is born. And as in many European languages, there are names for boys or girls, i.e male and female forms.

Example: Александр and Александра, Евгений and Евгения

As you can see from the example above, they follow the same grammar rule as family names — male end with consonants and female have vowel endings. But this rule works only for official given names because we also have short versions or nicknames. Most names have one commonly used nickname.

For example, I am Ольга, officially. But my parents, friends or other close people call me Оля as well. And that’s my nickname. Or my husband’s name is Сергей but in everyday situations I call him Серёжа.

There can be lots of nicknames for one official given name, starting from super sweet forms and finishing with those to bully a person. For example: Екатерина can be called as Катя, Катенька, Катюша (positive) or Катька, Катюха 

(negative).

Coming back to the grammar point of nicknames. Foreigners will have to memorize nicknames because most of male nicknames as well as female ones end with vowels.

For example: Паша (from Павел, i.e male), Боря (from Борис, i.e male), Маша (from Мария, i.e female) or Настя (from Анастасия, i.e female).

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Tоngue Twisters аre nоt just sауings thаt аre difficult tо prоnоunce quicklу!

The Russiаn wоrd fоr “tоngue twister” is “скороговорка” skаrаgаvórkа. It cоnsists оf twо pаrts: “скоро” = fаst аnd “говорить” = tо speаk, tо sау. Sо, the literаl trаnslаtiоn intо English wоuld be sоmething like fаst sауing. In Russiаn, the wоrd “скороговорка” is used оnlу fоr these specific phrаses аnd dоesn’t define everуthing thаt is hаrd tо sау (like, fоr exаmple, а single wоrd оr а nаme). Prаcticing Russiаn tоngue twisters is а gооd wау оf enhаncing уоur Russiаn prоnunciаtiоn аs theу use а vаrietу оf techniques tо mаke them difficult tо sау. Уоu cаn dо it аt уоur Russiаn lessоns with уоur tutоr оr when studуing уоurself. А tоngue-twister is а phrаse thаt is designed tо be difficult tо аrticulаte prоperlу. Tоngue-twisters mау relу оn similаr but distinct phоnemes (e.g., s s аnd sh ʃ), оr оther feаtures оf а lаnguаge. Оne оf the hаrdest tоngue-twisters in the Russiаn lаnguаge, аre "На дворe трава, на травe дрова. Нe руби дрова на травe двора". Mаnу tоngue-twisters use а cоmbinаtiоn оf аlliterаtiоn аnd rhуme. Theу hаve twо оr mоre sequences оf sоunds thаt require repоsitiоning the tоngue between sуllаbles, then the sаme sоunds аre repeаted in а different sequence. Fоr exаmple, in the sequence: "Шла Саша по шоссe и сосала сушку" requires а speаker tо switch rаpidlу between the s s аnd sh ʃ sоunds. Sоme Russiаn tоngue twisters аre shоrt but sоme аre lоng. Аll оf them thоugh help develоpment оf cleаr speech fоr nоn-nаtive speаkers аnd even nаtive-speаkers. Using tоngue twisters is аn аbsоlute must fоr аnуоne whо uses their vоice prоfessiоnаllу like аctоrs, singers оr news reаders. "Шесть мышат в шалаше шуршат" Hоw tо wоrk with Russiаn tоngue twisters? Chооse the оne уоu like аnd trаnslаte it if уоu cаn. Stаrt reаding it verу slоwlу аnd sауing eаch wоrd cleаrlу, then repeаt it fаster keeping the right prоnunciаtiоn аnd lоgicаl intоnаtiоn. Trу tо memоrise it аnd sау it reаllу fаst withоut mаking mistаkes. Tо enhаnce уоur prоnunciаtiоn repeаt tоngue twisters everу dау.Just fоr fun, trу sоme оf these Russiаn tоngue twisters аnd see hоw уоu dо.

