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By Steve Kaufmann    www.lingq.com
1 Take an interest.
 Discover the
fascination of
the Russian
world, its
history, its
culture, its
achievements
and its
people.
2 Recognize.
Recognize that Russian is the lingua franca of
the countries of a former Empire, stretching
from Eastern Europe to the Pacific.
3 Learn the Russian
alphabet.
 Learn the
Russian
alphabet right
away. It is
almost parallel
to the Latin
alphabet, with
just a few extra
letters.
4 Read as much as
you can.
5 Listen a lot.
 Russian is a beautiful
language. Don’t let the
pronunciation intimidate
you. Gradually you will hear
the language better, and
be able to pronounce
more clearly.
6 The three
grammar issues.
 thethree
issues
cases aspect verbs of
of verbs motion
The difficulties of Russian grammar
revolve around three issues,

The rest is a breeze.

Get acquainted with these three
but don’t expect to understand

nor remember much at first.

 Don’t spend too much time
trying to memorize rules
and tables.

Your grasp will grow gradually.

7 Tenses.
8 Personal pronouns.
 Personal
pronouns
are not
always used
and word
order is
flexible.
9 Questions.
QUESTIONS
are often a matter of
intonation.
10 Recognize.
Recognize that the journey is a
longer one than for Romance
or Germanic languages (unless
you already know a Slavic
language), but it is definitely,
definitely, worth it.
@lingosteve
www.lingq.com