How to learn Russian in 30 days

Chiara Monetti

• Publisher: HOW2 Edizioni
• Year: 2020
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• eBook ISBN:
  9788893053754
• Subtopic: Languages
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

This textbook will teach you the Russian language in only 30 days, starting from zero.
And this is more than a simple promise.
Let me explain… The method is really simple: the textbook is divided in 30 chapters, one per day, in order to make you learn the basis of this language in just one month.
In order to obtain the best results from this course, you just have to follow one rule: read one chapter per day, not more and not less than one. If you follow this rule and also the recommendations contained in this textbook, the result is guaranteed. Forget the same old boring grammar courses, featureless and depersonalized. “ How to learn Russian in 30 days ” has been realized according to the rules of the self-help, as a practical handbook, personal, funny and motivating. It is full of curious anecdotes and useful advices not just to speak Russian, but also to get by during a travel. If you are not convinced yet, keep reading… From the introduction of the author: WELCOME! ????? ??????????!
Dear reader, welcome to this course of Russian language! If you are here, it means that you have always wanted to comply with the desire to learn something more about this fascinating eastern language. Let me tell you that you did the right thing!
There are a lot of good reasons why studying Russian nowadays: it is the ninth language in the world for numbers of speakers (according to the survey of the UN in 2007), and besides being a useful tool to travel through Russia, it is also a language with a huge cultural, artistic and literary background. Furthermore its role in the economy is growing more and more. Whatever the reason that brought you here, it is already a good start on which to base your study. This course is divided into 30 lessons, conceived to be tackled consecutively in one month. I know, you will be thinking that learning Russian in one month is impossible: I can assure you though, that you will be amazed by the number of notions you will learn and the results will be astonishing, thanks to our fast and funny learning method. Are you ready? Let’s go!

