Russian Lesson of the Day

The Russian Lesson of the Day includes a series of quizzes based on the words and examples from our series Russian Word of the Day, as well as some grammar exercises (noun declension, verb aspects and conjugation). The lesson is designed to help you memorize the vocabulary you learn with us and practice your audio, writing and translation skills.

The content of the lesson is updated daily (from Monday to Friday). The words and sentences that appear in the lesson (parts 1 and 2) are picked by the method of spaced repetition which has proven its efficiency when it comes to learning new vocabulary and is used by many existing services. So if you come here every day, you can be sure that you repeat every word and practice every sentence a few times at different days.

Visit this page regularly to get the maximum effect of these exercises and make sure that you don't forget the words you learn with us and that your Russian vocabulary constantly grows. 🙂

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Part 1: repeat the words

YOUR TASK:

Pick the correct translation of the word you see or hear.

The exercise includes 15 questions.

река́
  • attitude, treatment; relation; relationship; connection; ratio
  • saw
  • river
  • shore, coast, seaboard, littoral
  • jam, confiture; conserve, preserve
  • to amaze; to strike dumb, to surprise imperfective
тщесла́вие
  • to tame, to domesticate
  • to overstrain oneself, to exert oneself to the utmost, to be worn out; to tear slightly
  • thorny, spiny; prickly; biting, cutting
  • (state of) health
  • to make up ; to catch up
  • vanity, vainglory, conceit, false pride
joy, gladness
  • процветание
  • радость
  • капюшон
  • постоянный
  • разгоняться
  • ощущать
опря́тный
  • to look forward ; to anticipate , to foretaste imperfective
  • enough, sufficiently
  • entrepreneur, industrialist, businessman
  • neat, tidy, clean
  • memory, remembrance, recollection, reminiscence
  • vanity, vainglory, conceit, false pride
поеди́нок
  • to merit, to deserve; to win, to earn, to gain
  • significant, meaningful, telling, expressive, full of suggestion
  • duel, single combat
  • ripe
  • light; world
  • racing one another; competing in speed
chic, smart; fine, splendid, grand, magnificent, classy, snazzy
  • освещение
  • преуспевать
  • сноровка
  • шикарный
  • течь
  • истина
наверста́ть
  • juicy, sappy, succulent; rich, lush
  • monotonous, uniform, conformed
  • fascinating, absorbing, captivating
  • prosperity, fortune, sufficiency
  • trade, craft; occupation, profession
  • to make up (for); to catch up (with) perfective
успе́шный
  • purposeful, firm of purpose, goal-seeking
  • adventure; incident
  • fate, destiny
  • to frown
  • successful
  • to digest; to stomach; to spoil by overcooking; to cook/boil again
truth
  • пытаться
  • неисправимый
  • истина
  • ежедневно
  • головоломка
  • торговаться
доста́точно
  • to tell (on / upon); to affect imperfective
  • to be famous/renowned imperfective
  • monument; memorial; tombstone; statue
  • sea
  • enough, sufficiently
  • perfume, scent
варе́нье
  • joy, gladness
  • jam, confiture; conserve(s), preserve(s)
  • offence, misdeed, fault, delinquency; misdemeanour
  • to reflect, to mirror; to repel, to ward off, to repulse
  • to be mistaken, to err
  • to see, to realize; to grasp the meaning
unexpected, surprising, unsuspected
  • неожиданный
  • искромётный
  • суть
  • изготавливать
  • разрабатывать
  • беседа
многозначи́тельный
  • medium, means, facilities, method, way; tool, instrument, substance
  • to cause, to do imperfective
  • beetle, bug
  • significant, meaningful, telling, expressive, full of suggestion
  • warmth; it's warm; warmly, cordially
  • ladle (conversational)
сочиня́ть
  • to master, to assimilate; to become familiar ; to settle; to develop
  • neat, tidy, clean
  • infinity, endlessness; eternity
  • to compose, to write; to invent, to make up, to fabricate
  • to get, to achieve; to obtain, to win
  • income, revenue; receipts, proceeds; profit, return
at ease; without embarrassment; unconstrainedly
  • непринуждённо
  • растение
  • успешный
  • роскошный
  • рай
  • умело

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Part 2: translate sentences

YOUR TASK:

Read or listen to the sentence and try to translate it. Then check the correct answer. If you guessed rather correctly, click "Correct", if you could not answer or got it totally wrong, click "Wrong".

