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@russiangrammar
do you have any book recommendations for a beginner in Russian? something easy like a children's chapter book maybe?
I generally recommend a beginner reader such as the ones below:
Beginner’s Russian Reader
Читаем и всё понимаем
I Read Russian
Let’s Read Russian!
Русский без границ
Шкатулка
Шкатулочка
I have other books here if you want as well.
I was trying to brush up on my Russian, when I discovered a website called Foreigncy. It’s “a one-of-a-kind language training system for advanced level students and language professionals.” They currently have Russian, Arabic, and Hebrew available for English natives. (It looks like they used to have Persian, Urdu and Mandarin, but they haven’t been updated for a couple years.)
Users go through a three-step process: first, you’re given an English language summary of the foreign news article. Then, you’re given a set of vocab lists, flashcards and quizzes to prepare you for the vocab in the article. Finally, once you feel you have familiarised yourself with the vocabulary and the subject matter, they send you to a real-life news article.
Let me know what you think of this resource! Happy learning!
this post is meant to be a directory of every resource I come across for Russian. it will be a continuous work in progress so thank you for your patience! if you have any issues or things to add, please reply to this post!
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a brief history of the russian language - BYU
encyclopaedia britannica
fun facts
learning profile
playlist of samples
the russian language [video]
why I love russian by @can-you-poly-not
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Do you have any recommendations for Russian things I can listen to while at work? Like podcasts or YouTube videos? My job is super tedious mostly shuffling documents and I've been listening to some of the Harry Potter audiobooks. I like that it's a book series I'm already familiar with so if I zone out & stop paying attention I'm not like lost as to what's going on with the plot. & i like that it's long so I don't have to take time to look online for something diff to play in the middle of work
Anyone have any recommendations?
Thank you for setting up the Duolingo for 30 Days of Russian! I missed day 2 from being out of town, but I'm at a 29 streak today! It's been fun learning with others in the community and seeing how each person progresses. Will the club still be up or do you plan on removing it when August starts?
Hi @tsarnickyii, you’re very welcome, and I’m glad to hear your streak is going well! The Duolingo club is still around. It’s a shame that it’s just limited to 15 people, but if anyone wants to create a club and share the code, please send the code to Russian Grammar so we can share!
Happy learning!
I have achieved the 30 day streak on Duolingo! Thank you, @russiangrammar, for motivating me to pick up Russian again! :)
To @bloodyborsch I dedicate this very very lame joke/thing, “How does a polite cactus greet his cactus friends? He says :‘как ты?’”
Well done, @ivanbookman! Keep it up!
30 day streak achieved! :D I missed two days but had the streak freeze save me from losing the streak (which resulted in me getting it through now on August 1st). I also achieved my goal of reaching that checkpoint!
And oh yeah, it was a challenge by @russiangrammar!
Congratulations! Keep up the great work!
Who managed to complete the 30 Day Russian Challenge? Send in your screenshots or tag @russiangrammar to let us know!
Now that you’ve been studying Russian for 30 days straight, why not keep it up and make it a regular thing?
Who’s working on their skills for @russiangrammar‘s 30 day challenge? Да, это я. One week complete!
Well done @foxleycrow! Who else has been keeping up with the challenge?
Just found out about this amazing resource called 3ears!
It has a selection of films, TV shows, (such as Кухня and Как я стал русским), as well as Russian-language songs and other video clips. As shown in the screenshot above, you can find a transcript below each video, and each word in the transcript is highlighted when it is spoken or sang in the video. If you click on the word, it will show you the exact point in the video the word is said. You can drag the word to the side of the screen and you’ll see the definition, declension or conjugation, and other example usages of a word.
I would really recommend 3ears as it’s really useful for learners who want to find out all the unfamiliar words and slang in sitcoms and films, especially when there is a lot of quickly spoken conversational dialogue.
Day 7 of the 30 Day Russian Challenge
Give yourselves a round of applause if you’ve achieved a 7-day streak on Duolingo — that’s a whole week now!
What new words have you learnt? What have you found particularly useful? If you missed a day or two, that’s ok! Just pick it up again and keep going!
Do you have any links to books/pdfs for Russian? Not like literature but more learning Russian.
