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Ideas on Russian Vocabulary Learning

Ideas on Russian Vocabulary Learning

Copious vocabulary is very important if you want to speak and understand the Russian language. But learning a large amount of Russian words that are not easy to spell sometimes can turn to a tough task, especially if you are busy with work, family, and other responsibilities.

 

In this article I will tell you some great tips on how to remember new vocabulary and phrases in a short period of time both based on my teaching Russian experience and learning foreign languages by myself.

 

Ideas on Russian Vocabulary Learning

 

I always tell my students that all words in your mind are divided into 3 groups:

 

Three Steps You Must Take Learning Russian From Scratch

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.

 

Russian Speed Learning Tips

 

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.

5 Most Difficult Things about Learning Russian

5 Most Difficult Things about Learning Russian

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.

 

Difficult Russian

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!

Most common Russian Words with Anki

Most common Russian Words with Anki

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.

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