Russian
Grammar Goals Guide
Every grammar article in the Russian course, lined up against the unit and chapter it belongs to.
Unit 1: Introductions
4 chapters · 18 goals · 20 articles
Chapter 1: Salutations and Small Talk
Be introduced to accusative, instrumental and prepositional cases
Be introduced to adverbs
Use the pronouns ты and вы
Use the question word как
Chapter 2: Languages and Origins
Form affirmative and interrogative sentences
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Omit the verb "to be" in present tense
Use negation in verbs
Use personal pronouns я and мы
Use the verbs говорить (second conjugation) and понимать (first conjugation)
Chapter 3: Introductions and Professions
Construct preposition в + accusative
Construct preposition в + prepositional
Use ordinal numerals первый, второй
Use the possessive pronouns мой, моя, наш, and наша
Use the verbs звать and работать (first conjugation)
Chapter 4: Personal Info and Preferences
Form cardinal numerals up to 100
Form ordinal numerals up to 100
Learn the dative case of personal pronouns
Practice the genitive case of nouns, adjectives and personal pronouns
Unit 2: Connections
10 chapters · 42 goals · 47 articles
Chapter 1: Places and Directions
Form adverbs derived from adjectives
Form the imperative: perfective and imperfective
Understand and use the genitive for possession and relationship
Chapter 2: Costs and Counting
Construct compound numerals
Practice cardinal numerals 1-10, 50, 100, 200, 300
Use second declension plural nouns
Use the demonstrative pronouns это, этот, эта, and эти
Use the verbs есть, стоить, and взять
Chapter 3: Food and Drink Culture
Construct future tense: быть + imperfective infinitive
Construct the verb приносить + accusative
Use future forms of the verb быть
Use the genitive (relationship)
Use the imperative
Chapter 4: Transportation and Currency
Construct verb принимать + accusative
Construct verb хотеть + infinitive
Form cardinal numerals up to 1000
Use какой as an interrogative pronoun
Chapter 5: Help and Requests
Construct the verb вызвать + accusative
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Learn the reflexive pronoun себя and the verb чувствовать себя
Practice the pronouns он, она, and они
Use the verb болеть
Use the verbs потерять and потеряться
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Chapter 6: Clarification and Explanation
Continue practicing the imperative
Learn the second conjugation verb значить
Practice first conjugation verbs: писать, сказать, and знать
Practice the past tense
Practice using adjectives and adverbs
Chapter 7: Compliments and Corrections
Continue practicing the past tense
Continue practicing using adjectives and adverbs
Learn the two meanings of the verb учить
Chapter 8: Relatives and Pets
Practice "preposition c + instrumental" structure
Use adjectives in the feminine form, ending in -ая
Use the possessive pronouns мой, твой, его, and её
Use the verb жить
Chapter 9: Household Rooms and Items
Construct the preposition над or под + the instrumental case
Form imperative sentences
Practice the preposition на + the prepositional case
Understand the use of the accusative and dative cases
Use the possessive pronouns ваш, ваша, ваше, and ваши
Chapter 10: Career and Hobbies
Practice preposition в + accusative
Practice мне нужно + infinitive
Use modal verb мочь
Unit 3: Community
9 chapters · 40 goals · 51 articles
Chapter 1: Friends and Relationships
Form the past tense structure видеть + accusative
Practice primary spatial adverbs здесь and сюда
Practice to use second-conjugation verbs in -ить
Understand short adjectives
Chapter 2: Cooking and Eating
Continue practicing the verb нравиться + dative structure
Continue using first conjugation verbs in -уть and -ать
Practice familiar with the perfect and imperfect aspect
Use units of measurement + genitive
Chapter 3: Weather and Landscapes
Form adverbs
Form the nominative plural of feminine nouns
Form the nominative plural of masculine nouns
Learn the difference between ходить and идти
Use the irregular verb хотеть
Chapter 4: Shopping and Apparel
Learn more genitive words
- How to use the genitive case in Russian?
- How to use the genitive case to show possession in Russian?
- How to use genitive adjectives vs. possessive adjectives in Russian?
- Which prepositions trigger the genitive case in Russian?
- How to use the genitive case of absence/negation in Russian?
- When to use the genitive case with quantity words and numbers in Russian?
