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Russian A1 (Beginners)

A free Russian course for people who know no Russian. Go at your own speed: 16 units, each with 5 short lessons, a quiz and extra practice. Part A teaches the Cyrillic alphabet, stress and reading; Parts B and C follow with greetings, family, numbers, home, food, daily routine, the past and the city.

Start with Unit 1

Units, not weeksTake a unit in a day or in a month. A unit has 5 lessons, a quiz and extra practice.
Stress marked on every wordThe accent mark ´ shows which vowel is stressed, so you always know how to say a word. In the first units every word also has a Latin transcription.
Listen and repeatPress the speaker buttons to hear words and phrases with your device’s Russian voice.
Grammar in small stepsOne short rule per lesson. Cases are introduced only where you need them for everyday sentences.

Reading help: ´ = the stressed vowel (па́па) · ё is always stressed · zh = ж · kh = х · ts = ц · ch = ч · sh = ш · shch = щ · y = ы or й · ʹ = soft sign (ь).

Part ALetters and sounds

1

The first letters

  • Welcome to Russian
  • А О К Т М
  • Е Н С Р В
  • Д Л П И З
  • Reading the first words
2

The rest of the alphabet

  • У Б Г Х
  • Ы Я Ю Ё Э
  • Й Ж Ш Ч Щ
  • Ц Ф Ь Ъ
  • The whole alphabet
3

Stress and sounds · Checkpoint A

  • Stress: the strong vowel
  • Vowels that change their sound
  • Hard and soft consonants
  • Voiced and voiceless consonants
  • Reading phrases

Part BMe and my world

4

Greetings and introductions

  • Hello and goodbye
  • What is your name?
  • Please and thank you
  • Meeting someone
  • Greetings: review
5

I, you, he, she; countries

  • I, you, he, she
  • I am a student: sentences without “to be”
  • Countries and nationalities
  • Where are you from?
  • People and places: review
6

Numbers 0–20, age

  • Numbers 0 to 10
  • Numbers 11 to 20
  • How old are you?
  • Telephone numbers
  • Numbers: review
7

Family, my and your

  • My family
  • Mother, father, brothers and sisters
  • My, your, his, her
  • Talking about my family
  • Family: review
8

Gender of nouns, this and that

  • Masculine, feminine, neuter
  • This is …
  • This and that, with gender
  • Plural nouns
  • Things around me: review
9

Adjectives and colours, I have

  • Adjectives
  • Colours
  • Adjectives and gender
  • I have, you have
  • Describing things: review
10

Questions and mini dialogues · Checkpoint B

  • Who, what, where
  • When, why, how
  • Yes–no questions
  • Mini dialogues
  • Review of Part B

Part CDaily life

11

Numbers 20–100, days and time

  • Tens up to 100
  • Days of the week
  • What time is it?
  • Months and dates
  • Time: review
12

At home

  • Rooms
  • Furniture and things
  • In and on: where is it?
  • Is there? There is, there is not
  • My home: review
13

Food and drink

  • Foods
  • Drinks and fruit
  • I want, I like
  • At the table and in the cafe
  • A meal: review
14

Daily routine: the present tense

  • I do, you do
  • He, she, we, they do
  • Common verbs
  • Every day, morning and evening
  • My day: review
15

Yesterday and work: the past tense

  • He, she, I did
  • We and they did
  • Jobs and workplaces
  • Yesterday and last week
  • Yesterday’s story: review
16

In the city and shopping · Checkpoint C

  • Places in the city
  • Where is it? Left, right, straight
  • Transport
  • Shopping and prices
  • Final review of Russian A1

Free to use. This course is made by Darslab; it is not connected to any exam board or publisher.