Beginner Season 1

In Beginner Season 1, Anna and Eric will prepare you for your first trip to Russia! You'll learn vocabulary and grammar that will help you make friends, talk about yourself and others, and more!

25 Lessons • 4hrs 58min

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Here is My Russian Passport…Right Here!

Learn how to say "here it is" or "here they are"

16 Minutes • Audio

I Hope She Can Tutor You On Russian Genders!

Learn how to conjugate Russian verbs in the present tense

14 Minutes • Audio

So…Are You From This Part of Russia?

Learn how to ask where someone is from

14 Minutes • Audio

And Just Where in Russia Have You Been?

Learn how to use the Russian verb "to be"

9 Minutes • Audio

Who Do YOU Think You Are Talking To Like That in Russia?

Learn how to say "you" in Russian in both formal and informal company

12 Minutes • Audio

Can You Tell The Russian Officer What You Have?

Learn how to talk about what you do

11 Minutes • Audio

I Need a Less Expensive Russian Taxi!

Learn how to express your needs and how to ask others what they need

13 Minutes • Audio

Russian Imperative: Stop Wandering Aimlessly...Please!

Learn how to use the Russian imperative form to ask or tell someone how to do something

12 Minutes • Audio

How Much Does It Cost to Stay Out of Jail in Russia?

Learn the difference between the Russian prepositional case and the Russian accusative case

11 Minutes • Audio

Is It Too Late to Get Separate Rooms in Russia?

Learn about Russian names and how people prefer to be addressed in Russia

9 Minutes • Audio

It’s So Cold in Russia! Do You Have Any Advice?

Learn how to talk about the weather and to describe different weather conditions

14 Minutes • Audio

How Much Does it Cost to Get Privacy in Russia?

Learn how to talk about what you want or ask others what they might want

12 Minutes • Audio

You Should Try to Improve Your Future in Russia!

Learn how to talk about the future using both the Russian present tense and the future tense of Russian verbs

13 Minutes • Audio

How Much Did You Bring to Drink in Russia?

Learn how to use the genitive case to say you want "some" or "a little" of something

11 Minutes • Audio

You Have Never Eaten a Russian Salad Like This!

Learn the rules for using Russian direct objects in the accusative case

12 Minutes • Audio

Don't Be Rude! "Everything" in Russia is Delicious!

Learn how to say "Thank you" and "you're welcome"

8 Minutes • Audio

Russian Verbs of Motion: You’re Going to the Banya?!

Learn about Russian verbs of motion

12 Minutes • Audio

Tickets to the Kremlin: Do You Need…A Few or Many?

Learn how to use some essential words such as "many," "few," and "why"

9 Minutes • Audio

Find Out How To Get What You Want in Russia!

Learn how to make requests using the Russian verb meaning, "to be able to"

9 Minutes • Audio

How Will You Spend New Year’s in Russia?

Learn the Russian dative case to indicate the indirect object of an action

10 Minutes • Audio

Russian Pronouns: Could We Make “Them” Any Easier?

Learn how to use Russian pronouns in the dative case, and refresh yourself on the Russian nominative case pronouns

13 Minutes • Audio

Russian Verbs: We Used to Be So Happy…

Learn all about how to use Russian imperfective and perfective verbs

12 Minutes • Audio

Emergency in Russia: Help! My Friend is Drowning!

Learn all about how to say, "help"

10 Minutes • Audio

Do You Know What Time it Is in Russia?

Learn how to tell the time

11 Minutes • Audio

“How Many Are Allowed” Through Russian Customs?

Learn gender affects numbers in Russian and how to decline nouns after a number

9 Minutes • Audio