Russian Language For Beginners

A course for English-speaking students. Learn all six cases and verb conjugation. Reach a pre-intermediate level

What you'll learn

Build a large vocabulary of the most useful and common Russian phrases

Listen to short Russian conversations on a variety of everyday topics

Read short Russian texts on useful topics, such as clothes, food, furniture, and work

Accurately identify and spontaneously use the accusative case in various sentences

Accurately identify and spontaneously use the genitive case in various sentences

Accurately identify and spontaneously use the prepositional case in various sentences

Accurately identify and spontaneously use the instrumental case in various sentences

Accurately identify and spontaneously use the dative case in various sentences

Gain a clear and detailed understanding of Russian verb conjugation

Be able to speak, read, write, and listen to Russian at a pre-intermediate level

Requirements

Students should already be familiar with the Russian alphabet

Students ought to be English-speaking

Description

This course has been designed for English speakers who would like to learn Russian fast. It is made for beginners, but you must be familiar with the Russian alphabet, as the alphabet is not taught. Experience has shown that there are many who would like to learn Russian, who are already familiar with the sounds of Russian letters, but who are unfamiliar with the very different grammar that we find in Russian, such as the gender of nouns and the complicated system of cases. We find these cases in all Russian sentences, so to progress to a pre-intermediate level, it is vital that the student gain a detailed knowledge of how nouns and adjectives decline in accusative, genitive, prepositional, instrumental, and dative cases. By the end of this course, armed with a thorough understanding of these grammar topics, you will be able to understand Russian texts and conversations, and able to create your own Russian sentences.The course has two instructors, one of whom speaks Russian as a native language, and one of whom teaches English grammar at an advanced level. The explanations of Russian grammar are given in English, but the rest of the course is 100% in Russian, so your listening skills will be challenged from the very start. Both instructors are ready, willing, and able to answer your tricky questions, so please ask if you find yourself in a muddle, and you will get a swift response. Perhaps you do business with people in Russia, or have friends or family from Russia. Perhaps you just love the sound of the language, or plan on going to Russia soon, so you would like to prepare yourself. Whatever your reason for learning Russian, this is the course for those who want to go from beginner to pre-intermediate level as quickly as possible.

Overview

Section 1: Masculine, Feminine, Neuter. Мужской, Женский, Средний род

Lecture 1 Masculine, Feminine, Neuter, Plural? (Мой, Моя, Моё, Мои)

Lecture 2 Listen carefully - Possessive Pronouns. Слушайте внимательно - мой моя моё мои

Lecture 3 Conversational Practice (pronouns) Разговорная Практика (мой моя моё мои)

Lecture 4 Adjectives and Plurals - Part 1. Прилагательные и Множественное Число - Часть 1

Lecture 5 Conversational Practice - Colours. Разговорная Практика - Цвета)

Lecture 6 Gender and Adjectives - Род и Прилагательные

Lecture 7 Adjectives and Plurals - Part 2 (прилагательные и множественное число - часть 2)

Lecture 8 Conversational Practice (adjectives) - Разговорная практика (прилагательные)

Section 2: The Accusative Case / Verb Conjugation - Винительный падеж / Спряжение глаголов

Lecture 9 Verb Conjugation / Accusative Case (1) Спряжение глаголов / Винительный падеж

Lecture 10 Simple Verbs - Простые глаголы

Lecture 11 Conversational Practice. Simple Verbs - Разговорная Практика. Простые Глаголы

Lecture 12 Verb Conjugation / Accusative Case (2) Спряжение глаголов / Винительный падеж

Lecture 13 Accusative Case - Винительный падеж (кого, что)

Lecture 14 Verbs: Do, Read, Watch, Listen. Глаголи: Делать, Читать, Смотреть, Слушать

Lecture 15 My name is Dave - Меня зовут Дэйв

Lecture 16 Conversational Practice - Pronouns. Разговорная Практика - Местоимения

Lecture 17 Verb Conjugation - Love and Hate (1) Спряжение глаголов - Любить и Ненавидеть

Lecture 18 Conversational Practice - Verbs. Разговорная Практика - Глаголы

Lecture 19 Verb Conjugation - Love and Hate (2) Спряжение глаголов - Любить и Ненавидеть

Lecture 20 Verbs - Fruit and vegetables. Глаголы - Фрукты и овощи

Lecture 21 Conversational Practice - Accusative. Разговорная практика - Винительный

Lecture 22 Days of the week. Дни недели

Section 3: The Genitive Case (кого/чего) Родительный падеж

Lecture 23 We have (у нас есть)

Lecture 24 Conversational Practice (I have). Разговорная практика. (У меня есть)

Lecture 25 She has (У неё есть)

Lecture 26 Numbers 1 - 4 (Числа 1-4). Part 1

Lecture 27 Numbers 1 - 4 (Числа 1-4). Part 2

Lecture 28 Conversational Practice. Numbers 1 - 4. Розговорная практика. Числа 1-4

Lecture 29 Conversational Practice (He has..) Разговорная Практика (у него есть)

Lecture 30 Numbers and Time - Числа и Время

Lecture 31 My Family - Моя Семья

Lecture 32 Conversational Practice - My Family. Разговорная практика - Моя семья.

Lecture 33 Verbs - Глаголы

Lecture 34 Conversational Practice - ____овать. Разговорная практика - ____овать

Lecture 35 Verbs: Sleep, Cook, Write, Sing. Глаголы: Спать, Готовить, Писать, Петь

Lecture 36 Frank's Letter - Письмо Фрэнка.

Lecture 37 Frank's Letter - Find the Mistakes. Письмо Фрэнка - Найди Ошибки.

Section 4: The Prepositional Case (ком, чём) Предложный падеж

Lecture 38 The Prepositional Case. (Предложний падеж - о ком / о чём)

Lecture 39 Conversational Practice (prepositional) - Разговорная Практика. (предложный)

Lecture 40 My Home - Rooms in the home. Мой дом - Комнаты в доме

Lecture 41 My home - Furniture in the home. Мой дом - Мебель в доме

Lecture 42 My home - Things in the home. Мой дом. Вещи в доме.

Lecture 43 More Verbs - Ещё Глоголы

Lecture 44 Things in the home - Вещи в доме

Lecture 45 Find the cat (prepositions IN and ON) Найди кота (Предлоги В и НА)

Lecture 46 Prepositions [В НА] + accusative or preposition? [В НА] + кого/что + ком/чём?

Lecture 47 Play football, Play the guitar - Играть в футбол, Играть на гитаре

Lecture 48 People, Things, and Rooms - Люди, Вещи и Комнаты.

Lecture 49 Translation. My House - Перевод. Мой Дом.

Lecture 50 Giovanni's letter from Russia - Письмо Джованни из России

Lecture 51 What is your favourite book? Какая твоя любимая книга?

Lecture 52 Whose house is it? Чей это дом?

Lecture 53 The Google Office. Офис GOOGLE

Lecture 54 Lie, stand, sit, hang - Лежать, стоять, сидеть, висеть

Lecture 55 Conversational Practice. Find the things. Разговорная практика. Найди вещи.

Lecture 56 Lost Property. Prepositional case. Бюро Находок. Предложный падеж.

Section 5: The Instrumental Case (кем/чем) Творительный падеж

Lecture 57 Adverbs and Adjectives + Who/Which. Наречия и Прилагательные + Который

Lecture 58 What kind of (+ noun). Какой, какая, какое, какие (+ noun)

Lecture 59 Unusual Hotels - Необычные Отели

Lecture 60 What colour are your eyes? Какого цвета твои глаза?

Lecture 61 The colour of a car and character - Цвет машины и характер

Lecture 62 I drink coffee with sugar but without milk. Я пью кофе с сахаром но без молока

Lecture 63 Conversational Practice (with V without) Разговорная практика (с чем? без чего?)

Lecture 64 Conversational Practice (with whom/what) Разговорная практика. (с кем/чем)

Lecture 65 Today and Yesterday. Сегодня и Вчера

Lecture 66 Clothes - What do you wear at work? Одежда - Что вы носите на работе?

Lecture 67 Breakfasts of the world. Завтраки мира

Lecture 68 What do Russians eat? Что едят Русские?

Lecture 69 Find 10 Differences. Найди 10 отличий

Lecture 70 Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner - Завтрак, Обед, и Ужин

Lecture 71 Who do you dream of becoming? Кем вы мечтаете стать? (1)

Lecture 72 With whom and with what do you work? С кем и с чем ты работаешь?

Lecture 73 Who do you dream of becoming? Кем вы мечтаете стать? (2)

Section 6: The Dative Case (кому/чему) Дательный падеж

Lecture 74 What time do you wake up? (first part) Во сколько ты просыпаешся? (первая часть)

Lecture 75 A Typical Day of Jean and Anna. Типичный День Жана и Анны.

Lecture 76 What time do you wake up? (part 2) Во сколько ты просыпаешся? (вторая часть)

Lecture 77 Are you a lark or an owl? Вы жаворонок или сова?

Lecture 78 Can and Mustn't - Можно и Нельзя

Lecture 79 The Dative Case - Дательный падеж (кому/чему)

Lecture 80 Where? Where to? Where from? Где? Куда? Откуда?

Anyone with Russian family (husband, wife, child, etc.) who would like to improve fast,Anyone with Russian friends or business partners,Anyone planning a trip to Russia,Anyone who has some basic knowledge of the Russian alphabet, but who doesn't know where to go next,Any English speakers who want to learn Russian fast,Anyone who has tried to learn Russian, but who found the grammar challenging: this course makes the grammar clear.