Russian Grammar & Phrasebook (Beginner’s Russian): Russian Grammar Simplified. Over 1000 Words and Phrases for Daily Speaking.

By Darya Gunay

Do you want to communicate with your Russian-speaking family members, colleagues or friends? Or maybe you want to read blogs and journals in Russian? Are you preparing for university studies or an exciting trip to one of the Russian-speaking countries? The purpose of this book is to give you a head start for your Russian language journey, as it covers reading rules, essential grammar, and basic vocabulary – everything you need to get on your feet fast when learning Russian for business or for pleasure.

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The 1st part of this e-book features the Russian alphabet including handwritten letters; pronunciation rules, including cases when vowels and consonants change their sound.

The 2nd part covers essential topics of Russian grammar, such as genders, plurals, cases, conjugations of verbs, and tenses. This will help you “unlock” the Russian sentence structure – you will be able to understand/translate phrases you see or hear and construct your own.

The 3rd part - the phrasebook - features the most common Russian words and phrases for daily speaking (organized by topics). All words and phrases are given with stress marks, transcription, and English translation.

In short, this book explains how the Russian language functions and gives plenty of examples with English translations for each rule. Even if you already speak some Russian, this book will give you an abridged program of the beginner level in Russian. Keep it handy and refer to it later when you need to refresh your knowledge.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Darya Gunay
• Release date: Jul 12, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005704506

Darya Gunay

Dear readers, welcome to my author's page! My name is Darya Gunay. I hold Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Language Teaching (specialization – Ukrainian and English). I am also certified as a Teacher of Russian as a Foreign Language by the International Centre of Russian Language in Moscow.Born and raised in Eastern Ukraine, I speak fluent Russian and Ukrainian.Following my passion for languages and e-learning, I founded ExpressRussian.com - an educational website that provides materials for Russian language learning available for self-study, as well as tutor-guided courses.Join my social media community on Tiktok, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook to never miss fun educational content and train your language skills.

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INTRODUCTION

Do you want to communicate with your Russian-speaking family members, colleagues or friends? Do you want to understand spoken Russian that you hear on the streets or in the media? Are you preparing for university studies or an exciting business trip to one of the Russian-speaking countries?

There are many reasons to start learning Russian. Regardless of the reason, it’s well worth the effort.

• Russian is the 8th most-spoken language in the world by the total number of speakers, which makes it the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia (over 15 countries!) and the most widely spoken Slavic language, with roughly 300 million speakers.

• Russian is an official language in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. Alongside the local languages, Russian is also spoken or at least understood in other ex-Soviet countries (Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Latvia, Estonia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan etc).

• Furthermore, people in many Eastern European countries can understand a decent amount of Russian if you speak slowly, especially the older generation.

The purpose of this book is to give you a headstart for your Russian language journey, as it introduces you to Russian reading rules, essential grammar, and basic vocabulary – everything you need to get on your feet fast when learning Russian for business or pleasure.

Most importantly, it offers a simplified explanation of essential Russian grammar rules and gives plenty of supporting examples of words and phrases with translation into English. This way, you learn new words alongside grammar rules and see how easily you can create whole phrases by yourself in Russian, as well as understand the phrases in a text or in speech, just because you know what each word does in a phrase.

Understanding how the Russian language is structured will help you go from basic to complex conversations, allow you to read and translate more advanced texts and unlock the words that were not covered in books or courses focusing on conversational Russian.

Written for English speakers (either native or fluent in English), it explains how the Russian language functions in comparison with English and gives plenty of examples with English translations for each rule explained.

Even if you already speak some Russian, this book will give you an abridged program of the beginner level in Russian. Keep it handy and refer to it later when you need to refresh your knowledge.

The first part of this e-book features the Russian alphabet including handwritten letters; pronunciation rules, including cases when vowels and consonants change their sound.

The second part covers essential topics of Russian grammar, such as genders, plurals, cases, conjugations of verbs, and tenses. This will help you unlock the Russian sentence structure – you will be able to understand/translate phrases you see or hear and construct your own.

Knowing the basics of Russian grammar is a must, but focusing solely on grammar in the early learning stages will linger your speaking.

Therefore, the third part - the phrasebook - features the most common Russian words and phrases for daily speaking (organized by topics). All words and phrases are given with stress marks, transcription, and an English translation, like this: