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You can learn Russian very quickly and for free; just follow the pages one by one, with a strong determination, learning Russian
has never been easier. Included in this Russian page you will find verbs, nouns, Russian vocabulary, phrases and expressions,
cases, alphabet, numbers, Russian is easy to learn so take advantage of that! Learn it now free of charges!
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Russian has 33 letters, 11 Vowels, 20 consonants and 2 unpronounced signs, the good news is that Russian words sound the same way
they’re written most of the time, so you will not make that many mistakes spelling or pronouncing them.
Note that the capital letters in Russian look the same as the lower case characters, with the exception of cursive capital letter and lower
case, check out the table below, you will notice that all Russian letters look the same in Capital and lower case letters, with the
exception of the ones in the blue font, where the capital letters are different than the lower case letters.
Russian Letters (Capital letters and lower case letters)
?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??
?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??
Some other Russian alphabet rules that you need to follow is that after: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, & ?, write ? instead of ? (called the 7 letters
rule), also after ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, don’t write O if it’s unaccented, write E (called the 5 letters rule), and finally after ?, ?, ?, ?, we shouldn’t
write ? or ?, but ? or ? instead.
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Usually the Russian perfective and imperfective are used in the past and future, for the present tense, you don’t have to worry
about which to use, just use the imperfective, because actions are still in progress therefore not complete so there is no need to
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Russian 101 For the Russian past tense, if the action is completed successfully or was not or will not be repeated then use the perfective
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if otherwise then use the imperfective (even when you’re not sure, you can still use the imperfective)
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For the Russian future tense, if the action will be completed successfully, and will not be repeated then use the perfective
Letter aspect.
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These are some clues that give us a hint if the verb is imperfective or perfective:
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Whether a prefix is used such as “???” before a verb or not, having a prefix would mean that the verb is perfective.
Whether there is a change in the stem/suffix or not.
Whether there is a change in the vowel before last or not.
Whether a “??” is placed inside a verb or not. If it is inside a verb that would mean that the verb is imperfective.
As mentioned earlier, if the present tense is used then it means that it’s all about imperfective verbs.
Russian verbs are generally broken down into two groups the first and second, if you wonder how you would know which
conjugation group a verb belongs to, just follow these steps: verbs ending in -??? or -??? belong to the 1st group, verbs ending
in -??? belong to 2nd group, verbs ending in -??? can belong to either 1st or 2nd group.
In Russian like in many other languages, verbs in the present tense are conjugated by dropping the last two letters of the
infinitive, usually "??", and adding the appropriate ending ("?", "???", "??", "??", "???" or "??"). The table below shows
verbs of the first group:
The second group uses the endings ("?" (or "?") "???" "??" "??" "???" "??" (or "??"), which replace "???". As you may
have noticed it’s almost like the way the first group is conjugated with a slight difference, like switching the ? to ? and so on.
Note:
Don’t place ?, ?, or ? after the letters (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?), you should use (?, ?, ?) instead.
First person singular, change the last consonant this way:
? becomes ?
? becomes ?
c becomes ?
ct becomes ?
? becomes ?
?, ?, ?, ?, ? add the letter ?
In Russian to use the past tense you simply need to remove the final -?? of a verb, and add -? plus the appropriate final letter
reflecting the gender of the subject (masculine, feminine, neutral or plural).
The Russian past tense involves the use of the imperfective and perfective aspects.
The imperfective in the past tense refers to an action in the past which was repeated, left unfinished, or both
The perfective in the past tense refers to an action, successfully completed once, and now is over.
The table below shows the changes occurring in both the imperfective and perfective.
The table below is to compare the same verb (to work) in Russian past tense (imperfective and perfective)
As you may have noticed, Russian past tense has only 4 forms, masculine, feminine, neutral and plural, which is not bad
compared to the six forms in the other tenses.
It’s quite easy to figure out which forum is used, the past tense verbs change by number (by adding ? after the ? we get the
plural), and change by gender only in the singular form (by adding ? after the ? we get the feminine singular, by adding o after
the ? we get the neutral singular)
Masc. Stem+?