The best way to get the maximum of this exercise is to take a pen and a paper and to write down every translated by you sentence before you check the correct answer.

Keep in mind that usually, there are a few ways to translate a sentence. So don't be too hard on yourself trying to totally match the translation we give. Choose "Correct" if your answer is close to ours.

The exercise includes 12 questions.

At the age of fifteen, she finally abandoned ballet and devoted herself to the theatrical craft.

В пятна́дцать лет она́ оконча́тельно забро́сила бале́т и посвяти́ла себя́ театра́льному ремеслу́.

[f peetnátsat' lyet aná akancháteel'na zabróseela balyét ee pasveetéela seebyá teeatrál'namu reemeeslú]

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Since ancient times, this area has been famous for its handicrafts.

С дре́вних времён э́та ме́стность сла́вится свои́ми ремёслами.

[s dryévneeh vreemyón éta myesnast' sláveetsa svaéemee reemyóslamee]

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Он не сразу смирился с обстоятельствами.

He did not immediately accept the circumstances.

[on nye srázu smeeréelsya s apstayáteel'stvámee]

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A civil servant cannot be an entrepreneur.

Госуда́рственный слу́жащий не мо́жет быть предпринима́телем.

[gasudárstveennyî slúzhascheeî nye mózheet byt' preetpreeneemáteelyem]

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Почти все предметы крестьянской одежды изготавливали самостоятельно в своём хозяйстве.

Almost all the items of peasant clothes were made independently in their household.

[pachtée fsye preedmyéty kreest'yánskaî adyézhdy eezgatávleevalee samastayáteel'na f svayóm hazyáîstvyé]

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Родителям пришлось смириться с выбором дочери.

Parents had to come to terms with the choice of their daughter.

[radéeteelyam preeshlós' smeeréetsa s výbaram dócheeree]

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Luck smiled on the young entrepreneur, and his business began to bear its first fruits.

Уда́ча улыбну́лась молодо́му предпринима́телю, и его́ де́ло нача́ло приноси́ть пе́рвые плоды́.

[udácha ulybnúlas' maladómu preetpreeneemáteelyu, ee yevó dyéla náchala preenaséet' pyérvyye pladý]

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Тёмный булгур изготавливают из тёмного сорта пшеницы.

Dark bulgur is made from a dark variety of wheat.

[tyómnyî bulgúr eezgatávleevayut ees tyómnava sórta psheenéetsy]

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The hood perfectly protects the face and head from wind and cold.

Капюшо́н отли́чно защища́ет лицо́ и го́лову от ве́тра и хо́лода.

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He was wearing a blue hooded jacket.

На нём была́ си́няя ку́ртка с капюшо́ном.

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As a result of the collision, both drivers were forced to drop out of the race.

В результа́те столкнове́ния о́ба го́нщика бы́ли вы́нуждены сойти с диста́нции.

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He dreamed of becoming a Formula 1 driver.

Он мечта́л стать го́нщиком Фо́рмулы-1.

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Part 3: practice Russian cases

YOUR TASK:

Choose the correct form of the noun in brackets.

The exercise includes 10 questions.

Распространение бедности сопровождается резким углублением неравенства.

The spread of poverty is accompanied by a sharp deepening of inequality.

Genitive, feminine, singular
Распространение [бедность] сопровождается резким углублением неравенства.

The spread of poverty is accompanied by a sharp deepening of inequality.

  • бедностями
  • бедностью
  • бедностях
  • бедности
  • бедность
  • бедностям
Поставка производится со склада в Москве.

Delivery is made from a warehouse in Moscow.

Genitive, masculine, singular
Поставка производится со [склад] в Москве.

Delivery is made from a warehouse in Moscow.

