Learn Russian grammar with our free online Russian lessons for beginners. Every lesson comes along with an audio file recorded by a native Russian speaker.
These lessons cover the most important Russian grammar points, starting from the Russian alphabet.
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In the last two lessons we’ve learned and practiced such Russian words as можно, нельзя, надо, нужно, пора, должен. But all our examples were in the Present tense. In this lesson we’ll learn to use all these words in the Past and the Future tense. Study the lesson »
In the previous lesson we have learned the Russian words можно and нельзя. This words express weither something is possible or allowed (or not). Today we’ll learn how to say that one “need”, “has to”, “must” or “should” do something.
Most likely, you are already familiar with the Russian words можно and нельзя. They are used to express if something is allowed or possible. Today we are looking at them in detail and giving you a lot of examples and exercises to practice their use and reinforce your knowledge.
On our way of studying Russian grammar, we’ve already covered personal, demonstrative, possessive, reflexive, emphatic and interrogative pronouns. But the list of Russian pronouns is not finished yet, and today we’ll learn another group of those called “indefinite pronouns”. Study the lesson »
If you have been learning Russian for a while, you have surely came across the particles “-то” and “же“. Today we’ll look at this chapter of Russian grammar in more detail and explain on examples the role of these particles in the sentence. Study the lesson »
Russian language has a very developed system of suffixes that allow us to express the whole range of emotions, starting from caress and tenderness and finishing with hatred and scorn. In this lesson we’ll cover a part of them that’s called diminutive-hypocoristic suffixes (уменьши́тельно-ласка́тельные су́ффиксы). Study the lesson »
Today we continue with the superlative degree of Russian adjectives. You can find the first part here. Study the lesson »
The superlative degree indicates that someone or something has the quality of the adjective to a degree greater than that of anything it is being compared to. In this lesson we will learn how to form the superlative degree of Russian adjectives. Study the lesson »
In the previous lesson we learned how to form the long form of comparative degree of Russian adjectives. Today let’s look at the short form. Study the lesson »
Russian adjectives (most of them) have two comparative degrees: the long form and the short form. In today’s lesson we’ll learn how to form the long form. Study the lesson »