Fem. Stem+??
Neut. Stem+-??
Plur. Stem+-??
In the Russian future tense, if the action will be completed successfully, and will not be repeated then the perfective aspect
should be used, actions that will be finished at a particular time in the future.
If otherwise (for example if the action will be repeated or will not be completed) then use the imperfective aspect (even
when you’re not sure, you can still use the imperfective), to form the future in the imperfective aspect, just conjugate "????" +
infinitive verb (example to read). Note that “????” is the verb “to be” in English.
The Russian future tense in the perfective is formed by adding the present tense endings to the stem. Russian perfective verbs
don't have present tense meaning. Below is an example of a Russian verb in the future tense in the perfective and imperfective.
Russian motion verbs convey more details than the English motion verbs, Russian verbs of motion tell you how the action was
carried out (on foot or by vehicle), and also the direction (round-trip or one-way, one-time trip). Russian verbs of motion are
broken down into three aspects: the progressive imperfective (only in the present tense), the interactive imperfective, and the
perfective.
If you can't decide whether to refer to motion on foot or motion by vehicle, and there is no illogic in choosing one or the other,
simply use motion on foot.
Imperfective verbs refer to motions which follow more than one direction (i.e. a round trip/there and back), or happens
habitually or more than once other cases is if the motion has no real destination but the starting point.
Perfective verbs refer to a motion in the past that occurred once and in one direction, such as a direct flight, or such an action
that will occur in the future.
And since we’re talking about the future now, we will focus on the perfective verbs in the future, if the action will be
completed successfully, and will not be repeated then use the perfective aspect..
These are some tips on how to figure out what form a certain motion verb is using, for example the perfective is always
formed by adding the prefix ??- to the progressive form. The iterative imperfective usually ends on (?~ or ??~).
Russian has a certain number of verbs that can be used as reflexive verbs or regular verbs; also, many times Russian uses
reflexive verbs where English doesn’t.
Russian Verbs, Aspects, Russian Imperfective, Perfective, Present Tense, Russian Past Tense, Future Tense, Motion
Verbs, Russian Reflexive Verbs.
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Russian Cases, Nominative Case, Russian Accusative Case, Genitive Case, Russian Dative Case, Instrumental Case and
Russian Prepositional Case.
For a neuter noun: since all neuter nouns are inanimate no change will occur, they stay the same.
The Russian genitive usually answers the question (of whom? ?????/ of what? ????? Whose…?... ????)
??? ?????????? ???? (whose car is this?) ??? ?????????? ???? (that's Nadia's car./ That's the car of Nadia)
The Russian genitive is also associated (not always) with some prepositions and verbs like:
The Russian dative case is used as the indirect object of a sentence. “Peter is teaching Russian to John”, John is the indirect
object and therefore takes the dative case, and it usually answers the question as (to whom? ????? / for what? ?????).
The Russian dative case is also associated with some verbs and prepositions:
In general the Russian instrumental case is used to indicate how something is done or the means by which an action is carried
out, usually in English it’s expressed by the prepositions "by, with". I learn Russian with books, and I practice it by chatting,
The Russian instrumental case is used after prepositions like c (with), ????? (between), ??? (above), ????? (in front of), ???
(under) … for example:
Russian Prepositional Case
The Russian prepositional case is used after the prepositions “?” (about), “?” (in), “??” (at). Nouns take the prepositional case
when they’re used to refer to a place, or time... (these prepositions are used sometimes with other cases). The nouns
answering the question "where" are often used with the prepositions ? and ??.
Nominative Case -- ? -? -? -? -?
Accusative Case -- -- -- -- -- --
Dative Case -? -?? -? -?? -? -??
Genitive Case -? -?? -? -?? -? -??
Prepositional Case -? -?? -? -?? -? -??
Instrumental Case -?? -??? -?? -??? -?? -???