I have so many books and links, my friend, that I am not posting most since they are on my laptop and I would have to upload >1 GB of books. But I hope that the following is more than enough.
The New Penguin Russian Course (my rec for beginners!!)
60 Lessons in Russian
10,000 Russian Words by Frequency
A Basic Modern Russian Grammar
A Comprehensive Russian Grammar
A Reference Grammar of Russian
Assimil Russian (with audio)
Big Silver Book of Russian Verbs
Colloquial Russian (with audio)
Colloquial Russian II
DLI Basic Russian
DLI Intermediate Russian
DLI Intermediate-Advanced
DLI Russian Binder I
DLI Russian Binder II
DLI Russian Phase I
DLI Russian Phase II
DLI Russian Phase III
DLI Advanced Russian
Essential Russian Grammar
FSI Russian Fast Course
How to Pronounce Russian Correctly
Hugo’s Russian in 3 Months (with audio)
Intermediate Russian: Grammar and Workbook
In-Flight Russian
Just Listen n’ Learn Russian (with audio)
Linguaphone Russian (with audio)
Living Language Russian: Beginner-Intermediate
Michel Thomas Russian (with audio)
Oxford Russian Verbs & Grammar
Peace Corps Russian Language Lessons
Peace Corps Russian Language Competencies
Peace Corps Workbook
Pimsleur Russian (with audio)
Routledge Modern Russian Grammar
Russian
Russian - A Self-Teaching Guide
Russian For Dummies
Russian Grammar
Russian in Exercises
Russian Phrasebook
Russian Pronunciation
Russian Verbs of Motion
Say it Right in Russian
Schaum’s Outline of Russian Grammar
Teach Yourself Russian 1962
Teach Yourself Russian 1996
Teach Yourself Russian 2000
Teach Yourself Russian 2003
If you want to know which ones I like, here is a link to it. I can post, if you want, other specific Russian books if I have them, like stories and such, at a later date.
This is a fantastic list of resources!
43% россиян, слышавших о сталинских репрессиях, полагают, что без них "невозможно было бы сохранить порядок в стране". Россияне чаще узнают об этих событиях из СМИ, намного реже - на занятиях в школах и вузах. Таковы итоги исследования ВЦИОМ "Сталинские репрессии: преступление или наказание".
Another Russian news article with vocabulary below. If you’d like to share an article and present the vocabulary that goes with it, please feel free to share it with us at Russian Grammar! VOCABULARY полага́ть suppose подверга́ться/подве́ргнуться (+ dat.) to be subjected to ста́лкива|ть(ся)/столкну́ться (с + inst.) to collide; clash with затрудня́ться/затрудни́ться (с + inst./+ INFIN) to have difficulty with/doing све́дения knowledge ока́зываться/оказа́ться (+ inst.) to turn out to be разделя́ться/раздели́ться to become divided преда́тель traitor загово́рщик conspirator жу́лик swindler, cheat опра́вдывать/оправда́ть to justify, to acquit отража́ть/отрази́ть to reflect, to deflect подрастающее поколение younger generation разбира́ть/разобра́ть to sort out, to analyse, to make out сверга́ть/све́ргнуть to overthrow расставля́ть/расста́вить to arrange, to set up, to set out обречённый; обрека́ть/обре́чь кого́-н на что-н doomed; to doom sb to sth разру́ха devastation одобря́ть/одо́брить to approve жёрнов millstone искаже́ние misrepresentation, distortion, error
это vs этот, эта, это, эти
princess-marida
Im getting confused over the difference between это и этот :(
это = demonstrative pronoun (indeclinable) Examples: Это книга. This is a book. Это мои кошки. These are my cats. Это интересно! This is interesting! Это мой ключ. This is my key. этот, эта, это, эти = demonstrative adjectives (declinable) Examples: Эта книга очень интересная. This book is very interesting. Эти кошки любят тебя! These cats love you! Это здание было построено в 17 веке. This building was built in the 17th century. Этот ключ не работает. This key doesn’t work. Hope that helps!
Day 5 of the 30 Day Russian Challenge
How’s it going everyone? Who’s managed to keep a 5-day streak so far? Share what you’ve learnt with us!
Helpful tips on learning the Cyrillic alphabet from Russian Grammar followers!
teddybruisevelt
When I learned, my prof had us focus on the words that are the same or similar to English, which was really helpful
fynch
Yes!! I used the app “Russian Alphabet”, it’s really simple but it was really useful to me. I learnt the whole Cyrillic alphabet in one night, thanks to the app. By the way, do it in the night. You can memorize better if you review anything before sleeping!
ethanation
You have to practice it, there’s no other way! You can develop your own useful pneumonics to help, because you’re inevitably going to confuse В/Б П/Р etc. for a while. Maybe try learning to write Russian cursive as well? Russians only write in cursive, and there are some differences between print and cursive. It could help you solidify it more, maybe? And I hate to say this, but learning the alphabet will be the easiest part with Russian. It will become natural eventually, I promise! Удачи!!!
mostly-monolingual
look up “sesame street russian alphabet”. It’s addictive. also, the memrise course is great, and this website has a super simple way to learn the alphabet without overthinking it.
osmankazdal
When I first learned the the sounds of each letter, I spent a lot of time writing English words with Cyrillic letters the best I could just to reinforce my understanding of each of the sounds Also I would open the lyrics to slow Russian songs and read them slowly over and over again, and then listen to the song Might be worth downloading a Russian keyboard onto your computer and then buying a pack of Cyrillic letter stickers to your keyboard! Makes practicing a whole lot easier, good luck
slav-reject
The way I learned Cyrillic was to write each letter 10 (or possibly more) times, and repeat the sound each letter makes every time I wrote the said letter. I also solidified my mastery of Cyrillic by learning basic spelling rules early on (when to pronounce ‘o’ as ‘a’ etc.) and incorporating those spelling rules when trying to spell out words and sentences :)
genesischi
Having learned the phonemic alphabet I got some assistance as I could write down the exact sound I needed to remember without possibly confusing it for Latin lettering So although it means learning more the phonemic alphabet could help
ayyoanahi
Divide the letters into groups: -letters that sound the same and look the same as your own alphabet-letters that look the same but sound different than those in your native alphabet-letters that look new/different but carry the same sounds as your native alphabet-letters that can’t be found or seen in your native alphabet Once you identify which letters belong to these groups, practice the letters in that order (above) Also, start writing words you already know using the Cyrillic alphabet….
Reposting with some new additions — thanks for all your tips!
Московские чиновники ведут тайный инструктаж избиркомов и избирателей перед выборами муниципальных депутатов, которые пройдут в сентябре, узнала Русская служба Би-би-си. В выборах планирует участие оппозиция, а "Единая Россия" готовится к "жесткому сражению".
Along with the 30 Day Russian Challenge, I’ll be trying to read more articles in Russian! If you’d like to share an article and present the vocabulary that goes with it, please feel free to share it with us at Russian Grammar.
VOCABULARY чино́вник official, bureaucrat избирко́мы electoral commisions сраже́ние battle инструкта́ж briefing упра́ва council совеща́ние meeting, conference председа́тель chairman выступле́ние speech противостоя́ть (+ dat.) to withstand усло́вие condition, term, agreement выставля́ть/вы́ставить to put out, stick out, put forward заявля́ться/заяви́ться to turn up самовыдвиже́нец self-nominated залива́ть/зали́ть to flood, to extinguish черни́л ink устра́ивать/устро́ить to organise, arrange учрежде́ние setting up, establishment, agency, institution я́вка appearance, attendance, secret meeting place один в поле не воин safety in numbers на кону at stake предыду́щий previous масшта́бный large-scale завоёвывать/завоева́ть to conquer, to win то́нкость thinness, slenderness грамотность literacy выдвига́ться/вы́двинуться to slide out, get ahead, advance договорённость agreement отсе́ивать/отсе́ять to sift out, eliminate, expel приде́рживать/придержа́ть to hold stead, restrain сора́тник comrade in arms то́чечный dotted застро́йка development склоня́ть/склони́ть кого́-н к/на to lower; to talk over, persuade перечисля́ть/перечи́слить to list; to transfer замруководитель deputy head преодолева́ть/преодоле́ть to overcome, break down, break through
