Поход в супермаркет
Going to the Supermarket
A Saturday grocery run through a Russian supermarket — filling the basket aisle by aisle with vegetables, dairy, and fresh bread before paying at the checkout.
You will practice: Present-tense verbs of motion (иду, беру, покупаю), the accusative for direct objects, за + instrumental for going to fetch something (иду за молоком), and чтобы + infinitive for purpose.
Words to know
Skim these before you read — they carry the story. Tap the star to add one to your saved words.
- супермаркетsupermarket
- продуктыgroceries, food products
- корзинаbasket
- отделsection, department
- овощиvegetables
- фруктыfruit
- картошкаpotatoes
- огурецcucumber
- яблокоapple
- молокоmilk
- сырcheese
- хлебbread
- пекарняbakery
- кассаcheckout, cash register
- холодильникrefrigerator
Did you get it?
4 quick questions — no grades, just a comprehension check.
1. Why is the narrator going to the supermarket?
2. What does he buy in the fruit and vegetable section?
3. What does his family love to eat for breakfast?
4. How does he pay at the checkout?
Too hard? Pick an easier text in the Russian reading library. Understanding most of a text without translations is the goal — struggling through is not.