  • складам
  • склада
  • складах
  • склад
  • складов
  • складу
Мне кажется, я сделала большую глупость.

I think I did a very stupid thing.

Accusative, feminine, singular
Мне кажется, я сделала большую [глупость].

I think I did a very stupid thing.

  • глупость
  • глупостью
  • глупостям
  • глупостями
  • глупостей
  • глупости
Предъявите ваше удостоверение личности, пожалуйста.

Show your identification card, please.

Genitive, feminine, singular
Предъявите ваше удостоверение [личность], пожалуйста.

Show your identification card, please.

  • личностях
  • личностей
  • личности
  • личность
  • личностью
  • личностям
Назовите вашу фамилию, имя и отчество.

Tell me your last name, first name and patronymic.

Accusative, neuter, singular
Назовите вашу фамилию, имя и [отчество].

Tell me your last name, first name and patronymic.

  • отчество
  • отчествах
  • отчества
  • отчествами
  • отчеством
  • отчеств
Самым главным преимуществом этой модели является её универсальность.

The main advantage of this model is its versatility.

Instrumental, neuter, singular
Самым главным [преимущество] этой модели является её универсальность.

The main advantage of this model is its versatility.

  • преимуществам
  • преимуществах
  • преимущества
  • преимуществами
  • преимуществ
  • преимуществом
Кот испугался звука пылесоса и спрятался под диван.

The cat got scared by the sound of the vacuum cleaner and hid under the couch.

Genitive, masculine, singular
Кот испугался звука [пылесос] и спрятался под диван.

The cat got scared by the sound of the vacuum cleaner and hid under the couch.

  • пылесосом
  • пылесосах
  • пылесосов
  • пылесос
  • пылесосам
  • пылесоса
Одну секунду, я проверю.

One second, I will check.

Accusative, feminine, singular
Одну [секунда], я проверю.

One second, I will check.

  • секунды
  • секунду
  • секунде
  • секунд
  • секундах
  • секундами
Не садись на этот стул, он сломан.

Do not sit on this chair, it is broken.

Accusative, masculine, singular
Не садись на этот [стул], он сломан.

Do not sit on this chair, it is broken.

  • стульям
  • стул
  • стульях
  • стульев
  • стула
  • стульями
Какой-то умник решил, что лучший цвет для этих стен – фиолетовый.

Some "know-all" decided that the best color for these walls is purple.

Genitive, feminine, plural
Какой-то умник решил, что лучший цвет для этих [стена] – фиолетовый.

Some "know-all" decided that the best color for these walls is purple.

  • стене
  • стена
  • стен
  • стены
  • стену
  • стенами

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Part 4: practice verb conjugation

YOUR TASK:

Choose the correct form of the verb in brackets.

The exercise includes 10 questions.

Обычно мы не полдничаем. Usually we do not have an afternoon snack.
Обычно мы не [полдничать]. Usually we do not have an afternoon snack.
  • полдничающий
  • полдничала
  • полдничаем
  • полдничать
  • буду полдничать
  • полдничаете
Он съел три порции мороженого! He ate three potions of ice cream!
Он [съесть] три порции мороженого! He ate three potions of ice cream!
  • съедим
  • съел
  • съели
  • съеденный
  • съело
  • съела
Мама сварила суп, пошли есть. Mum cooked a soup, let's go eat.
Мама [сварить] суп, пошли есть. Mum cooked a soup, let's go eat.
  • сварила
  • сварить
  • сваренный
  • сварило
  • свари
  • сварил
Он узнал меня, но не подал виду. He recognized me, but did not show it.
Он [узнать] меня, но не подал виду. He recognized me, but did not show it.
  • узнав / узнавши
  • узнавший
  • узнаешь
  • узнал
  • узнала
  • узнать
Скажи мне, когда закончишь. Tell me when you're done.
Скажи мне, когда [закончить]. Tell me when you're done.
  • закончишь
  • закончил
  • закончите
  • закончим
  • закончила
  • закончив / закончивши
Он что-то чертил на асфальте мелом. He was drawing something on the asphalt with chalk.
Он что-то [чертить] на асфальте мелом. He was drawing something on the asphalt with chalk.
  • чертил
  • чертив / чертивши
  • чертило
  • чертите
  • чертивший
  • чертишь
Вы будете платить наличными или по карте? Will you pay in cash or by a card?
Вы [быть] платить наличными или по карте? Will you pay in cash or by a card?
  • будете
  • быть
  • бывший
  • буду
  • была
  • будьте
Где находится рынок, не подскажете? Where is the market, can you tell me?
Где [находиться] рынок, не подскажете? Where is the market, can you tell me?
  • будешь находиться
  • находившийся
  • будут находиться
  • находясь
  • находится
  • находилась
Тебя когда-нибудь увольняли? Have you ever been fired?
Тебя когда-нибудь [увольнять]? Have you ever been fired? (impersonal)
  • увольняешь
  • увольняя
  • будем увольнять
  • увольняли
  • увольняете
  • увольняет
Наши отцы служили вместе. Our fathers served (in the army) together.
Наши отцы [служить] вместе. Our fathers served (in the army) together.
  • служил
  • служит
  • будет служить
  • служили
  • будешь служить
  • будем служить

