Both и and а may be translated into English like and. The difference is that и is uniting words or sentences, whilst а is opposing them: Continue reading Lesson 10. Conjunctions и and a (and), preposition с (with)
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Lesson 9. Basic Phrases part 2
There are different ways of asking How are you:
How are you? (Formal) – Как Ваши дела? Continue reading Lesson 9. Basic Phrases part 2
Lesson 8. Adjectives and Adverbs
Russian adjectives change their ending depending on the case, gender and number of the nouns they relate to. Continue reading Lesson 8. Adjectives and Adverbs
Lesson 7. Plural of Nouns
In Russian to form the plular in nominative case (initial, dictionary form) we usually use endings –и or –ы. Continue reading Lesson 7. Plural of Nouns
Lesson 6. Prepositions в (in) and на (on)
In this lesson we will answer questions куда? и где? (where) Continue reading Lesson 6. Prepositions в (in) and на (on)
Lesson 5. Noun Declensions. Accusative case
Declensions of nouns are closely connected to noun cases. The ending of a noun in each case depends on its declension. There are three declensions of nouns in Russian:
Continue reading Lesson 5. Noun Declensions. Accusative case
Lesson 4. Verbs and Conjugations. Present tense
When we learn a new language, the most challenging is to understand the structure it uses to build sentences. The “skeleton” of this structure are verbs and their conjugations. As soon as you learn how to build the structure, it will be much easier to add “decorations” to your phrases: adjectives, adverbs, etc. – that is why I’m giving you verb conjugations that soon. Continue reading Lesson 4. Verbs and Conjugations. Present tense
Lesson 3. Noun Case
Russian is an inflective language. It means that the word in a sentence takes different endings depending on a role of this word in the sentence. The roles of the words in Russian are expressed by the cases. English, unlike Russian, is analytic language, and the role of words is expressed by prepositions, postpositions and the strict word order. I will give you a detailed example: Continue reading Lesson 3. Noun Case
Lesson 2. Noun Gender
Noun Gender. In Russian, nouns have three genders: masculine, feminine and neutral. It is easy to know the word’s gender in animated nouns like girl or brother. In other cases, in order to know the noun’s gender, you should look at its ending. Continue reading Lesson 2. Noun Gender
Lesson 1. Basic Phrases
Now you know how to pronounce Russian letters, I think it’s time to learn some basic phrases!