Table of contents

• Introduction: WELCOME! ДОБРО ПОЖАЛОВАТЬ!
• DAY 1: THE CYRILLIC ALPHABET IS LIKE RIDING A BYCICLE
• 1.1. Back to school
• 1.2. Block letters or cursive writing?
• Let’s disclose the secrets of this chapter
• 2.1. Consonants and double cross
• 2.4. That bizarre Ц
• 2.5. Consonant reduction, or phonetic 3x2
• Let’s disclose the secrets of this chapter
• ANSWERS.
• DAY 3: MEET THE ENEMY
• 3.1. How to greet
• EXERCISE 1
• 3.2. Let’s introduce ourselves!
• EXERCISE 2
• 3.3. Thank you, you’re welcome, excuse me
• 3.4. Smile, yes or no?
• 3.5. How are you? Normal.
• Let’s disclose the secrets of this chapter
• ANSWERS.
• DAY 4: A WORLD DIVIDED IN THREE: MASCULINE, FEMININE OR NEUTER?
• 4.2. The exception proves the rule
• 4.3. Words without any gender
• EXERCISE 4
• Let’s disclose the secrets of this chapter
• ANSWERS.
• DAY 5: IN RUSSIAN THERE IS NO “TO BE” AND “TO HAVE”
• 5.2. The curious case of the verb “to have”
• 6.1. The cases of life (in Russia)
• 6.2. The final part is fundamental
• EXERCISE 5
• 6.3. Don’t choose at random!
• Let’s disclose the secrets of this chapter
• ANSWERS.
• DAY 7: FIRST STEPS IN RUSSIA
• 7.1. Airport: shock therapy
• 7.2. Brief daily survival course
• EXERCISE 7
• 7.3. Don’t speak to me in that tone of voice!
• ANSWERS.
• 8.2. Adjectives put into practice
• EXERCISE 8
• Let’s disclose the secrets of this chapter
• ANSWERS.
• DAY 9: SNOW AND OTHER ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA
• 9.1. What a wonderful day!
• 9.2. Wuthering heights
• Let’s disclose the secrets of this chapter
• DAY 10: LET’S MOVE INTO ACTION, HOW TO CONJUGATE VERBS
• 10.1. How to distinguish a verb
• 10.2. First and second conjugation verbs
• 10.3. Verbs that will drive you crazy, the so-called “irregular verbs”
• EXERCISE 10
• Let’s disclose the secrets of this chapter
• ANSWERS.
• 11.2. Let’s stick a label on time
• EXERCISE 13
• Let’s disclose the secrets of this chapter
• ANSWERS.
• 12.1. A new concept with ancients roots
• 12.2. Let’s spend the time like a proper Russian
• Let’s disclose the secrets of this chapter
• 13.1. The variety of the Russian cuisine
• 13.2. The half empty glass
• Let’s disclose the secrets of this chapter
• DAY 14: RUSSIA IS BIG
• 14.1. A brief history lesson
• 14.2. A brief geography lesson
• EXERCISE 14
• 14.3. Moscow or Saint-Petersburg?
• Let’s disclose the secrets of this chapter
• ANSWERS.
• 15.1. “All happy families look alike”
• EXERCISE 15
• 15.2. Russian names
• EXERCISE 16
• Let’s disclose the secrets of this chapter
• ANSWERS.
• DAY 16: FEELING COMFORTABLE AT HOME
• 16.2. Kommunalki, krushovki: the heritage of the Soviet building industry
• Let’s disclose the secrets of this chapter
• DAY 17: LET’S DEAL WITH THE PAST
• 17.1. A simple grammar (finally!)
• EXERCISE 17
• 17.2. Let’s practice with the past tense
• Let’s disclose the secrets of this chapter
• ANSWERS.
• DAY 18: DOING, KEEP DOING, FINISHING DOING
• 18.1. Expect the aspect
• Let’s disclose the secrets of this chapter
• DAY 19: TELL ME HOW YOU MOVE AND I WILL TELL YOU THE RIGHT VERB
• 19.1. Even the verbs move
• EXERCISE 21
• 19.2. A useful scheme – not to go mad!
• Let’s disclose the secrets of this chapter
• ANSWERS.
• DAY 20: LONG DISTANCES
• 20.1. How to put into practice the verbs of motion
• 20.2. Where are you going on holiday?
• Let’s disclose the secrets of this chapter
• 21.1. Learning Russian by reading
• 21.2. Cult characters
• DAY 22: COUNT ON ME
• EXERCISE 22
• 22.2. Numbers make jokes
• EXERCISE 23
• Let’s disclose the secrets of this chapter
• ANSWERS.
• DAY 23: IT IS TIME TO TALK ABOUT TIME
• We have already talked about the concept of time for Russians, but we have not talked about how to say what time is it. The system is not so different from ours and it is easy to memorize.
• EXERCISE 24
• 23.2. What time did it happen?
• Let’s disclose the secrets of this chapter
• ANSWERS.
• 24.1. Let’s dress in layers
• 24.2. What to do in a shop
• Let’s disclose the secrets of this chapter
• DAY 25: HOTFOOT!
• 25.1. A lot of parts, a few names
• 25.2. It hurts right here…
• Let’s disclose the secrets of this chapter
• DAY 26: HOW TO WIN A RUSSIAN HEART
• 26.1. The Russian character and manners
• 26.2. A true case: national pride
• Let’s disclose the secrets of this chapter
• 27.1. The compound future tense
• 27.2. The simple future tense
• EXERCISE 25
• EXERCISE 26
• Let’s disclose the secrets of this chapter
• ANSWERS.
• 28.1. Religion and nation
• 28.2. The most beloved celebration
• DAY 29: THE ATOMS OF THE SENTENCE
• 29.1. Conjunctions
• EXERCISE 28
• 29.3. Particles
• Let’s disclose the secrets of this chapter
• ANSWERS.
• DAY 30: YOUR FIRST TRIP TO RUSSIA
• 30.1. Golden advices
• 30.2. Letter from a friend
• Let’s disclose the secrets of this chapter
• ANSWER
• CONCLUSIONS
• TABLES SUMMARY