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. 🙂
Part 1: repeat the words
YOUR TASK:
Pick the correct translation of the word you see or hear.
The exercise includes 15 questions.
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relative, kinsman
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to lecture, to tell off, to reprimand, to give a talking-to, to rebuke imperfective
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to perform, to speak in public; to stand/stick out; to be imperfective
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to avert, to preclude, to prevent imperfective
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brush; hand, wrist
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to write down, to record, to take notes imperfective
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to sew up; to mend
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intently, fixedly, closely, narrowly
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unheard-of, unprecedented, awful
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anger, rage, exasperation, irritation
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shaggy, hairy, furry
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to meow
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graceful, elegant
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disposition, temper, temperament; customs, morals, manners; не по нра́ву: not to liking
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in the buff, mother-naked
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sincerity, frankness, openness
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dignity; merit, advantage, virtue, values, worth
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downy, fluffy
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pupil (of the eye)
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anger, rage, exasperation, irritation
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arrogance, conceit, haughtiness, loftiness
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to throw out, to throw away, to discard
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butter, oil
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circumstance, condition, occasion
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cheerful, merry, joyous, full of life
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to pull, to draw, to haul, to drag imperfective
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to deal or play in or with anything liquid imperfective
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change, modification, alteration
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to prefer imperfective
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to influence, to affect, to have an effect on imperfective
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saturated, intense
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to span, to spread; to sprawl
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to dig; to plot against someone
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couple, pair
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to have a certain attitude (toward), to treat, to refer, to relate; to belong, to be among
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chick, chicken
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to order, to book imperfective
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ancient
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abundant, plentiful, rich
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to render, to show, to provide; to exert; to give, to offer imperfective
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to plant; to seat, to offer a seat; to put in jail imperfective
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subconsciousness, subconscious mind
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unprecedented, unwitnessed
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honour, regard, respect
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prayer
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permissiveness
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hay
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to comb one's hair; to be combed
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to come true, to be realized imperfective
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keyhole
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to litter imperfective
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full-fledged, of full value
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strong, firm, solid, robust, sturdy, hard
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to differ, to distinguish oneself; to be remarkable; to cause a stir imperfective
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to plant; to seat, to offer a seat; to put in jail
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wedding ; coronation
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to give notice, to warn; to forestall, to anticipate; to avert, to prevent
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perseverance, persistence; obstinacy
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to create, to make
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loving, full of love, amorous; able to love strongly or many people
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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.
Cheerful people somehow can not only withstand various stressful situations, but also benefit from them, turning failure into an advantage.
[zheezneerádasnyye lyúdee, tak éelee eenáchye, mógut nye tól'ka vydyérzheevat' razléechnyye stréssavyye seetuátseeee, no ee eezvleekát' eez neeh pól'zu, preevrascháya neeudáchu f preeeemúscheestva]
He has never been particularly generous.
Он никогда́ не отлича́лся осо́бой ще́дростью.
By compiling data from various sources, one can create a more or less complete picture of what is happening.
Компили́руя да́нные из разли́чных исто́чников, мо́жно созда́ть бо́лее и́ли ме́нее по́лную карти́ну происходя́щего.
Civilization and technology have created conditions for humans to accumulate excess weight.
Цивилиза́ция и техноло́гии созда́ли усло́вия для накопле́ния челове́ком ли́шнего ве́са.
On the one hand, people, like animals, have instincts, but on the other hand, they are strikingly different from the rest of the animal world.
С одно́й стороны́, лю́ди, как и живо́тные, облада́ют инсти́нктами, но с друго́й - рази́тельно отлича́ются от остальны́х представи́телей живо́тного ми́ра.
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YOUR TASK:
Choose the correct form of the noun in brackets.
The exercise includes 10 questions.
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школу
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школ
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школами
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школа
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школой
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школах
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станции
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станция
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станциями
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станциях
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станцию
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станцией
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ключа
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ключах
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ключи
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ключе
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ключам
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ключом
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друзей
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другом
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друзьями
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друг
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друге
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друзьям
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жадины
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жадиной
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жадине
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жадина
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жадин
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жадинами
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наличным
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наличных
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наличные
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наличными
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семьёй
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семьям
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семьями
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семей
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семьи
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семье
The salad that in various countries is called “Russian”, in Russia is called "Olivier".
The salad that in various countries is called “Russian”, in Russia is called "Olivier".
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стране
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странам
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стран
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странах
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страной
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страны
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крючком
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отпуска
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отпуск
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отпуском
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отпуску
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отпусках
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отпуске
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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.