Russian Cases, Nominative Case, Accusative Case, Russian Genitive Case, Dative Case, Russian Instrumental Case and
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As mentioned before, Russian is gender sensitive, with its three genders (masculine, feminine, or neuter) a new
learner should memorize the gender of a new word, along with the word itself, especially because there is no
physical meaning to many words. For example (man: ???????) is masculine, but also (bread ????) is
masculine, (daughter ????) is feminine but also (newspaper ??????) is feminine, so how would I have guessed
that (bread ????) is masculine and (newspaper ??????) is feminine?
The good news is that in Russian you can guess almost all the time the gender of a noun by the way it’s spelled
Vocabulary & (especially its ending) which is an advantage to help you avoid struggling to remember the gender of a certain
Writings noun, instead try to memorize only the rule: the first time you see a word in a dictionary, focus on its ending,
Russian 101 for example:
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if a Russian noun ends in a consonant, or “?”, then the word is masculine. (????: bread)
Write a Russian if a Russian noun ends in “?” or “?”, then the word is feminine. (??????: newspaper)
Letter if a Russian noun ends in “?”, “?”, then the word is neuter. (?????: radio)
Russian Test if a Russian noun ends in a soft sign “?”, then it could be either masculine or feminine:
(.PDF) (????????: fortress) is feminine, (?????: Ruble) is masculine.
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Note that these endings should be in the dictionary simple form, which is in the nominative case.
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And like any other language, there are some rare exceptions to these rules, Masculine: (Daddy: ????) or
available soon (Coffee: ????), and Neuter like: (first name: ???).
As mentioned before, Russian nouns change their forms and get different endings by using the 6 cases which
help us know the role a noun is playing in the sentence. Again these cases are the nominative, genitive, dative,
accusative, instrumental, and prepositional.
For example a noun in the dative case will take a different ending than the one it takes in the nominative,
usually the difference occur only in the final letter or two.
To understand nouns better you have to check the page of Russian Cases, which gives more explanations about
the Russian cases and their function.
The table below shows the different endings a noun take in the six cases, in both singular and plural.
Nominative Case -- ? -? -? -? -?
Accusative Case -- -- -- -- -- --
Dative Case -? -?? -? -?? -? -??
Genitive Case -? -?? -? -?? -? -??
Prepositional Case -? -?? -? -?? -? -??
Instrumental Case -?? -??? -?? -??? -?? -???
Sometimes a Russian noun is connected to a preposition which is placed just before. it is necessary to learn how
to use cases in Russian. You will learn more about cases in separate lessons.
Russian Adjectives
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You will learn in this lesson: Russian Adjectives, adjectives ending, Russian adjectives list.
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You will learn in this lesson: Russian Questions, Negation, How to make a question in
Russian.
Questions in Russian
How much money? ??????? ?????? Who? ????
How much/many? ???????? What's the matter? ? ??? ?????
How? ???? What do you need? ??? ??? ??????
What did you say? ??? ?? ???????? When? ??????
Vocabulary & What is this? ??? ???? Which? ??????/ ????????
Writings What time is it? ??????? ???? What do you want? ??? ?? ???????
Russian 101 Where from? ??????? What are you doing? ??? ?? ????????
Phrases Where? ???? What's happened? ??? ??????????
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Who is this? ??? ???? What? ????
Expressions Why? ???????
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Letter Note that some of these tools behave like adjectives, so they must be formed according to the case they’re used under
Russian Test (accusative, nominative, genitive, dative…) and also the gender (masculine, feminine, neuter) for example (??????
(.PDF) Which?) can also be ?????? (feminine), ?????? (neuter) …
How to Learn a “Whose” can be ???? (masculine), ???? (feminine), ???? (neuter), ???? (plural), also “what?” can be ????
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(nominative & accusative case), ????? (dative case: to what?), ????? (genitive case: of what?), ???? (instrumental
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case), ???? (prepositional case). Don’t worry it’s not that complicated as it may look, you just need to know the
available soon Russian cases to be able to deal with this kind of words.
Negation in Russian
The most common way to form negation in Russian is by using (?? and ???)
? ??? ?? ???? (I don't know you). ??? ????? ??? (He's not here).
In general, ?? means “no” while ??? means “not”.
Unlike English, Russian allows “double negative” expressions, for example you can say in Russian “I didn’t
understand nothing” while in English you have to either say “I understood nothing” or “I didn’t understand anything”.