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Part 5: practice verb aspects

YOUR TASK:

Fill in the gaps choosing the correct aspect of the verb.

The exercise includes 10 questions.

А вы знаете, откуда пошла традиция наряжать елку на новый год?

Do you know where the tradition of decorating a Christmas tree for the new year came from?

Repetitive action

А вы знаете, откуда пошла традиция ... елку на новый год?

Do you know where the tradition of decorating a Christmas tree for the new year came from?

  • наряжать Imperfective
  • нарядить Perfective
Не будь такой злопамятной, научись прощать.

Do not be so rancorous, learn to forgive.

Repetitive action

Не будь такой злопамятной, научись ....

Do not be so rancorous, learn to forgive.

  • прощать Imperfective
  • простить Perfective
Будучи студентом, она подрабатывала, чтобы свести концы с концами.

As a student, she worked part time to make ends meet.

Continuous action

Будучи студентом, она ..., чтобы свести концы с концами.

As a student, she worked part time to make ends meet.

  • подрабатывала Imperfective
  • подработала Perfective
Микроволновку нельзя мыть содой и другими абразивными средствами.

The microwave can not be washed with soda and other abrasive products.

Action with нельзя as prohibition

Микроволновку нельзя ... содой и другими абразивными средствами.

The microwave can not be washed with soda and other abrasive products.

  • мыть Imperfective
  • вымыть Perfective
Потеряв самообладание от волнения, она вдруг заплакала.

Having lost her composure from nervousness, she suddenly burst into tears.

Beginning of an action

Потеряв самообладание от волнения, она вдруг ....

Having lost her composure from nervousness, she suddenly burst into tears.

  • плакала Imperfective
  • заплакала Perfective
Мы возмущались годами, но это ничего не изменило.

We were indignant for years, but that didn’t change anything.

Repetitive action

Мы ... годами, но это ничего не изменило.

We were indignant for years, but that didn’t change anything.

  • возмущались Imperfective
  • возмутились Perfective
Всё лето они купались и загорали.

All summer they swam and sunbathed.

Repetitive action

Всё лето они купались и ....

All summer they swam and sunbathed.

  • загорали Imperfective
  • загорели Perfective
Она выращивает и продает цветы в горшках.

She grows and sells potted flowers.

Repetitive action

Она ... и продает цветы в горшках.

She grows and sells potted flowers.

  • выращивает Imperfective
  • вырастит Perfective
Чтобы заработать, они подметали дорожки.

To make money, they swept the streets.

Repetitive action

Чтобы заработать, они ... дорожки.

To make money, they swept the streets.

  • подметали Imperfective
  • подмели Perfective
В здании через дорогу открылась химчистка.

In the building across the street, a dry cleaning opened.

Completed action

В здании через дорогу ... химчистка.

In the building across the street, a dry cleaning opened.

