Russian grammar
Every Russian grammar lesson on Slavonaut, in the order that makes the language feel easy — sounds first, patterns second, endings last. Each lesson is interactive, free to start, and ends with practice exercises. Prefer a guided course? Take the full path.
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Foundations
Read Cyrillic, greet people, and name your world.
A0
Cyrillic I: Old & False Friends
Read your first Russian words in ten minutes — А, К, М are already yours.
A0
Cyrillic II: The New Shapes
Ж, Ш, Щ, Ы — the genuinely new letters, each with one reliable sound.
A0
How Russian Sounds
Stress, the disappearing «о», and why хорошо sounds like “kharasho”.
A0
Hello & Goodbye
Say hello, thank people, and know привет from здравствуйте.
A0
Who Are You?
Introduce yourself with я, ты, он — and the “is” Russian skips.
A0
First Sentence Patterns
Build real sentences: Это…, У меня есть…, questions, and не.
A0
Asking Questions
кто, что, где, когда, почему — get any answer you need.
A0
Things Around You
Name everyday objects — and spot every noun’s gender from its ending.
A0
Colours & First Descriptions
красный дом, красная машина — describing things that agree with you.
A0
Numbers 0–20 & Your Age
Count, give your age, and catch numbers at speed.
A0
My Family
мама, брат, бабушка — the people who matter, and whose they are.
A0
At the Café
Order coffee and blini with fixed polite phrases — a full transaction.
- 2
Everyday Life
Live a normal day: verbs, descriptions, and your first three cases.
A1
Present Tense I: What You Do
The -ешь melody: работать, читать, понимать — and «я не понимаю».
A1
Present Tense II: Speak, Live, Love
The -ишь melody: говорить по-русски, жить, любить.
A1
One Book, Many Books
Turn one книга into many книги — the core plural endings.
A1
Describing Things
новый, старый, интересный — full adjective agreement.
A1
Where Things Happen
в Москве, на работе — your first case, learned through addresses.
A1
My Home
Rooms and furniture — the prepositional case moves in.
A1
What You Want
Want, read, see, buy — the direct-object case.
A1
Numbers to 1000 & Money
Real prices — and why it’s рубль, рубля, рублей.
A1
Shopping
У вас есть…? Можно померить? — clothes, sizes, and paying.
A1
Nothing & Nobody
нет молока — the case of absence, origin and belonging.
A1
Eating Out
Order a full meal — Я буду…, чашка чая, and the bill.
A1
Time & Days
Который час? — tell time and plan your week.
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Moving Around
Leave the house: motion, directions, transport, weather — and the full case map.
A1
Going & Coming
идти or ехать — and the little switch from где to куда.
A1
Every Day I Go
ходить or ездить — habits and round trips, the second half of the famous four.
A1
Asking for Directions
прямо, налево, направо — never stay lost.
A1
Taking Transport
на метро, на автобусе — tickets, transfers, announcements.
A2
To Me, To You
мне нравится — the case of giving and liking, finally explained.
A2
Weather & Seasons
Сегодня холодно. Идёт дождь. — sentences with no subject.
A2
With Milk, With Friends
с молоком, с другом — the togetherness case.
A2
Yesterday: the Past Tense
Four endings — читал, читала, читали — and your whole story.
A2
A Trip to Remember
Hotels, suitcases, the sea — and telling the story afterwards.
A2
The Six Cases, One Map
You’ve met all six — one job description each, one mental map.
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Building Conversations
Stop transacting, start conversing — plans, stories, people.
A2
Tomorrow & Plans
буду + verb — the easy future for making plans.
A2
Done or Doing? Aspect I
читать vs прочитать — the difference English hides.
A2
I'll Get It Done: Aspect II
я прочитаю, я позвоню — the one-word future for promises and results.
A2
Health & the Body
у меня болит голова — explain what hurts and get help.
A2
Work & Career
работать врачом, хочу стать… — jobs, studies, and patronymics.
A2
Hobbies & Free Time
играть в футбол, играть на гитаре — and how often.
A2
What People Look Like
у неё длинные волосы — describe anyone: looks and character.
A2
Better, Bigger, Best
больше, лучше, самый — compare everything.
A2
Arriving & Leaving
пришёл, ушла, вышел — five prefixes that multiply your verbs.
A2
Dates & Celebrations
какое сегодня число — ordinals, dates, and С днём рождения!
A2
Once Upon a Time
сначала, потом, вдруг — tell a story that flows.
A2
Invitations & Arrangements
Давай пойдём! — invite, accept, decline, reschedule.
A2
Cases in the Plural
много друзей, пять рублей — the missing plural endings.
A2
Your Life in Russian
Расскажите о себе — the A2 capstone: your story, three minutes, connected.
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Speaking Your Mind
Move from describing to discussing — opinions, feelings, advice.
B1
In My Opinion
я считаю, мне кажется, по-моему — agree and disagree politely.
B1
Feelings & Reactions
рад, боюсь, скучаю по — say how you actually feel.
B1
Giving Advice
советую, стоит, лучше — help people decide.
B1
What If: бы
если бы я выиграл миллион… — dreams and polite requests.
B1
Aspect Mastery
Aspect in requests, prohibitions, and phases — the native touches.
B1
Books & Films
сюжет, главный герой — discuss what you read and watch.
B1
Understanding the News
сообщается, что… — crack the code of headlines.
B1
How Russians Live
Banya, dacha, superstitions — the unwritten rules.
B1
Idioms & Particles
же, ведь, ну — the tiny words that carry the tone.
- 6
Mastering Russian
Unlock authentic Russian — the grammar you need to read real prose.
B1+
Participles for Readers
читающий, сделано — the forms that fill every written page.
B1+
Verbal Adverbs
читая, прочитав — the literary gear, decoded not memorized.
B1+
Complex Sentences
который in all cases, чтобы, хотя — sentences with rooms in them.
B1+
The Full Motion System
пере-, до-, об- — every prefix, plus нести, вести, везти.
B1+
Nuance & Register
Formal, neutral, or among friends — the same thing three ways.
B1+
From Adapted to Authentic
Read real Russian prose with 90% comprehension and no panic.
Put the grammar to work
Russian full path
The same lessons as a guided A0 → B1+ course.
Russian conjugation trainer
Drill verb endings with instant feedback.
Russian dictionary
Every word with full declension and conjugation tables.
Graded Russian reading
Short texts with audio that use this grammar for real.
About the Russian language
History, alphabet, and how it fits the Slavic family.