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Slow, careful pieces — to make Russian feel less foreign. Cases, verbs, alphabet, cultural notes.
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How Long Does It Take to Learn Russian?
«It depends» is a useless answer. There are real numbers. And knowing which parts of Russian are actually hard for an English speaker tells you where the time goes.
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The 100 Most Common Russian Verbs
Most verb lists give you half the picture: the verb and its translation. Russian needs two more things. The aspect partner and the case the verb takes. This list has both.
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Russian Numbers: 1 to 100
Counting in Russian is easy. The hard part is saying what you're counting: «2 tables» and «5 tables» need two different forms of the same word.
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Russian Verb Conjugation: The Tables Explained
In the Russian past tense the verb doesn't change with the person. It changes with gender. Only four forms, and it's easier than it sounds.
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How to Learn the Cyrillic Alphabet
Thirty-three letters sounds like a lot. Split into three groups it becomes a few days' work. And you already know more of them than you think.
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The 100 Most Common Russian Words
A language's most frequent hundred words carry a startling share of everyday speech. Here is Russian's core. Stressed, and grouped so it actually sticks.
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Russian Greetings: Hello, Good Morning, Thank You
English lost its formal «you» four centuries ago. Russian didn't. And picking the wrong hello is the fastest way to sound rude without meaning to.
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On slow Russian
We designed Glagol as a book to be read, not a race to be run. Three stars, zero confetti, real sentences instead of dry tables.
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Russian's Six Cases
Six cases, six questions. From Nominative to Prepositional, with real sentences.