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TOP 10 Compliments Russian girls love

For example: if you would like to complement someone on how they look in Russian, you can say: Ты хорошо выглядишь! TI ha-ra-SHO VIG-lya-deesh You look great! If you would really like to impress the girl with your knowledge of the Russian language, you can also add: Впрочем, как всегда to the end of the sentence above. Instead of хорошо, you can use any of these adverbs: Хорошо ha-ra-SHO good, nice Красиво kra-SEE-va beautiful Отлично at-LEECH-na superb, excellent Замечательно za-mee-CHA-tyel’-na remarkable, wonderful Изумительно ee-zoo-MEE-tyel’-na amazingly, wonderful Прекрасно preek-RAS-na very well, wonderful, excellent Великолепно vye-lee-ka-LYEP-na splendid!, excellent! Ты Самая/ Ты Самый You can also compliment on the person’s appearance, qualities or skills using pronouns самая and самый: Ты/вы самая ti/vi SA-may-ya you are the most… Ты/вы самый – you are the most… or pronouns такая and такой: Ты/вы такая ti/vi ta-KA-ya – you are so… Ты/вы такой – you are so… These are some of adjectives you can use in your compliments (the adjectives below are feminine): Красивая kra-SEE-va-ya beautiful Обаятельная a-ba-YA-tyel’-na-ya charming, fascinating Замечательная za-mee-CHA-tyel’-na-ya wonderful, remarkable Добрая DOB-ra-ya kind Заботливая za-BOT-lee-va-ya caring Нежная NYEZH-na-ya loving, affectionate Умная OOM-na-ya smart Профессиональная pra-fye-see-a-NAL’-na-ya professional Мне Нравится/Нравятся….Another way to give a compliment or praise someone is by pointing out something that you like about that person, using Russian мне нравится MNYE NRA-veet-sya or “I like”.A few examples:Мне нравится, как ты танцуешь - I love the way you dance.Мне так нравятся твои новые туфли - I like your new shoes so much.Мне нравится, как вы поёте - I like the way you sing.Мне нравится ваша причёска - I like your hair.I hope you enjoyed this selection of compliments. These are just a few examples. Please feel free to come up with your own compliments

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There are a lot of ways to say "a lot" in Russian

Words synonyms

In the first group you can find synonyms which are similar to English “oodles of,” “heaps of,” “a large amount of," etc.

Ку́ча

kúcha

Examples:

куча денег -  oodles of money

куча проблем - a bunch of problems

Я не могу пойти в кино сегодня, потому что у меня куча дел. - I cannot go to the cinema today because I have a lot of things to do.

У́йма

Úyma

Examples:

уйма времени - lots of time

уйма бумаги - lots of paper

Он прочитал уйму книг, чтобы начать свой бизнес. - He read lots of books to start his own business.

Полно́

palnó

Examples:

Полно людей - lots of people

Полно грибов - lots of mushrooms

В современных супермаркетах полно разной еды. - There are a lot of different food in modern supermarkets.

Мно́жество

Mnózhestva

Examples:

Множество фактов - many facts

Множество звёзд - a multitude of stars

Этот спортсмен выиграл множество медалей за свою спортивную карьеру. - This athlete has won many medals for his sport career.

Popular phraseologisms are organized in the second group.

Idioms

Ку́ры не клюю́т

Kúry ni klyuyút a dime a dozen

Literally it is translated as “hens do not peck.” It is a humorous expression which means that even gluttonous hens cannot eat something because there is a great amount of it. It is usually used with the word “деньги” in the genitive case.

Example:

Он может купить всё - у него денег куры не клюют. - He can buy anything - he has money to burn.

Как соба́к нере́заных

Kak sabák nirézanykh as many of somebody/something as stray dogs

Example:

Трудно получить эту должность, так как кандидатов как собак нерезаных. It is difficult to get this position because there are as many candidates as stray dogs.

Непоча́тый край

Nipochátyy kray no end of

Commonly used with the word “дело” in genitive plural case.

Example:

У неё непочатый край дел, о которых она хочет поговорить с начальником. She has an unending number of questions to ask her boss.

Ваго́н и ма́ленькая теле́жка

Vagón i málin'kaya tilézhka a wagon and a small truck

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The New Year’s holidays in Russia

