About this ebook
The purpose of this book is to give you a head start for your Russian language journey, as it covers reading rules, essential grammar, and basic vocabulary – everything you need to get on your feet fast when learning Russian for business or for pleasure. In short, this book explains how the Russian language functions and gives plenty of examples with English translations for each rule explained.
Even if you already speak some Russian, this book will give you an abridged program of the beginner level in Russian. Keep it handy and refer to it later when you need to refresh your knowledge.
The 1st part of this e-book features the Russian alphabet including handwritten letters; pronunciation rules, including cases when vowels and consonants change their sound.
The 2nd part covers essential topics of Russian grammar, such as genders, plurals, cases, conjugations of verbs, and tenses. This will help you “unlock” the Russian sentence structure – you will be able to understand/translate phrases you see or hear and construct your own.
The 3rd part - the phrasebook - features the most common Russian words and phrases for daily speaking (organized by topics). All words and phrases are given with stress marks, transcription, and English translation.
Start learning Russian the simple way!
About the author
Dear readers, welcome to my author's page! My name is Darya Gunay. I'm a linguist and a language teacher. I hold Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Language Teaching (Ukrainian & English). I am also certified as a Teacher of Russian as a Foreign Language by the International Centre of Russian Language.
Initially trained as a teacher, I've always been keen on going beyond traditional school setting and getting into e-learning. My career path took me to various roles in online education, content creation, and communications field. My language projects allow me to unite 2 passions – for languages and for knowledge creation/sharing.
While teaching, I realized that there was a lack of good materials, so I started to create them myself. The materials available to me seemed too scattered, too repetitive or not adapted to foreigners at all. My textbooks explain complex things about my native languages in an easy way. I am on a mission to make my books accessible to foreign learners via publishing in various languages.
Speaking 4 languages myself - Ukrainian, Russian, English, and French - and raising a quadrilingual kid, I am a strong supporter of multilingual approach to education as it allows us to thrive in the global, hyper-connected world.
If you’re interested in learning Ukrainian or Russian online, check my educational content and browse other learning resources on IG@ Ukrainian_for_beginners and ExpressRussian