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возвращайся
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возвращался
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возвращайтесь
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будем возвращаться
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возвращаются
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будут возвращаться
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ремонтирует
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ремонтировал
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ремонтируете
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будут ремонтировать
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ремонтировала
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буду ремонтировать
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выиграй
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выиграет
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выиграла
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выигранный
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выиграешь
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выигравший
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остановит
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остановили
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остановят
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остановил
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остановила
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остановленный
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обращаюсь
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обращайтесь
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будем обращаться
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обращаются
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будут обращаться
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обращайся
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писавший
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пишите
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пишут
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писало
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будет писать
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пиши
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стал
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стала
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стать
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станете
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станем
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стало
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родившийся
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родилась
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родишься
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родится
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родимся
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родился
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бегал
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буду бегать
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бегая
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бегаю
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бегала
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бегали
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длясь
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длящийся
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длился
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длиться
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длилось
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будете длиться
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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.
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Делить Imperfective
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Разделить Perfective
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подрабатывает Imperfective
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подработает Perfective
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подметали Imperfective
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подмели Perfective
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лепили Imperfective
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вылепили Perfective
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рождался Imperfective
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родился Perfective
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решать Imperfective
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решить Perfective
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пересаживать Imperfective
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пересадить Perfective
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будет протягивать Imperfective
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протянет Perfective
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заражался Imperfective
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заразился Perfective
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благодарить Imperfective
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поблагодарить 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 заболеть (to get sick; to start hurting/aching).
You can find the conjugation of this verb and examples of its use here: заболеть - conjugation.
YOUR TASK:
Choose the correct form of the verb according to the description given.
The exercise includes 14 questions.
- заболе́ли
- заболе́ем
- заболе́ю
- заболе́в / заболе́вши
- заболе́ет
- заболе́ют
- заболе́ет
- заболе́л
- заболе́ю
- заболе́ешь
- заболе́ем
- заболе́ло
- заболе́ешь
- заболе́ет
- заболе́в / заболе́вши
- заболе́ют
- заболе́ете
- заболе́ю
- заболе́л
- заболе́ли
- заболе́ете
- заболе́ла
- заболе́йте
- заболе́ешь
- заболе́йте
- заболе́ет
- заболе́ли
- заболе́л
- заболе́ло
- заболе́ешь
- заболе́ем
- заболе́йте
- заболе́ет
- заболе́в / заболе́вши
- заболе́ла
- заболе́ешь
- заболе́ло
- заболе́ла
- заболе́йте
- заболе́вший
- заболе́ешь
- заболе́ют
- заболе́в / заболе́вши
- заболе́ла
- заболе́ет
- заболе́ю
- заболе́ют
- заболе́ли
- заболе́ли
- заболе́ешь
- заболе́ете
- заболе́л
- заболе́ла
- заболе́ло
- заболе́ем
- заболе́ю
- заболе́ло
- заболе́ла
- заболе́ете
- заболе́йте
- заболе́й
- заболе́ю
- заболе́ла
- заболе́в / заболе́вши
- заболе́ешь
- заболе́вший
- заболе́й
- заболе́л
- заболе́ют
- заболе́ла
- заболе́йте
- заболе́ете
- заболе́ют
- заболе́ла
- заболе́ет
- заболе́й
- заболе́л
- заболе́йте
- заболе́ешь
- заболе́й
- заболе́ет
- заболе́ете
- заболе́ла
- заболе́ют
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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.
End of part 7
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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.
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мной
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ему
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вас
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меня
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ним
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мне
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вами
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ними
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тебе
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тебя
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вам
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вас
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этому
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эту
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тому
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эта
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того
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тех
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вашим
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её
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его
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моём
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ваше
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вашем
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тебя
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мной
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ею
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тобой
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нами
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тебе
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них
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ей
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меня
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мной
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неё
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мне
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этот
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тому
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этими
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те
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этом
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тех
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ним
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им
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его
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нему
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нём
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него
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нею
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её
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ней
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ей
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неё
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ею
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Reference
The words practiced in this lesson:
- Отчитывать
- Гнев
- Расчёсываться
- Достоинство
- Выкидывать
- Слабовольный
- Жизнерадостный
- Относиться
- Порядочность
- Оказывать
- Невиданный
- Мировоззрение
- Крепкий
- Сажать
- Предпочитать
The sentences used in this lesson were given as examples for the following words:
Атиргули says:
Когда продолжение?
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.
marie ventura says:
sorry another time,but audio is often out of order
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.
André says:
Hello
I ve made one mistake because I couldn’t hear the sound
Have a nice day !!!
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! 🙂
Paul D'hooge says:
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. 🙂
Andi says:
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. Whatever comes on top, comes because it would be a shame 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