The Russian negation rule indicates that if the verb in a phrase is negative, then all indefinite pronouns in that clause
should be negative.
Below is a table of some Russian negative pronouns that might be used with the negative “??” when necessary.
You may have noticed that there are two different forms of Russian negative pronouns, the first example is used in
general cases. The second example is used when we have a verb in the infinitive, like “I have nothing to do”. “to do”
is in the infinitive and so it is in Russian.
Below you will see the change occurring to “nothing/anything”, the first one is the basic form, the second one is
because we have an infinitive verb which is “to do”.
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Personal Info:
Do You Speak (English/ Russian)? Vy gavarite pa anglIyski/ pa rUsski? ?? ???????? ??-?????????/??-???????
Just a Little. Da, nimnOga ??, ???????
What's Your Name? Kak vas zavUt? ??? ??? ??????
My Name Is …. MinyA zavUt … ???? ????? …
Mr.../ Mrs.…/ Miss… Gn / Gzha {GaspadIn/GaspazhA} ?-?/?-?? {????????/ ???????}
Nice To Meet You! Ochin' priyAtna! ????? ???????
You're Very Kind! vi Ochin’ dabrY ?? ????? ?????
Where Are You From? Vy atkUda? ?? ???????
I'm From (the U.S/ Russia) iz (ShtAtaf/ Rasii) ?? (??????/ ??????)
I’m (American) yA amirikAnets ? ??????????
Where Do You Live? Gde vy zhivYOte? ??? ?? ???????
I live in (the U.S/ Russia) (Ya zhivU) v (SaidinÖnyh) shtAtah/ v Rasii ( ????) ? ??????/ ? ??????
Did You Like It Here? vAm zdEs’ panrAvilas’? ??? ????? ????????????
Russia Is a Wonderful Country Rasiya-zamichAtel’naya stranA ??????-????????????? ??????!
What Do You Do For A Living? Chem vy zanimAitis’? ??? ?? ????????????
I Work As A (Translator/ Businessman) (Ya) rabOtayu (pirivOchikam/ biznesmEnam) (?) ??????? (????????????/ ???????????)
I Like Russian mnE nrAvitsa Russkiy ??? ???????? ???????
I've Been Learning Russian For 1 Month Ya uchiL Ruskiy adin mEs’ats ? ???? ??????? 1 ?????
Oh! That's Good! O! Eta harashO! ?! ??? ??????!
How Old Are You? SkOl’ka vam let? ??????? ??? ????
I'm (twenty, thirty…) Years Old. Mne (dvAdtsat'/ trItsat') let ??? (????????/ ????????) ???
I Have To Go Mne nUzhna iti ??? ????? ????
I Will Be Right Back! ya sichAs virnUs’ ? ?????? ???????
Wishes:
Good Luck! udAchi! ?????!
Happy Birthday! z dnÖm razhden’ya! ? ???? ????????!
Happy New Year! S nOvym gOdam! ? ????? ?????!
Merry Christmas! s razhdistvOm! ? ??????????!
Congratulations! pazdravlyAyu! ??????????!
Enjoy! (For meals…) Na zdarOv’ye! ?? ????????!
I'd Like To Visit your country One Day mnE by hatelas’ pabyvAt’ v vAshey stranE ??? ?? ???????? ???????? ? ????? ??????
Say Hi To John For me. PiridAyte (DzhOnu) ot minyA privEt ????????? ????? ?? ???? ??????!
Bless you (when sneezing) bUte zdarOvy (means be healthy!) ?????? ???????!
Good Night & Sweet Dreams! spakOynay nOchi i priYAtnyh snOf ????????? ???? ? ???????? ????!
Misunderstanding:
I'm Sorry! (if you don't hear something) Prastite minyA, kAk vy skazAli? ???????? ????, ??? ?? ????????
Sorry (for a mistake) Prastite/Izvinite ????????/ ????????
No Problem! Bis prabl’Em ??? ???????
Can You Say It Again? Paftarite pazhAlusta! ?????????, ??????????
