Complete Guide to the Russian Cyrillic Alphabet
Learn all 33 Russian Cyrillic letters: capital and lowercase, pronunciation, false friends (P=R, C=S, H=N, B=V), letter groups by difficulty, and memorization tips.
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Understanding Russian Gender: Nouns and Adjectives Guide
Complete guide to Russian gender: masculine, feminine, neuter nouns, how to identify gender from endings, adjective agreement tables, plural forms, and 30+ examples.
All 6 Russian Grammar Cases: A Beginner's Guide
Master all 6 Russian cases: Nominative, Accusative, Genitive, Dative, Instrumental, Prepositional with noun endings tables, 30+ examples, and common prepositions by case.
Guide to Russian Pronunciation and Stress for Beginners
Complete Russian pronunciation guide: vowel reduction rules, stress patterns, hard vs soft consonants, consonant clusters, voiced/voiceless pairs with Cyrillic and transliteration examples.
Russian Verb Aspects: Perfective vs Imperfective Guide
Complete guide to Russian verb aspects: perfective vs imperfective with aspect pair tables, conjugation examples with Cyrillic and transliteration, and a clear decision framework.
Cyrillic Alphabet: Comprehensive Reference for Russian
Complete Cyrillic reference: all 33 Russian letters with IPA, transliteration, print and cursive forms, stress marks, and false-friend letters for English speakers.
Russian Numbers 1 to 100: Cardinal, Ordinal, Declension
Complete reference for Russian numbers 1-100: cardinals, ordinals, declension tables, and the rules that govern noun case after numbers (gen sg, gen pl).
Comprehensive Russian Pronouns: Personal and Possessive
Complete Russian pronoun reference: personal, possessive, reflexive, demonstrative, interrogative, and negative pronouns with full declension tables across all six cases.
Russian Cases Explained: Nominative to Prepositional
Complete reference to the six Russian cases: functions, full declension tables for all three genders, governing prepositions, and memory mnemonics for learners.
Russian Verb Aspects: Perfective and Imperfective Explained
Deep reference to Russian verb aspect: imperfective vs perfective meanings, aspect-pair formation, tense combinations, motion verbs, and trigger words.
Russian Body Parts and Medical Vocabulary Reference
Russian body parts, organs, symptoms, pharmacy and doctor phrases. Master the У меня болит construction and essential medical Russian with examples.
Russian Colors, Adjectives, and Descriptions Reference
Russian colors with full gender agreement (красный/красная/красное), descriptive adjectives, antonyms, comparatives, and the синий vs голубой distinction.
Russian Common Phrases for Daily Conversation Reference
100+ essential Russian phrases with Cyrillic, transliteration, and English: greetings, politeness, directions, restaurants, shopping, emergencies.
Russian Days, Months, and Time Expressions Reference
Russian days, months, seasons, times of day, telling time, and temporal adverbs. Cases for each time unit and full examples.
Russian Family and Relationships Vocabulary Reference
Russian family vocabulary: immediate and extended family, in-laws, step-relations, diminutives, and the patronymic system with full grammar notes.
Russian Food Vocabulary: Restaurant and Cooking Reference
Russian food vocabulary: staples, meals, iconic dishes (борщ, пельмени, блины), restaurant phrases, cooking verbs, partitive genitive usage.
Russian Negation System: Expressing No, Never, Nothing
Russian negation: не vs нет, obligatory double negatives (никто не, ничего не), genitive of negation, ни... ни correlatives, and нечего/некого constructions.
Russian Top 100 Common Verbs Reference
The 100 most common Russian verbs with aspect pairs, English glosses, conjugation patterns, and usage notes for motion, speech, cognition, and daily actions.
Russian Travel Phrases: Essential Tourist Guide
Russian travel phrases for airport, taxi, metro, hotel, directions, emergencies. Signage vocabulary and tourist survival Russian with Cyrillic and transliteration.
Russian Weather, Seasons, and Nature Vocabulary Reference
Russian weather, seasons, temperature, and nature vocabulary. Master the impersonal Холодно construction and the Идёт дождь pattern for talking about weather.