Practice to conjugate reflexive verbs
Use prepositions через, с and до in relation to time expressions
Use the verb купить + accusative
Chapter 5: Tasks and Errands
Form the dative singular of masculine, neuter, and feminine nouns
Practice using the perfective future
Practice using verbs of motion: ходить and идти versus ездить and ехать
Use the word надо to express necessity
Chapter 6: Recreation and Relaxation
Practice more future forms of the verb быть
Practice more masculine and feminine short adjectives
Practice the dative pronouns ему, ей, им, and нам
Use perfective imperative and negative perfective imperative
Use the subjunctive mood of the verb мочь
Chapter 7: Travel and Tourism
Construct the preposition по + the dative case
Form the nominative plural of neuter nouns
Practice the use of нет + the genitive case
Practice using the phrase хотел бы to express desire
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Chapter 8: Physical Descriptions and Humor
Learn the "noun + как + noun" structure
Learn the declension of adjectives in the prepositional case
Review the adjective agreement with nouns
Study complex adjectives
Use the demonstrative pronouns тот, та, то, and те
Chapter 9: Opinions and Popular Culture
Continue practicing the compound future tense
Learn about the declension of first and last names
Learn the instrumental pronouns ним, ней, and ними
Practice using the preposition о + prepositional case
Use the phrase знаком с + instrumental
Unit 4: Lifestyle
9 chapters · 36 goals · 38 articles
Chapter 1: Historic People and Events
Learn how to conjugate reflexive verbs in the past tense
Learn the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs
Practice the declension of adjectives in the instrumental case
Practice the formation of adjectives from nouns: suffix -ск-
Chapter 2: Hospital and Pharmacy
Practice genitive case in numbers
Practice the accusative and dative cases
Practice transitive and intransitive verbs
Review the imperative form of the verbs
Use more reflexive verbs in the past tense
Chapter 3: Thoughts and Emotions
Learn more Russian idioms
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Practice short adjectives
Practice the past tense of the verbs
Use and form more reflexive verbs
Chapter 4: College and University Life
Become familiar with the declension of the pronoun кто
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Conjugate the reflexive verb учиться
Practice the genitive and accusative cases
Practice the instrumental case in new words
Use the future tense of the verbs
Chapter 5: Family and Name Origins
Learn more words in the instrumental case
Learn to use the verbs of motion: приходить versus приезжать
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Practice phrases with prepositions по and на
Practice the genitive and accusative cases
Chapter 6: Food Allergies and Ingredients
Learn the imperative form of verbs
Learn the impersonal structure: dative pronoun + нельзя
Practice conjugating reflexive verbs in the past tense
Chapter 8: Sports and Fitness
Practice more first conjugation verbs
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Practice the instrumental case
Use reflexive verbs
Use time adverbials
Chapter 9: Movies and TV
Learn the declension of the demonstrative pronoun этот
Practice declension of first and last names
Practice using the instrumental case
Unit 5: Ambitions
9 chapters · 38 goals · 43 articles
Chapter 1: Airports and Customs
Learn about the present active participle
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Learn the declension of adjectives in the genitive case
Practice more second conjugation verbs in -еть and -ить
Practice the dative case of nouns
Use impersonal constructions
Chapter 2: Hotels and Local Attractions
Form the indefinite pronouns ending in -то, -нибудь, and -либо
Form the perfective passive participle
Learn about collective numerals
Learn future of perfective verbs
Practice more reflexive verbs
Chapter 3: House Hunting and Moving
Become familiar with the relative pronoun который
Continue using когда-то to talk about the past
Practice using the instrumental case
Practice using the passive voice expressed by reflexive verbs
Use the hypothetical period of the first kind
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Chapter 4: Utilities and Repair
Continue using constructions with the third person plural
Practice using cardinal numbers
Practice using the perfective future
Review the use of the accusative and genitive cases
Use prepositions в течение and в промежутке in relation to time expressions
Chapter 5: Education and Career
Get introduced to emphatic pronoun сам
Get introduced to reflexive possessive pronoun свой
Practice giving the date using ordinal numbers
Understand and use complex sentences
Chapter 6: Emergencies and Aid
Learn how to form comparative adjectives
Learn the past tense formation of the verb произойти
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Review the use of the impersonal construction with the dative case
Chapter 7: Household and Lifestyle
Form the third-person imperative with the particle пусть
Get introduced to the prefix до-
Learn more ways to form the perfective passive participle
Learn the imperative ending in -ь
Chapter 8: Hair and Beauty Services
Form opposite adjectives with the prefix не-
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Get introduced to the category of uncertainty
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Practice forming comparative adjectives
Practice using the past tense in reference to the future
Chapter 9: Events and Schedules
Practice the adverb поэтому
Review the use of spatial and temporal prepositions
Use the category of uncertainty in the third-person plural
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Specialty Unit 1: Slang
1 chapter · 5 goals · 5 articles
Slang Words and Phrases
Construct phrases with давай ("let's")
Form affirmative and interrogative sentences
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Form present and past forms of verbs
Learn masculine, feminine, and neuter adjectives
Use personal pronouns
Specialty Unit 2: Superstitions
1 chapter · 3 goals · 3 articles
Let's Knock on Wood!
Be introduced to the case system
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