Full Description
Do you want to bring clarity to your communication by...
-getting to grips with the building blocks of Russian?
-learning the right language for the right context?
-speaking and writing with ease and style?
In this Russian course you'll find comprehensive and clear explanations of key grammar patterns and structures. These are reinforced and contextualized through authentic materials.
You'll learn how to to construct Russian grammar correctly and when and where to use it so you sound natural and appropriate. Russian Grammar You Really Need to Know will help you gain the intuition you need to become a confident communicator in your new language.
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Contents
: Meet the author
: Only got a minute?
: Only got 5 minutes?
: Only got 10 minutes?
: Introduction
Unit 1: Getting started
1.1: The Cyrillic alphabet
1.2: The stressed syllable
1.3: Spelling rules
1.4: Ten things to remember
Unit 2: Nouns
2.1: Using nouns
2.2: Gender of nouns
2.3: Cases
2.4: Nominative case - singular
2.5: Nominative case - plural
2.6: Nominative case - irregular plurals
2.7: Accusative case - singular
2.8: Accusative case - plural
2.9: Accusative case - irregular plurals
2.10: Genitive case - singular
2.11: Genitive case - plural
2.12: Genitive case - irregular plurals
2.13: Dative case - singular
2.14: Dative case - plural
2.15: Instrumental case - singular
2.16: Instrumental case - plural
2.17: Prepositional case - singular
2.18: Prepositional case - plural
2.19: Six-case summary
2.20: Ten things to remember
Unit 3: Adjectives (1)
3.1: Using adjectives
3.2: Cases and groups of adjectives
3.3: Unstressed adjectives (nominative singular and plural)
3.4: Stressed adjectives (nominative singular and plural)
3.5: Soft adjectives
3.6: Possessive adjectives (nominative singular and plural)
3.7: Reflexive possessive adjectives (nominative singular and plural)
3.8: Accusative singular of adjectives
3.9: Accusative plural of adjectives
3.10: Genitive singular of adjectives
3.11: Genitive plural of adjectives
3.12: Dative singular of adjectives
3.13: Dative plural of adjectives
3.14: Instrumental singular of adjectives
3.15: Instrumental plural of adjectives
3.16: Prepositional singular of adjectives
3.17: Prepositional plural of adjectives
3.18: Ten things to remember
Unit 4: Adjectives (2)
4.1: Long and short forms of adjectives
4.2: Comparative adjectives - long form
4.3: Comparative adjectives - short form
4.4: Comparative constructions with adjectives
4.5: Superlative adjectives
4.6: Ten things to remember
Unit 5: Adverbs
5.1: Adverbs of manner
5.2: Adverbs of time, place and extent
5.3: Comparative adverbs
5.4: Superlative adverbs
5.5: Ten things to remember
Unit 6: Numerals
6.1: Cardinal numerals
6.2: Cardinal numerals - case endings
6.3: Using cardinal numerals with nouns and adjectives
6.4: Ordinal numerals
6.5: Telling the time
6.6: Dealing with dates
6.7: Quantities, age and distance
6.8: Ten things to remember
Unit 7: Pronouns
7.1: Personal pronouns
7.2: Possessive pronouns
7.3: Interrogative pronouns
7.4: Demonstrative pronouns
7.5: Determinative pronouns
7.6: Reflexive pronouns
7.7: Relative pronouns
7.8: Indefinite pronouns
7.9: Ten things to remember
Unit 8: Verbs (1)
8.1: Using verbs: the infinitive and the present tense
8.2: Regular present tense
8.3: Consonant changes in the present tense
8.4: Irregular present tense
8.5: The present tense of to be, to have, to be able, to want
8.6: The present tense of reflexive verbs
8.7: Ten things to remember
Unit 9: Verbs (2)
9.1: Using verbs: the future and past tenses;
9.2: Compound future
9.3: Simple future
9.4: Imperfective past
9.5: Perfective past
9.6: Ten things to remember
Unit 10: Verbs (3)
10.1: Verbs of motion
10.2: Conditions
10.3: Imperatives (commands)
10.4: Negatives
10.5: Impersonal constructions
10.6: Indirect statement and question
10.7: Indirect command, wish and purpose (subjunctive)
10.8: Conjunctions
10.9: Ten things to remember
Unit 11: Prepositions
11.1: Using prepositions
11.2: Prepositions: place
11.3: Prepositions: motion and direction
11.4: Time
11.5: Setting the scene
11.6: Prepositions which follow verbs
11.7: Ten things to remember
: Taking it further
: Key to exercises
: Glossary of grammatical terms
