
In this lecture, you will learn what is a verb as a part of speech, which 3 types of verbs exist in Russian (by the infinitive ending), and how they conjugate (there are 2 types of verbal conjugation in the Russian language).
You will find a lot of examples of verbs in the Present tense used in the context. You will also learn about several peculiarities of the usage of the Russian verbs.
Answers to exercise from L8 with detailed explanations
In this lecture, I will explain what is an adjective and introduce main characteristics of Russian adjectives
This lecture is about 4 groups of Russian adjectives (according to the last letter of their stem) and their endings.
Russian adjectives conjugate (agree with the noun) not only by gender and number but also by cases. Which endings do adjectives take when they conjugate by cases?
Learn 50+ most common Russian adjectives - these words are a part of basic Russian vocabulary - learn them by heart!
Let's summarize: what are the key things to remember about Russian adjectives?
This lecture will give you the keys to exercise from lesson 9 (Adjectives) with explanation
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By the end of the course, you will be able to produce a short text by yourself applying the knowledge you gained about Russian nouns, adjectives, verbs, and pronouns.
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3.5 hours of on-demand videos
10 well-structured sections with 80 lectures in total (3-5 min each)
10 PDFs with lesson notes and exercises combined for printing and studying convenience
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Russian Grammar Made Easy Course Structure
Lesson 1. Russian alphabet and pronunciation
Lesson 2. Gender of nouns. Plural of nouns.
Lesson 3. Introduction to Russian cases.
Lesson 4. Russian verbs: aspect and tenses
Lesson 5. Present tense of verbs. Conjugation of verbs.
Lesson 6. Past tense of verbs.
Lesson 7. Future tense of verbs.
Lesson 8. Russian sentence structure. Word order. Negative form. Question form.
Lesson 9. Adjectives. List of the most common Russian adjectives and their conjugation.
Lesson 10. Russian pronouns.
The program of this course will continue to improve based on your feedback.
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