Three Steps You Must Take Learning Russian From Scratch
So you have finally made up your mind to start learning Russian. Absolutely from scratch. Would you like to be fluent in less than half a year and have lots of friends among the native speakers? Here are three easy tips for you which will make these daring goals achievable.
1. Master basic phonetics.
There are three basic things you need to know about the Russian phonetics at the very beginning and these are the stress, the soft and hard consonants and the sound “ы”. It will take you less than an hour to become aware of these aspects so please take your time and look into the matter before starting to learn any vocabulary or grammar.
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While Russian is a beautiful languages, with rich history of art and intellect, it can be a challenge for foreigners to learn. Below are some of the biggest challenges you’ll face.
Different Alphabet
Before even starting to learn Russian, you have to learn to read it. It uses the cyrillic alphabet, and memorizing a new set of characters is hard mental work. Plus there are a lot of letters that look like Latin ones but make a completely different sound!
Are you ready for some Russian vocabulary? I hope so, because I have created Anki electronic flashcards with 10,000 of the most common Russian words. On the back of every card, you will get the definition in English, an audio pronunciation, links to Google Translate and Yandex Translate, noun declension/verb conjugation rules, and examples.
If 10,000 words sounds a little overwhelming, I have also made smaller decks of cards with 1K, 1.5K, 2K, 3K, 4K, and 5K of the most common Russian words. All I need from you is some motivation.
Russian adverbs do not change their form. The following is a list of common adverbs and expressions to describe quality, quantity, speed, and frequency:
