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Russian Nouns in the Instrumental Case (How to Guide)

November 16, 2017

Я пью кофе с молоком.I drink coffee with milk.Ольга разговаривала с Борисом.Olga was talking with Boris.Они говорили с родителями.They

How and When to Use the Russian Prepositional Case

November 11, 2017

As far as Russian cases go, the prepositional case isn't all that bad. The noun endings are simple with next to no exceptions. Moreover the case is super common, which makes learning it very useful. Let's

Russian Hard and Soft Consonants (Rules and Pronunciation Guide)

October 17, 2017
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Most Russian consonants come in pairs. One is soft (also called palatalized) while the other is hard (non-palatalized). For English speakers the easy way to think about this is to think of most Russian

Russian Nouns in the Genitive Singular

October 1, 2017

In this post we take a look at the endings of singular nouns in the genitive case. The genitive case often gets a bad rap for being one of the most difficult cases in the Russian language. Admittedly the

5 Quick Tips for Learning Russian Cursive

September 28, 2017

“Russian cursive makes me cry”The famous expression I’ve heard so many times from people learning Russian and especially learning Russian handwriting. After all “cursive” seems to derive from

Это, Этот, Эта, Это, and Эти: Expressing “This” in Russian

September 17, 2017

In this post we'll talk about how to say "this" in Russian. It's usually pretty straight forward, but there are a few exceptions that throw some people off. Saying "this is" or "these are"Это

Common Spelling Rules for the Russian Language

September 17, 2017

Compared to English Russian is pretty sparse when it comes to spelling rules. Nevertheless the ones that do exist in Russian are important and they come up often. In this post we'll take a look at these

How to Pronounce Russian Vowels

September 17, 2017

Russian has a total of five different vowels, each of which can be written two different ways, and together produce ten different vowels sounds. Seven of those sounds are a sort of "main" vowel sounds.

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