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Learn Russian with RussianPod101.com! You just ate your first authentic Russian dinner and it was wonderful to say the least! You are so full of Russian food they are going to have to roll you out the door! All you need now is to tell your gracious Russian hosts how much you enjoyed everything in Russian…oh yeah, how does that go again? Well, they’re waiting! How rude! They took you into their warm, Russian home, and they fed you their delicious Russian food. Now, they have only asked you in return to tell them in Russian what you thought of their wonderful hospitality and you can’t do that one simple thing?? And to think they gave you every sip of their favorite Russian drink too!!! You should be ashamed!

Learning Russian with RussianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Russian! This Russian Beginner lesson will teach you how to say “thank you” and “you’re welcome” in Russian. You will also learn how to say “all, everything” in Russian. Finally, you find out what the favorite drink is in Russia (this one will surprise you!). Don’t forget you can visit us at RussianPod101.com to find other great free Russian language learning resources. Leave us feedback in the comment section of each lesson. You can even try to write in Russian!

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Learn Russian with RussianPod101.com! You have been working very hard at the Russian University you attend. But tonight you are taking the night off in Moscow! You are not doing any homework-only relaxing, eating, and maybe meeting some new Russian people. And across the bar you see a tall, beautiful Russian girl. Your friends have been telling you to go ask her out, but you are not very comfortable with speaking in Russian yet. They are not going to hush until you do though… So, you make your way across the bar (terrified) and you do your best to ask her in Russian what she is doing next Saturday. Apparently, you don’t know how to talk about the future in Russian though and instead you asked her what she was doing this Saturday in Russian. She giggled—at you, not with you—and told you in Russian that obviously she was here at the bar talking to you! Well, it was enough to start a conversation! Imagine if you had just told your professor in Russian you would have your assignments finished tonight instead of next week, or worse…your boss!

Learning Russian with RussianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Russian! This Russian Beginner lesson will teach you how to talk about the future in Russian using both the Russian present tense and the future tense of Russian verbs. Then we will discuss how to include the different days of the week in Russian when you are making those important plans. Finally, we will discuss important proper Russian party etiquette. You won’t want to miss this lesson! So, visit RussianPod101.com and 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! Your friends at the Russian university you attend have been raving about the Russian markets they shop at every weekend. You love shopping in Russia more than almost anything, and you have been dying to see the Russian markets! So when your Russian friends invited you to go along, you excitedly accepted their offer! However, things quickly went downhill when you told the Russian sales clerk you would like to try on a pair of jeans in Russian. The Russian-speaking sales clerk directed you to an area behind the stall. As you quickly slid out of your old jeans and turned to grab the other pair, you realized everyone behind you could see you! You never meant to share that much of yourself with the people of Russia today! And you certainly did not intend to study anatomy today!

Learning Russian with RussianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Russian! This Russian Beginner lesson will teach you how to talk about what you want in Russian or ask others what they might want in Russian. Then, we will talk about how to ask how much something costs in Russian. Finally, we will discuss different types of shops in Russia, where you might find the best deals in Russia, and some drawbacks to shopping in different places in Russia. Don’t forget to visit RussianPod101.com and find other great free Russian language learning resources. You can leave us feedback in the comment section of each lesson. You can even try to write in Russian!

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Learn Russian with RussianPod101.com! 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 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! You were sure it was only a few blocks from the Russian hotel you are staying at. You were supposed to meet your friends at a restaurant in Saint Petersburg over an hour ago. They gave you the directions in Russian though. Did he tell you in Russian to take a right, go straight three blocks, and take a left? Or did he tell you to take a left first? It feels like you have been wandering around out here on these cold Russian streets for hours! The Russian restaurant has to be around here somewhere…or have they already forgotten about you, eaten, and left without you? Or worse…do your Russian friends think you have stood them up?! There has to be someone around here you can ask for help…if you only knew how to ask for help in Russian! It would also help to know your left from your right in Russian!

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 Russian imperative form to ask or tell someone how to do something in Russian. You will also learn the Russian word to make these requests polite. You will also learn how to ask where something is in Russian. And visit RussianPod101.com to find other great free Russian language learning resources. Don’t forget to leave us feedback in the comment section of each lesson.

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