New Year’s and Christmas holidays finished and let’s see how was it in Russia! How do people usually celebrate these holidays and what do they usually say to each other. 1)    31 December – 01 January New Year’s eve – Новый год As everywhere in the world Russian people usually celebrate this holiday in the family circle or with friends. We cook traditional Russian dishes and salads, drink champagne and some people drink vodka  We set off fireworks to celebrate the New Year. We watch New Year’s movies and concert on TV. After we like to go out in the center of the city to see the central square where usually are the decorated Christmas tree and the ice-run for the kids. What do usually people say at these days? C новым годом! s novym godom – Happy New Year! Cчастливого Нового года! schastlivogo novogo goda - a glad New Year! Я желаю тебе здоровья и счастья! – ya zhelayu tebe zdorovya i schastya – I wish you health and happiness! 2)    7th January  – Christmas – РождествоMost of Russians are orthodox Christians and they celebrate Christmas by the old calendar – 7th January instead of 25th December. Usually some people go to the church for the evening and night liturgy, some of them just stay at home and have a celebratory dinner or go to the restaurants.People in Russia have holidays and they don’t work till 9th January (depends of the calendar) and all the offices are closed. This long period Russians go on a visit to each other and see the family’s members. The make presents, go out, go for the ski and the trips.What do usually people say at the Christmas?C Рождеством! s rozhdestvom - Merry Christmas!On the first working day after the holidays people usually continue to say to the colleagues “C Новым годом!» and “С прошедшими праздниками!” -Happy belated!Also they ask each other how did they spend holidays – Как у тебя прошли праздники? kak u tebya proshli prazdniki – How did your holidays pass?Как ты отметил праздники? kak ty otmetil prazdniki– How did you celebrate the holidays?And also – С первым рабочим днём! s pervym rabochim dnem – Happy first working day!

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5 Tips to Learn Russian Everyday! Take post-it notes and label all your things at home in Russian This might seem silly to you, you already know all the words for your household items right? Besides when will you actually talk about them?You would be surprised how many everyday objects come up in conversation, if you're shopping for furniture or just talking about your day. You might even be surprised by how many new words you learn this way, such as: тумбочка, "bedside-table" кофеварка, "coffemaker" розетка, "wall outlet" лейка для душа, "shower head" салфетка, "napkin" Listen to Russian songs Don't worry, you probably won't understand all of the words at the beginning. But, you can look up any lyrics online and research unknown words and phrases to help you understand. This is also a great to hone your context understanding, so that you can understand what the conversation (or song) is about without actually understanding each and every word you are hearing. Find a forum in Russian about your favorite hobby or interest Learning a new language is always easier, and more fun, when you get to learn words and vocabulary about something you are interested in! Reading a forum discussion is a great way to find new vocabulary, and, if you feel comfortable, you can even participate in the discussion. Keep a diary Try to write about your day using Russian in a private diary. It doesn't really matter what events you write about from your day, because even in your daily routine you will begin to notice new words, vocabulary, or phrases you hadn't thought to learn before. It is also a great way to practice for a normal, everyday conversation you might have with a friend or family. Read classic and popular literature Even if you only read half a page per day, you will begin to understand more vocabulary and learn to understand based on context rather than focusing on individual words in the text. You might even notice the longer you read, the faster you may begin to understand the phrasing, context, and vocabulary.

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Talk about a weather like Russian Russians are not into weather (we get used to our changeable and unpredictable weather and have put up with it), the imprecise information given in a forecast can make us very talkative. Russian people are not so much inventive in weather vocabulary. In fact, there is a quite limited list of relevant phrases. Here they are! «Обещали дождь» literally means «they promised us rain». Do you feel how unsure both Russians and weather forecasters are about the weather?)) «Льет как из ведра» (“it’s pouring like form the bucket”) is the same as “rain cats and dogs”. «Моросит» (“it’s drizzling”). «Идет град» (“it’s hail”) . In English “snow” and “rain” can be verbs as well, whereas in Russian they are only nouns. And we use a verb «идти» when we imply that the action is provided by either of them. «идёт дождь», «идёт снег» (“it’s raining”, “it’s snowing” respectively).

For the winter time we use: «Снег валит» (the accent is on the last syllable. “it’s snowing a lot”). «Метёт» (“it’s blizzard”). «Падает снег» (not very common but still. “the snow is falling”). «Намело!» (“There is an amount of snow” used as the fact. More to emphasize the unusual amount of snow). Moreover, for summer-like weather:

The simplest one is «cолнечно», it means “it’s sunny”. «Солнце палит» (kind of “The sun is burning us here”). «Жара» (“It’s hot”). «Пекло»(“It’s boiling hot”). «Тепло» (“it’s warm”). «Зной» (a bit poetic, used by well-educated people. “it’s heatwave”). And finally, if you notice any sign of wind, the best to say is… «Ветрено» (“it’s windy”). «Ветер сильный» (“it’s a strong wind”).