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Language
Words, sounds, expressions and ideas.
Lesson 1 · 20 min
Decode Russian
Letters that already look like yours, and your first words.
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Lesson 2 · 20 min
New Russian letters
Shapes English does not have, until Moscow is readable.
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Lesson 3 · 20 min
Read the street
The last letters, then ordinary Russian signs.
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Lesson 4 · 15 min
Meet someone
Hello, your name, nice to meet you.
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Lesson 5 · 15 min
Where are you from?
Say where you are from, and where you live.
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Lesson 6 · 15 min
At the café
Order a drink and say thank you.
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Lesson 7 · 15 min
Numbers and money
Count to ten, and ask how much it costs.
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Lesson 8 · 15 min
In the city
Ask where, and follow left, right, straight on.
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Lesson 9 · 15 min
Ask and answer
What, who, how — and how are you.
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Lesson 10 · 15 min
What do you like?
Say what you like, and what you don’t.
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Lesson 11 · 15–20 min
A day in Russia
A street, a café, and a way to stall.
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Lesson 12 · 15 min
Family
Mum, dad, brother, sister — and I have.
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Lesson 13 · 15 min
Morning to evening
Greet the time of day, and say today.
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Lesson 14 · 15 min
Your first conversation
Put it together, until you can start in Russian.
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