Imagine traveling to Russia and not knowing a single Russian word. You’re stuck in a bus in a grey Moscow suburb going to your hotel, and want to ask where your bus stop is. But you just don’t know any useful Russian phrases. So you end up skipping your stop, waiting 50 minutes in the cold Russian winter, and having to pay an extra 200 Rubles to take the next bus back. That’s the situation we want... Source ..read more

If you want to learn Russian, knowing how to say “how are you” in Russian is essential. Imagine a Russian friend is coming over. He knows that you are practicing Russian. When he enters he says: Как дела? And you just stare at him and say “Ehh, I didn’t get it. What does that mean?” No. You want to be able to reply right away: Хорошо! А у тебя? So if you want to become fluent in Russian... Source ..read more

Down below you find the table of conjugations for the verbs звонить and позвонить. In English the translation means ‘to call’. Imperfective Aspect Perfective Aspect Infinitive Form звонить позвонить – Present Tense я – 1st Person Singular звоню ты – 2nd Person Singular звонишь он/она/оно – 3rd Person Singular звонит мы – 1st Person Plural звоним вы – 2nd Person Plural звоните они – 3rd Person Plural звонят – Past Tense он – Masculine звонил позвонил она – Feminine звонила позвонила оно – N ..read more

Russian sentence structure is awesome: My uncle me asked to him salt to pass. That sounds wacky. But in Russian it’s a correct sentence if we keep the Russian word order the same: Мой дядя меня попросил ему соль передать. That’s cool.  In this guide you learn how to form the Russian sentence structure AND why it helps you sound more fluent than you actually are: How to form the Russian sentence structure Russian word order is much more flexible than English. In English (or Dutch, Spanish, French, Italian etc) every sentence starts clearly with the subject.  Then comes the verb. The ..read more

Russian prepositions are more difficult than their English counterparts. Why? Because you need to remember the correct case for each preposition... List of Russian prepositions + examples Each Russian preposition requires that the following noun is in a specific case. That’s why you need to learn the required case while learning a new preposition. Some prepositions can use multiple cases, depending on the meaning of the preposition. The best way to learn them is to focus on learning the cases. So when you’re learning the accusative case, also focus your efforts on the prepositions that require ..read more

There are 186 Russian possessive pronouns. That’s a LOT to remember. But with some simple tricks you can learn them ALL in around 10 minutes. Curious how? Continue reading. If you’re looking for the tables with all the pronouns written down for each case, click below to go to the right section: Russian possessive pronouns cheatsheet Below you find all the Russian possessive pronouns. The tables make it easy to find what you’re looking for. I added a short explanation of the possessive pronoun in each section. Also added some commentary that shows the similarities, so you can more easily rememb ..read more

The Russian prepositional case is the easiest Russian case: If you see one of the three prepositions в, на or о ——–> add е to the end of the noun. That’s it. Congratulations. You now know the prepositional case in Russian Russian prepositional case cheatsheet This case is the simplest case to learn in Russian. That’s why I recommend you learn it as the second case: Nominative Prepositional Accusative Genitive Dative  Instrumental So if you have no clue yet what the nominative case is, go there first. Short summary about the prepositional case: the case indicates that an action is l ..read more

It’s a good idea to learn the Russian instrumental case as the last Russian case. мы с моей девушкой едим в хорошем ресторане – me and my girlfriend eat at a nice restaurant. Still, if you learn the following 3 things, you’ll be 80% on your way to master this case: learn the correct endings learn when to use the case practice it in speaking every day Curious how to achieve that? Let’s get started. Russian instrumental case cheatsheet The Russian instrumental case is not the most difficult case in Russian. That’s the genitive case. That doesn’t mean it’s easy. In terms of difficult, I’d rate ..read more

I didn’t even know what the Russian nominative case was until several months into learning Russian. Cause let’s face it: if you know that the subject of a sentence should be in the nominative case + you know how to recognize it, you already know 80% there is to know about this case. And you can learn that in 30 minutes. Still, I’ve done my best to make this page a great guide if you want to learn all the ins and outs of the nominative case in Russian. What if you just want to look at the declensions table for a quick reminder? Got that covered in the next paragraphs as well. Let’s get started ..read more

The Russian accusative case was the first ‘real’ case I learned 5 years ago. I just learned the phrase: I want to drink beer (я хочу пить пиво) The first sentence I spoke after that was: я хочу пить водка. That made me feel clever. Until I figured out it’s dead wrong. Correct sentence: я хочу пить водку. Ouch. Sounds difficult? It really isn’t. If you haven’t yet learned the accusative case in Russian, don’t worry… it’s the most simple case in Russian. Even though it’s easier than the other cases to learn, it still takes some time to understand and remember all the nuances. So continue reading ..read more