It is important to understand that there are two manners of speaking в ру́сском языке́ [in Russian language]: formal and informal. Formal: Grammatically, formal simply means using a plural form of the pronoun you – вы to refer to a singular individual. Semantically, depending on a situation, a formal way of speaking can basically mean три ве́щи [three things]: уваже́ние […]

Learning назва́ния [names] of the months in Russian language is легко́ [easy]! Since they are based on the Latin names, Russian ме́сяцы [months] are easily recognizable when they are written or pronounced. Basically, say the months по-англи́йски [in English] with a heavy Russian accent, and you are good to go! Шу́тка! [Kidding]! Since the names are very close, it is ва́жно […]

Today we are going to learn how to count from 11 to 20 in Russian! We will be using our basic building blocks, numbers 1 through 10, to memorize the new ци́фры [numbers]. You will see how easy it is to learn ци́фры [numbers] 11 through 20 now that you know how счита́ть [to count] to 10 по-ру́сски [in Russian]! […]

Watch our video and learn about Russian cursive with us! Every child in Russia learns how to write in cursive. They complete a lot of practice sheets to perfect their writing. Here is one of the practice sheets: The result that school children strive to achieve looks like this: However, when kids grow up, they all develop their own writing […]

Now that you know ру́сский алфави́т [Russian alphabet], let’s learn слова́ алфави́та [the alphabet words] used in the image above. Click on the audio player below, listen, and repeat after me. Try reading these words spelled in Russian below as you listen to me. [powerpress] As you can see, there are no words в ру́сском языке́ [in Russian language] that begin […]

Ру́сская неде́ля [Russian week] begins on a Monday and ends on a Sunday. Дни неде́ли [days of the week] are not capitalized in Russian language. First, let’s take a look at the literal meaning of each day of the week in Russian: Понеде́льник (по + неде́ля + ник): The prefix по means “after” and the word неде́ля means “week.” So понеде́льник can […]

Today we are going to learn how счита́ть [to count] to 10 in Russian! Ци́фры [numbers] 1 through 10 are the ABC’s of Russian numbers. Once you memorize the first ten numbers, you’ll easily learn the rest of them. Наприме́р [for example], if you know that 5 is пять and 10 is де́сять in Russian, then it’s easy to see that пятьдеся́т is […]

[powerpress]   One of the first steps in learning ру́сский язы́к [Russian language] is to learn its алфави́т [alphabet]. While it may seem daunting to learn a new alphabet, learning ру́сский алфави́т [Russian alphabet] is relatively easy. You will find that some ру́сские бу́квы [Russian letters] look the same as English letters, e.g.: А а, В в, Е е, К к, М м, Н […]