Russian Lesson 2

Meetings and Greetings

Russian language meetings and greetings

In this lesson you will learn:

  • Russian greetings for any time of the day
  • how to make simple statements
  • how to say hello in Russian
  • how to ask simple questions with the words ЧТО and ЭТО
  • how to determine the gender of nouns by their endings

Lesson self-study checklist

This checklist will help you to learn the lesson materials. You can study at your own pace, spending as much time to master the new concepts and vocabulary as you need. If you need help at any time, please post your questions on the forum and other students and language teachers will be happy to help you. The difficulty of the lessons increases gradually so it's best to study them in order.

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Vocabulary How to say hello in Russian
Listening Lesson conversations
Grammar The gender of nouns
Grammar Statements vs. Questions
Grammar Usage of KTO, ЧТО, ЭTO in questions
Grammar Polite forms of addressing people
Grammar Subject pronouns
Vocabulary Lesson words and phrases

Optional materials

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