Volume II of 'Russian Made Easy' picks up where Volume 1 left off. It continues to use modern techniques like contextual learning for vocabulary acquisition, construction branching for fluency, and pattern recognition for grammar. The 'Russian Made Easy' series teaches beginner's Russian in a fun, efficient style. With thirty episodes in all, each episode approximately 20 mins long, both volumes of the course could be finished in a week, but it's best to study only one episode per day.
Volume II of 'Russian Made Easy' picks up where Volume 1 left off. It continues to use modern techniques like contextual learning for vocabulary acquisition, construction branching for fluency, and pattern recognition for grammar. The 'Russian Made Easy' series teaches beginner's Russian in a fun, efficient style. With thirty episodes in all, each episode approximately 20 mins long, both volumes of the course could be finished in a week, but it's best to study only one episode per day.
This course is ideal for absolute beginners to Russian, as well as those with some experience but who just haven't been able to find the right course. Along with learning approximately 300 words and phrases, when you finish the course you'll also understand:
* All six Russian verb conjugations
* All six Russian cases
The course lays a rock-solid foundation for those who seek to master the Russian language.
In this episode you'll learn the following words and phrases:
работа
Я работаю в _____
Я работаю в компании _____
Ты работаешь сейчас?
компания
банк
офис
And today's TIP: Stay motivated. Think of the benefits of being able to speak conversational Russian!
In this lecture we'll be learning:
Я говорю
Ты говоришь?
по-русски
по-английски
испания
по-испански
Он / Она будет хочет живёт работает
And today's TIP: Speak fast! Construct the phrase in your head slowly, but say it fast.
In this episode you'll learn: Мне нужен / Мне нужна хорошо сувенир компьютер телефон интернет машина квартира
GRAMMAR: adding Ы makes nouns plural
TIP: You dont have to learn to read Russian, but if you decide to, you can learn in a few days with our Russian Destroyer course.
In today's video podcast: У меня есть _______
У тебя есть ______
У Джона есть ______
У Светланы есть ______
кошка
ручка
Our TIP: Small words (like В and У) have a big impact on the words that follow.
Today's lesson: давай на ты
здесь
кстати
девушка
пиво
Блин!
TIP: Don't panic when you hear unfamiliar words.
Today we learn:
ВЫ verb forms
Вы будете
Вы хотите
Вы живёте
Вы работаете
Вы говорите
Вам нравится
Вам нужен
У Вас есть _____
TIP: Russian has two ways of addressing people. Be sure to use the formal one with adults you don't know.
Today we learn: Ваш / Ваша красивый вкусный очень молоко сало бейсбол
GRAMMAR: The existence of neuter words and adjectives
TIP: Meaning is NOT an all or nothing thing. Understanding the meaning of a word is a continuum, from having absolutely no clue what a word means, to fully understanding.
Today we learn: твоё
ваше
твои
ваши
мои
Ну?
Practiced switching between casual and formal
TIP: It is far better to learn a smaller core vocabulary, and master it, than it is to have a gigantic vocabulary that you can't really use.
Today we learn: Привет
Как дела
нормально
Всё
А у тебя
TIP: Adding ИК / КА to make things small or cute sounding
Learn how past tense verbs in Russian must reflect not only the sex of the "doer" of the action, but also status.
Today we learn more past tense verbs, and the useful phrases, "I said that I ______ "
TIP: What is verb aspect, anyway?
Look for the rhyme as we learn the МЫ (we) form of verbs.
Make sure you add these examples to your notes as we fill out our grammar knowledge of Russian cases with the Dative Case today.
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