Lesson 9. Basic Phrases part 2

There are different ways of asking How are you:

How are you? (Formal) – Как Ваши дела?

Lesson 8. Adjectives and Adverbs

Russian adjectives change their ending depending on the case, gender and number of the nouns they relate to.

Lesson 7. Plural of Nouns

In Russian to form the plular in nominative case (initial, dictionary form) we usually use endings –и or –ы.

Lesson 6. Prepositions в (in) and на (on)

In this lesson we will answer questions куда? и где? (where)

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:

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:

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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.

Lesson 1. Basic Phrases

Now you know how to pronounce Russian letters, I think it’s time to learn some basic phrases!

Russian Alphabet and Pronunciation

As you may know, Russian alphabet (Cyrillic alphabet) is not the same as the English one (Roman alphabet). That is why if you can’t read it, it may be challenging for you in the beginning. I will explain each letter in alphabetic order.