Anna S. Kudyma - Beginners Russian with Interactive Online Workbook, 2nd edition

The Russian Alphabet: Part 1

• About myself and members of my family

• The consonants , , , , , , , , , and
• The vowels , , , e , , , ; the soft sign
• What hard and soft consonants are 6
• How to pronounce unstressed o and a 3, 7
• How to pronounce in syllables before the stress 15
• About Russian intonation 4, 7

• The introductory word this is, that is, it is, these are, those are
• The question words

• Personal pronouns 13
• How to say not in Russian 9
• Gender and using the pronouns , , and 14, 15

• How to say hello and good-bye 12
• How to say what someone is 13

• Tonyas Instagram 16

• More about myself and my family
• About my friends
• What you can find in a city 30
• The names of professions 33
• Counting from to

• The consonants , , , , , , , , ,
• The vowels , , ; the hard sign
• More about intonation 23

• You: informal vs. formal
• Plural endings for masculine and feminine nouns 25
• The possessives ( , ) 27
• The conjunction a
• How to answer the question ?Where?
• The first, second, and third person singular forms of verbs 32

• Other ways to say hello and good-bye 21
• How to ask for someones name and introduce yourself 23
• Small talk: How are you? 37

• : 27
• Instagram: 34
• : 40
• Project:

• Russian names and nicknames 25
• Names of some Russian cities 39

• Talking about your school
• The names of some subjects 49
• Counting from to

• Pronouncing unstressed o and a

• Russian cases and noun endings for the Prepositional case singular 46
• Adjective endings for the Nominative case singular and the interrogative ? ( ? ? ) What kind of? What? Which?
• The present tense of verbs 50

• Getting acquainted 52
• Small talk: What classes do you like? 52

• : , , 53-54

• Levels of education in Russia 44
• Survey: What type of school is better in Russia, public or private? 56

My schedule 58

• School and the names of some academic subjects and majors 61, 63
• Schedules, the days of the week 64
• Counting from to

• Pronouncing in syllables before the stress 59

• Noun and adjective endings for the Accusative case singular 62
• The Accusative singular forms for the interrogative ? ( ? ? ) 62
• Using the Accusative case with the names of the days of the week 64

• Getting information about schedules 66, 67
• Small talk: What do you study? 66

• s website 68
• Project:

• Russian universities 66
• Survey: Your favorite school subject. 72

• Your typical weekend
• Likes and dislikes 81
• Counting from to

• Voiced and voiceless consonants

• Conjugating the verbs , , , , , ,
• Going places: answering the question ?Where to?
• Nominative plural forms for nouns and modifiers 80
• Accusative plural forms for inanimate nouns and modifiers 81

• Small talk: How do you spend your free time? 82, 83

• Annas e-mail 84
• Project:

• Describing a house or an apartment
• Counting from to

• Hushers

• Possessives
• To have constructions: Genitive forms for personal pronouns
• The past tense of verbs
• The demonstrative

• Small talk: Where do you live? 98

• A classified ad: 100
• : 101

At home 106

• Your room and apartment
• The names of pieces of furniture 107, 108
• Counting from 1,000 to 100,000

• Hard and soft

• The Genitive case singular: negation
• Answering the question ? ( ? ? ? )
• Counting things: -

• Asking for information about an apartment for rent 113, 114, 115

• Yandex Zen :
• Project:

• Apartments in Russia
• Survey: Where do you currently live in Moscow?

• Your neighborhood
• Patronymics
• Ordinal numbers stth

• Hard vs. soft

• Indicating proximity ( , )
• Prepositional singular endings for adjectives, the demonstrative and possessives

• Giving your home address
• Renting an apartment 130, 131

• Yandex Zen : . (, )
• Classified ads:
• E-mail to a friend in Moscow

• Patronymics
• Survey: How much does it cost to rent an apartment?

• Names of different foods and where people shop for food 140, 142
• Ordinal numbers: thth

• Devoicing of voiced consonants at the end of words

• Verbs for eating and drinking 141, 143
• About verbal aspect
• Time expressions: , , ,

• Discussing what food to buy