  • открывалась Imperfective
  • открылась Perfective

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Part 6: random verb conjugation

You might know our standard quiz that follows every verb conjugation table on our site. Here, we offer you to take the same quiz with a random verb.

This time, the verb is искупаться (to take a bath, to have a swim).

You can find the conjugation of this verb and examples of its use here: искупаться - conjugation.

YOUR TASK:

Choose the correct form of the verb according to the description given.

The exercise includes 14 questions.

я/ты/он Past tense
  • искупа́лся
  • искупа́ешься
  • искупа́емся
  • искупа́вшись
  • искупа́лась
  • искупа́юсь
я Future tense
  • искупа́вшись
  • искупа́вшийся
  • искупа́ется
  • искупа́юсь
  • искупа́ются
  • искупа́етесь
Past tense Active participle
  • искупа́юсь
  • искупа́йся
  • искупа́лось
  • искупа́вшийся
  • искупа́вшись
  • искупа́йтесь
ты Imperative
  • искупа́ешься
  • искупа́йся
  • искупа́лась
  • искупа́лся
  • искупа́емся
  • искупа́юсь
вы Imperative
  • искупа́емся
  • искупа́юсь
  • искупа́ешься
  • искупа́лся
  • искупа́йтесь
  • искупа́ются
они Future tense
  • искупа́йтесь
  • искупа́етесь
  • искупа́вшийся
  • искупа́ются
  • искупа́ется
  • искупа́йся
я/ты/она Past tense
  • искупа́лась
  • искупа́ются
  • искупа́емся
  • искупа́юсь
  • искупа́лись
  • искупа́лось
он/она Future tense
  • искупа́ется
  • искупа́юсь
  • искупа́ешься
  • искупа́емся
  • искупа́ются
  • искупа́вшись
оно Past tense
  • искупа́йся
  • искупа́вшийся
  • искупа́лись
  • искупа́лось
  • искупа́лся
  • искупа́йтесь
мы Future tense
  • искупа́вшийся
  • искупа́лся
  • искупа́емся
  • искупа́вшись
  • искупа́йся
  • искупа́йтесь
Past tense Gerund
  • искупа́лось
  • искупа́лся
  • искупа́ются
  • искупа́вшись
  • искупа́лась
  • искупа́вшийся
мы/вы/они Past tense
  • искупа́лось
  • искупа́лись
  • искупа́вшись
  • искупа́йся
  • искупа́емся
  • искупа́ются
ты Future tense
  • искупа́емся
  • искупа́етесь
  • искупа́ется
  • искупа́ешься
  • искупа́вшись
  • искупа́лись
вы Future tense
  • искупа́йтесь
  • искупа́лись
  • искупа́етесь
  • искупа́ешься
  • искупа́лась
  • искупа́вшийся

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Part 7: typing exercise

You asked, we listened! As suggested by our readers, we have added a typing exercise.

YOUR TASK:

To make the most of this exercise, first try to translate the word from English (to help you with that, we added the number of characters for every word). If you can't simply translate the word, listen to the audio. Type your guess into the field.

Click "Check answer" to reveal the correct answer and to be able to move to the next question.

The exercise includes 10 questions.

Ded Moroz (Russian Santa Claus - Grandfather Frost)

Phrase (2 words, 9 characters including spaces)

Characters left: 9
дед mороз
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medicine, drug, medication, remedy

Noun, neuter (9 characters)

Characters left: 9
лекарство
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always

Adverb (6 characters)

Characters left: 6
всегда
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porridge, gruel, (cooked) cereal; (figurative) mess, jumble

Noun, feminine (4 characters)

Characters left: 4
каша
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piggy bank, money box

Noun, feminine (7 characters)

Characters left: 7
копилка
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weak, faint

Adjective (6 characters)

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слабый
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small of the back, waist; loins

Noun, feminine (8 characters)

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поясница
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to turn over the pages, to leaf over / through

Verb, imperfective (7 characters)

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листать
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sunny

Adverb (8 characters)

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солнечно
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to wait

Verb, imperfective (5 characters)

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ждать
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Part 8: practice Russian pronouns

This quiz is designed to help you practice Russian pronouns in different cases. The examples selected for this quiz are rather simple, so it should suit well for upper-beginners and intermediate level.

