A Spoonful of Russian

I will not be able to produce any new podcasts for a while due to my own studies. (I'll be diving into a fitness and nutrition industry!) I do not know when I will be able to resume. So, the 2 people who 'subscribed' to my podcast via PayPal should cancel their subscriptions since I am not promising regularity with the podcast production. If some still would like to express thanks for the benefits they have received through the current episodes, I'd appreciate your donation.In the meantime, ple...more

I will not be able to produce any new podcasts for a while due to my own studies. (I'll be diving into a fitness and nutrition industry!) I do not know when I will be able to resume. So, the 2 people who 'subscribed' to my podcast via PayPal should cancel their subscriptions since I am not promising regularity with the podcast production. If some still would like to express thanks for the benefits they have received through the current episodes, I'd appreciate your donation.In the meantime, ple...more

I will not be able to produce any new podcasts for a while. I do not know when I will be able to resume. So, the 2 people who 'subscribed' to my podcast via PayPal should cancel their subscriptions since I am not promising regularity with the podcast production. If some still would like to express thanks for the benefits they have received through the current episodes, I'd appreciate your donation.In the meantime, please, consider supporting me and this podcast by purchasing Rosetta Stone softw...more

I will not be able to produce any new podcasts for a while. I hope to resume podcasting in the fall.In the meantime, please, consider supporting me and this podcast by purchasing Rosetta Stone software.

Today we'll talk about nouns and genders. Keep in mind that we are going to look only at singular nouns in nominative case (more on the 6 noun cases later).As you know, a noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, event or idea. All Russian nouns are divided into 3 genders: masculine, feminine and neuter. It's important to know the gender of a noun, since it needs to agree with other parts of speech. Let me give you an example: красивая девушка (a pretty girl) is correct, ...more

Today you will learn to write Russian cursive "А". I will include more than one letter in my future lessons.Thanks to one of my listeners I was able to upload a "Russian Cursive Workbook" in the DOWNLOADS section on the right. The Cyrillic alphabet was adopted by the Slavs in about the 9th century. Although it is named after St. Cyril (Constantine), it was not invented by St. Cyril. It is based on the system of Greek capital letters. If you know the Greek alphabet, many of the letters will be ...more

(Please follow the video for this lesson. Just click on the title of the blog entry.)Добрый день, дорогие друзья! You are listening to and viewing 'A Spoonful of Russian' podcast, where we learn Russian 'one bite at a time'! I am your host, Natalia. Давайте начнём (Let us begin)! First, I want to take just a few seconds to thank all those who contributed to this show either by donating through PayPal, purchasing products with 'Spoonful of Russian' logo at my c...more

Today I'll show you how to write Б,В,Г in cursive.(Please follow the video for this lesson. Just click on the title of the blog entry.)

Добрый день, друзья! Как дела? Хорошо? Отлично. (Hello, friends! How are you? Doing well? Great!)It's December now, and I am a bit late with my coming back to the 'Spoonful of Russian'. I was hoping to get it started again in November, but....like they say in Russia: "Люди предполагают, а Бог располагает!" Which literally means "People make plans, but everything is in God's hands'. To quickly bring you up to date we are in our ...more

'Привет', my old friends, and 'Здравствуйте', my new listeners! Welcome to Lesson 22 of 'A Spoonful of Russian with Natalia'. I am Natalia, your host and instructor. And today we are going to finish the Russian Cursive Letters series. But before we start, I want to thank again all those of you who support this podcast by first of all, keeping subscribed, also by purchasing Rosetta Stone's software through the link on my site (that really helps), and via PayPal donations. Ther...more