It’s time to practice your skills in conjugating Russian verbs.
Three very useful verbs for today:
- «знать» (to know, to be aware)
- «уме́ть» (to be able, to know how to …)
- «мочь» (can, to be able).
Инфинитив (Infinitive):
[глагол несов.] знать
[глагол несов.] уме́ть
[глагол несов.] мочь
This is the last part of the lesson about prepositions. Those of you who missed two previous ones can find them here: Prepositions in Russian (part 1), Prepositions in Russian (part 2).
As usual, we give you some examples to each preposition with full translation. Listen to the audio recording to practice your listening skills and memorize the pronunciation of all the words and phrases.
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Are you ready to check you last homework? This is the transcript of the dictation about money and happiness.
Here is a funny test for all levels. First of all you are supposed to know the Russian name of such animals as: frog, duck, horse, donkey, cock, cat, dog, cow, crow, goat.
In each question you’ll be offered a set of sounds written in Russian. Your task is to guess which sound corresponds to the animal indicated in the question. Let’s begin!
Have you ever thought that you would be happier if you had more money? Or that you have to work harder in order to earn more? Today’s dictation is about this.
The audio track is recorded at three different speeds: normal, slow and adapted (slower than normal).
Try to recognize the text by ear and to write it down. The transcript will be published on Friday, then you can check your work and analyze the mistakes.
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In this lesson for intermediate and upper-intermediate levels we’ll cover the most common words and phrases which have to do with computers and internet.
First, we’ll give you a set of words with translation, and after that a few examples with these words.
You can practice all these words and phrases with the audio recording of this lesson. Listen to the audio as much as you need till the words sound natural.
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With the «Phrase of the Week» you can learn useful Russian expressions and idioms, as well as practice your listening and reading skills with the audio and transcript.
The audio track of this lesson is recorded at three different speeds: slow, adapted (slower than normal) and normal.
Description (описание): держа́ть ру́ку на пу́льсе
Meaning (значение):
to feel the pulse of, to keep an eye on things
Related words and expressions (связанные слова и выражения):
This is the transcript to the audio about millionaires.
Now you can check your homework. Have you done it well?
Everyone dreamed being a millionaire at least once. Do you think that’s really cool? Let’s find it out!
Dictations are designed to improve your listening and writing skills and comprised of two parts. The first one includes the audio file recorded at three different speeds. Listen to the audio, try recognize the text by ear and to write it down. The second one – with the transcript – will be published in the next lesson, then you can check your work and analyze the mistakes.
Today’s dictation is designed for intermediate learners.
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* This lesson was improved and republished from the site everydayrussian.org
With the series of lessons «Word of the Week» you can learn new Russian words and practice your listening and reading skills with the audio and free transcript.
The audio recording is made by a native Russian speaker and read at three different speeds: slow, adapted (slower than normal) and normal. We recommend you to listen to the audio several times till all the words sound familiar to you.
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Description (описание): [сущ. ж.] бди́тельность
Meaning (значение):
vigilance, watchfulness, alertness
Derivative words (производные слова):
[прил.] бди́тельный (vigilant, watchful)
[глагол несов.] бдеть (to keep watch, to vigil)
Examples (примеры):
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