YOUR TASK: select the correct option.

The exercise includes 10 questions.

Дорога домой заняла у меня полчаса.

The journey home took me half an hour. (Genitive)

Дорога домой заняла у ... полчаса.

The journey home took me half an hour.

  • нею
  • меня
  • мне
  • мной
  • им
  • его
Выбирай, что твоей душе угодно.

Choose what your heart desires. (Dative)

Выбирай, что ... душе угодно.

Choose what your heart desires.

  • твоего
  • твой
  • твоими
  • твоему
  • твоей
  • твои
Я тебя люблю.

I love you. (Accusative)

Я ... люблю.

I love you.

  • тебе
  • нами
  • тобой
  • вами
  • тебя
  • ним
Не садись на этот стул, он сломан.

Do not sit on this chair, it is broken. (Accusative)

Не садись на ... стул, он сломан.

Do not sit on this chair, it is broken.

  • этими
  • тот
  • эту
  • та
  • этом
  • этот
Я буду ждать твоего звонка.

I'll be waiting for your call. (Genitive)

Я буду ждать ... звонка.

I'll be waiting for your call.

  • твоём
  • твоя
  • твоё
  • твоего
  • твоему
  • твоими
Ты не видел мою коричневую кожаную куртку?

Have you seen my brown leather jacket? (Accusative)

Ты не видел ... коричневую кожаную куртку?

Have you seen my brown leather jacket?

  • моё
  • моими
  • моих
  • моей
  • мою
  • моём
Маша не поехала с нами, она заболела.

Masha did not go with us, she fell ill. (Instrumental)

Маша не поехала с ..., она заболела.

Masha did not go with us, she fell ill.

  • него
  • нами
  • нам
  • неё
  • нас
  • тебя
От всего этого шума у меня заболела голова.

I got a headache from all this noise. (Genitive)

От всего ... шума у меня заболела голова.

I got a headache from all this noise.

  • этот
  • том
  • эта
  • этого
  • эти
  • тем
Вы получили наше приглашение на свадьбу?

Did you receive the invitation to our wedding? (Accusative)

Вы получили ... приглашение на свадьбу?

Did you receive the invitation to our wedding?

  • нашего
  • наши
  • нашем
  • наших
  • наш
  • наше
В детстве у него совсем не было игрушек и он играл с тем, что находил или мастерил сам.

As a child he had no toys at all, so he played with what he found or made himself. (Instrumental)

В детстве у него совсем не было игрушек и он играл с ..., что находил или мастерил сам.

As a child he had no toys at all, so he played with what he found or made himself.

  • тем
  • то
  • этом
  • этими
  • этой
  • эту

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14 thoughts on “Russian Lesson of the Day

    • Learn Russian Words says:

      Добрый день, Атиргули,

      Урок дня обновляется ежедневно по рабочим дням. Приходите сюда в понедельник, когда будет опубликовано новое слово дня, и упражнения обновятся новыми словами.

    • Learn Russian Words says:

      Hello Marie,

      We are aware of this problem and created a little note that explains it.

      As much as we would really like to fix it, we simply don’t know how. We have asked the programming community on specialized forums to help us, but so far got 0 replies. So for now it is what it is.

      We are sorry for the inconvenience and hope to find a solution sooner or later.

    • Learn Russian Words says:

      Hello André,

      Well done! Sorry about the bug with the sound. Sooner of later, we will find a way to fix it.

      Have a nice day you too! 🙂

  1. You developed a great site! Congratulations, I love it.
    I have only one question (at this time :-)):
    Concerning the exercise on the verb aspects, it would be very informative for me should there be an explanation why in each particular example the imperfective or perfective verb is used. (as you do already for the cases exercise). This can be very short, i.e. : one time use, repetitive action, finished action etc… To me it is not always clear why one or the other is used in some of the examples.

