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Learn Russian from scratch

Twenty lessons in a fixed order. The alphabet first, then one case at a time — and every lesson brings back what you learned three lessons ago.

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6. I want: хочу́

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A1.1 — reading and first words

From Cyrillic to your first sentence about yourself
✓ Reading CyrillicA1.1 · 15 min 33 letters, sorted by how hard they are. You can read any Russian word aloud. Done · +15 XP ✓ Hello and goodbyeA1.1 · 8 min приве́т, здра́вствуйте, пока́. You can greet anyone, formally or not. Done · +15 XP ✓ Who is this? Э́то…A1.1 · 8 min Russian has no “is” in the present. You can point and name things. Done · +15 XP ✓ Numbers 1–20A1.1 · 9 min Prices, ages, phone numbers. You understand a price. Done · +15 XP ✓ He, she, it — genderA1.1 · 9 min Every noun is он, она́ or оно́. You can tell the gender from the ending. Done · +15 XP 6 I want: хочу́A1.2 · 10 min Your first verb, and a strange one. You can say what you want. Continue → 7 Where? The prepositionalA1.2 · 12 min в Москве́, на рабо́те. You can say where something is. Start → 8 I speak RussianA1.2 · 10 min The first conjugation pattern. You can talk about languages. Start →

A1.2 — the cases begin

Food, family, plans — and the endings that go with them
9 I have no… The genitiveA1.2 · 14 min нет, мно́го, два — one case for all of them. You can say what you do not have. Start → 10 Food and orderingA1.2 · 11 min Order borscht without pointing. You can order in a café. Start → 11 FamilyA1.2 · 9 min ма́ма, па́па, брат, сестра́. You can talk about your family. Start → 12 говори́ть or сказа́ть?A2.1 · 12 min Your first aspect pair. You stop mixing up “speak” and “say”. Start →

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