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As you approach the front desk of the hotel in Saint Petersburg, panic strikes you. You freeze in your tracks and turn to face your wife who has been learning to speak in Russian for several months. You tell her that she has to be the one to register at the hotel because you don’t know how to speak in Russian. You booked your hotel room with a travel agent and it had not occurred to you until right now that the Russian desk clerk may not speak anything but Russian. You would just like to avoid the embarrassment and have your wife handle this. She approaches the hotel desk and begins speaking in Russian to the desk the tall Russian woman behind the desk. Immediately, they both look at you and burst loudly into laughter! Well, so much for avoiding embarrassment. You have to learn how to speak Russian soon.

Learning Russian with RussianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Russian! This Russian Beginner lesson will prepare you for booking Russian reservations of all sorts and filling in forms in Russian. We will also continue our discussion of the Russian accusative case by talking about Russian direct objects in the accusative case. Then, we will talk about Russian names and how people prefer to be addressed in Russia. Visit RussianPod101.com to find other great free Russian language learning resources. You can leave us feedback in the comment section of each lesson, and you can even try to write in Russian!

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Learn Russian with RussianPod101.com! Well, that’s wonderful! You have no idea where in Russia to begin your search! You have been in several Russian cities…thanks to that overly energetic Russian tour guide! Now you have three days until your plane leaves Russia and you have lost your passport, your boarding pass, and your visa! Although your Russian language skills have improved quite a bit in the past few weeks, you had not planned to lose anything while you were in Russia! You never thought to learn how to say “lose” or “find” in Russian! Maybe that Russian tour guide can help you find everything you lost. If you knew how to say “lost” or “find” in Russian, asking him would be a lot simpler. Oh…and you should stay at the Russian hotel and let your Russian guide and friends handle this one.  If the Russian police stop you how will you explain to them that you have “lost” your id? Exactly!

Learning Russian with RussianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Russian! In this Russian Beginner lesson, you will learn how to say some very helpful words in Russian, such as lose, find, look, and bar…because if you ever find your id you might need a stiff Russian drink! You will also learn the two different ways Russians express the word “there” and how to make sure you use them correctly. Finally, learn a little about the elusive Russian smile! Visit us at RussianPod101.com where you will find many more great Russian lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there!

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Learn Russian with RussianPod101.com! The hotel you are staying at in Moscow recommended a tour guide to show you through the city during your stay in Russia. The energetic little Russian took you to Red Square, the Kremlin, and St. Basil’s Cathedral just on the first day! Your Russian is improving as you have to think quick in order to keep up with him…but it’s day five now and you are about as dead on your feet as you were before your vacation started! This older Russian man has been so kind and helped you so very much…the last thing you want to do is upset him! But, couldn’t you just stay in the hotel one night and watch some Russian movies? After five days of running all over Moscow and St. Petersburg with your Russian guide, the one thing you do know how to say in Russian is “let’s watch!” He can come over too if he brings some Russian snacks!!

Learning Russian with RussianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Russian! This Russian Beginner lesson will teach you the rules governing the proper usage of the popular Russian verb смотреть. Then you will learn some safe informal Russian expressions for expressing your frustration in Russian…instead of swearing in Russian! Visit us at RussianPod101.com where you will find many more great Russian lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there!

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Learn Russian with RussianPod101.com! A woman with a thick Russian accent asks you in Russian if you have faxed your information into their office. YES! In fact, you tell her you have faxed your information to the Russian Consulate four times! Each time you received the same letter back…only they gave you a different reason why they couldn’t approve your Russian tourist visa. You didn’t include enough pictures, or you didn’t send the Russian Consulate the information in the proper order. Thumbing through some paperwork, the tall Russian woman looks up at you as if she has heard nothing you have said. She says, “you need to contact a Russian visa-processing firm!” You demand to know why they waited until now to tell you that! She coldly replies in Russian, “There are proper channels we take here in Russia.” It’s a good thing you took the advice of your friend from Russia and began this process a few months ago! You have heard of red tape…but suddenly you feel like you might be standing in bureaucratic quicksand!

Learning Russian with RussianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Russian! We begin this Russian Beginner lesson with an explanation of Russian short adjectives such as смел, красива, and умны. We will discuss the proper usage and rules surrounding these Russian adjectives. Then, we will talk a little about Russian red tape and we will give you a couple pointers for dealing with the Russian bureaucracy. Don’t forget to check out our Lesson notes and other helpful Russian learning material as well!

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Learn Russian with RussianPod101.com! Your Russian boss invited you to his home to meet some people from the company and have a home-cooked Russian meal. You are picking up a Russian colleague along the way, and running just a bit late. You arrive at your colleague’s house (thirty minutes late), and as he jumps in the backseat he thanks you for the ride and asks what you are bringing to the party in Russian. Completely bewildered, you ask him what he is talking about. He very quickly explains the Russians rules of revelry as you drive along the road. You suddenly remember the bottle of wine you bought at a Russian open market last week that luckily, happens to be in the backseat. Relieved, you tell your Russian friend about the bottle, and ask him to grab it for you. Shocked, he yells at you in Russian that you cannot take that to your boss’s house! The person at the Russian market said it was good…he doesn’t have to drink it if he doesn’t like it!

Learning Russian with RussianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Russian! In this Russian Beginner lesson, you will learn how to use the genitive case to say you want “some” or “a little” of something in Russian. You will also learn how to use the irregular Russian verb for “to drink.” Finally, we will give you some crucial Russian party tips, including where to buy the alcohol you drink in Russia! Don’t forget to stop by RussianPod101.com and find other great free Russian language learning resources. You can leave us feedback in the comment section of each lesson and even try to write in Russian!

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