    • Learn Russian Words says:

      Hello Paul,

      Thanks for the suggestion. We are planning to introduce some more explanations to all the grammar quizzes, so this goes well along with that. Written down. 🙂

  2. I wold just like to say these lessons are geared up for people who are intermediate to advanced.
    They have been developed by people who were taught a grammatical way. There is no room for beginners in these daily lessons. Many of the sentences used are just totally abstract of no use in daily life.

    I believe it needs a complete over haul and total relook from out of the box. Look at how children learn – they are not given grammer grammer grammer

    For a beginner who has learnt many words, for survival Russian the next step is simple conversation.
    I would suggest you make up simple conversations examples,
    Introduction in the present tense,
    Something that happed now, yesterday and in the future – a walk in the park – so one can see the difference. same with all the subjects below.
    Subjects encapsulated should be everyday things –
    How are you? Welcome to my home/ going out to the cinema
    Shopping
    Weather
    Games/sports
    Body/medical/Dentist/doctor
    Directions
    Holidays
    Driving/riding a bike/ a horse
    Watching TV/listening to the radio…
    Cookiing
    Bathroom – toilet/bath/shower etc..
    Going to bed.
    Concerts/Night clubs/Restaurants….
    The subjects are endless but relevant to ones live

    Not
    Хватит ссориться из-за пустяков!
    Enough quarreling over small things!

    Хватит … из-за пустяков!
    Мы вчера реально оплошали.
    We really blundered yesterday.
    Мы вчера реально [оплошать].
    to pay, to pay off, to settle accounts
    Я взяла две [штука] – одну на сейчас и одну про запас.
    I took two pieces – one for now and one in store.

    I am never going to use any of those phases sorry. I understand it is to get the correct noun or verb or tense thereof of the context would be helpful if it was relevant to modern life and living and it’s situation.

    I shall still use the flashcards to increase my vocab, but I do not see anything else here that gets me from words to sentences and therefore conversation. Maybe I am missing something.

    Maybe an idea to consider – is provide a list of Russian words with translation then form a simple conversation between two people.
    Then introduce another set of words and introduce them to the same conversation there by increasing someones knowledge. I would suggest due to grammatical complexities of Russian, you provide conversations in Past/Present and Future tense and maybe explain in the introduction plurals of words or in the list of Russian words with there English translation.
    In the introduction you could provide verb conjugation etc.. and other varients.

    These are my thoughts.

    • Learn Russian Words says:

      Hello Andi,

      Thank you for your thoughts, you mentioned a few interesting points and we’ll use them in the future lessons.

      You might find something closer to what you are talking about on another site of ours – https://learnrussianstepbystep.com/. This site is designed particularly for beginners and has both grammar and vocabulary lessons.

      Learn Russian Words is the Russian Word of the Day first and foremost. The lesson of the day is created because it would be a shame for us not to try to make the most of all these words and examples we have collected, and, more importantly, because many people find it beneficial for their practice.

      We do invite beginners to try themselves with the exercises, but if it’s too difficult and just demotivates, then no point. However, there is only a short period of time when you are a beginner, you should try again when you feel like having something more challengable. We suggest to subscribe to the newsletter, it includes a different set of exercises, and do only those that you can do. With time you will be able to do the most (if not all) of them. Also, the newsletter comes with a series of links to other lessons which you might want to check out that day to refresh your knowledge.

      And if you have ideas on how we could improve on what we have, about any of the websites of ours (you can see them all here – https://learnrussian101.com/network/), they are always welcome as the ones you already mentioned.

      What it highlighted, though, is the fact that we should probably communicate about the level of the questions in the quizzes. We’ll think about how to put it better.

      Thank you

    • Learn Russian Words says:

      Hi Steef,

      The lesson exercises are shown randomly and we can not know what exactly you’ve seen. Can you please let us know what exactly the mistake is about? Thank you.

  3. Hi, it’s not a question but a suggestion: in the translation exercises, it would be good to add an intermediate qualification between Correct and Wrong; something like “almost correct”, or “approx”, or “not wrong”, etc., that rescues the positive of what the student has been able to answer.

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