Can You Speak Slowly? mOzhna pamEdlenej? ????? ??-??????????
Write It Down Please! Napichite pazhAlusta ????????, ??????????
I Don't Understand! Ya ni panimAju ? ?? ???????
I Don't Know! Ni znaju! ?? ????
I Have No Idea. PanyAtiya ni imEyu ??????? ?? ????
What's That Called In Russian? Kak Eta skazAt’ paruski? ??? ??? ??????? ??-???????
What Does "horosho" Mean In English? chtO znAchit “horosho” na angliskam? ??? ?????? «horosho» ?? ???????????
How Do You Say "Please" In Russian? kAk skazAt’ "please" parUski? ??? ??????? "please" ??-???????
What Is This? chtO eta? (short: chtOyto?) ??? ????
My Russian Is Bad. U min’A plOha s rUskim ? ???? ????? ? ???????
I need to practice my Russian mnE nUzhna praktikovAt’sa v Russkam ??? ????? ?????????????? ? ???????
Don't Worry! Ni bispakOytis’ ?? ????????????
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Questions in Russian
How much money? ??????? ?????? Who? ????
How much/many? ???????? What's the matter? ? ??? ?????
How? ???? What do you need? ??? ??? ??????
What did you say? ??? ?? ???????? When? ??????
What is this? ??? ???? Which? ??????/ ????????
What time is it? ??????? ???? What do you want? ??? ?? ???????
What's the date ????? ??????? ?????? What are you doing? ??? ?? ????????
today?
Where from? ??????? What's happened? ??? ??????????
Where? ???? What? ????
Who is this? ??? ???? O.K.? ???????
Why? ???????
Colors in Russian
color ????
black ??????
blue ?????
brown ??????????
gray ?????
green ???????
pink ???????
red ???????
white ?????
yellow ??????
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This is a list of possible expressions that may be needed in a conversation; it contains about 300 expressions, third of them is already
in Russian 101 phrases.
Personal Info:
Wishes:
Misunderstanding:
I'm sorry! (if you don't hear ???????? ????, ??? ?? ????????
something)
Sorry (for a mistake) ????????/ ????????
No problem! ??? ???????
Can you say it again? ?????????, ??????????
Can you speak slowly? ????? ??-??????????
Write it down please! ????????, ??????????
I don't understand! ? ?? ???????
I don't know! ?? ????
I have no idea. ??????? ?? ????
What's that called in russian? ??? ??? ??????? ??-???????
What does "horosho" mean in ??? ?????? «horosho» ?? ???????????
english?
How do you say "please" in russian? ??? ??????? "please" ??-???????
What is this? ??? ????
My russian is bad. ? ???? ????? ? ???????
I need to practice my Russian ??? ????? ?????????????? ? ???????
Don't worry! ?? ????????????
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You will learn in this lesson: how to write a simple letter in Russian, writing a Russian letter to a penpal.
Note:
I tried to put numbers at the end of some expressions so that you would know which is which in case you’re
confused, obviously you need to delete the expressions that don’t correspond to your personality, also some
numbered expressions may have other alternatives, for example:
(3, 7) = for other countries, languages, professions and nationalities, check the vocabulary pages or look them
up online if your country is not listed here.
(8 - 17) = delete the ones that don’t apply to you.
The blue font refers to the feminine suffix that you should add at the end of the word in case you choose to use
the feminine.
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How to learn a foreign language is the one million dollar question, but actually there is no magic answer, it is
suggested that many aspects should be taken into consideration, as well as some tools used to learn a new
language, the good news is that there are methods and techniques that could be used for that purpose.
Vocabulary: You will be amazed to know that normal people use only about 4000 words as their vocabulary
source, even though a language could contain a million word, still only a very small part of it is used in the every
day life, which is a good news. Another good and surprising new is that 50% of the words used everyday make
only between 100 to 200 words. So my advice to you is that when you memorize words, try to prioritize based on
your needs, give priority to words you think you may need in a normal conversations ... A smart way around
vocabulary can save you a lot of time and enables you to speed up your learning process. You may want to
memorize a number of words everyday, the number would depend on how much time you can dedicate to that and
also how fast you want to learn the language. Let's say you decided to memorize 20 words everyday, remember that
the more you memorize the harder it gets, once you memorized today's 20 words, tomorrow you will have first to
see if you still remember today's vocabulary, then you can add tomorrow's 20 new words, and so on.
Grammar: it's the element that helps you manipulate the vocabulary you already learned. It doesn't make sense to
have a car without knowing how to drive it; grammar shows you how to "drive" your vocabulary. How to play with
words, which word to place first or last, how to shape a word depending on the situation and needs, also it helps
you enrich your vocabulary, and show you tricks that can double the number of words you know just by simply
showing you a rule to follow, for example, let<92>s say you learned some words (adjectives) like: natural,
historical, exact, proud ... Grammar will tell you that if you add "-ly" to these words you will get an adverb that can
work in a whole different situation, that would allow you to use what you already memorized and "create" others
words from the original ones such as "naturally, historically, exactly, proudly... this rule could apply to thousands
of adjectives, that's a lot of time saved, and that<92>s just one example. This exists in all languages not just
English. Grammar will help you shape your vocabulary the way you want, just like clay, you can make different
shapes out of one piece of soft clay, and so can you with one word.
Writing: now you reached the part where you can combine vocabulary and grammar, and putting what you
learned into practice. For example you let<92>s say you have memorized the German words: Freund, aus,
Deutschland, and you learned in grammar how to use the possessive (mein/e, dein/e, sein/e...) also how to use the
verb (kommen: komme, kommst, kommt...), that will help you write a sentence like: mein Freund Gerhard kommt
aus Deutschland (my friend Gerhard is from Germany).
Basically writing is your first practice of what you have learned from vocabulary and grammar. There are many
ways you can write and learn at the same time, chatting or writing letters to penpals is a good way to start.
Listening & Speaking: when listening you're the "receiver", so always pay attention to "what" is said and "how"
it's said. Because before speaking you need to know how things are pronounced, if you're a new learner it may
seem that the speaker is speaking very fast, the more you improve the more your ears get adjusted, because your
brain will be processing the words at a faster pace due to some experience you gained. And since you're the
receiver you will be able to learn new things that you can add to your vocabulary list as well as to your grammar.
Speaking is just like writing; the one difference is that you need to use your mouth instead of your pen. This will
test all what you learned (vocabulary, grammar, writing and listening), it takes more effort and your brain works
harder because in addition to "putting all your skills into practice" you will have to do that way faster. When you
write you have enough time to write ideas and see if they're well organized, check for errors, change ideas ... but
you don't have that comfort when you speak, Speaking is more straightforward. The good news is that after enough
practice, speaking will become natural, almost like your native language, you will be using some efforts but
subconsciously, and maybe speaking will become the easiest thing to do.
Memory: Since vocabulary occupies a large place in every language, it can make or break your learner quest,
vocabulary is often a matter of associating a meaningless collection of syllables with a word in your own language.
Usually people associate these words by repetition or by saying the word in their own language and the foreign
language many times over. You can improve on this tedious way of learning by using for example the following
technique:
Mnemonics to link words, this method is based on using images to link a word in your own language with a word
in a foreign language. For example, if you're learning Spanish, and learned that bread in Spanish is "el pan", to
make it easy to memorize this new word, imagine bread on a frying "pan<94>, which will help you one connect
one thing to another in case you forgot. This is called the LinkWord technique, it can speed up your memorization
efficiency and therefore save you a lot of time, but you have to be creative and make a good association that you
may not forget.
Practice: it's what keeps you in the right path, first because it allows you to "play" with what you already know,
and discover what you don't know, also it helps you learn new things and best of all it prevent you from forgetting
what you already learned. Practice lets you know your level, and by knowing your actual level you can determine
you<92>re your next level would be.
Motivation: it's what keeps you going, and that's something you really need more than anything, because many
language learners lose interest within the first stages of their learning quest, that will not only mean that there will
be no improvement, but also may put everything you learned before at risk, because lack of motivation leads to
lack of practice, and gradually you will forget most of what you know.