Week 8: Russian Vocabulary Expansion

Introduction

• Focus: 50 Russian words per week
• Variety: Includes verbs, adjectives, and nouns
• Resources: Access vocabulary sets and exercises via links provided
• BeFluent Camp: Intensive Russian course starts July 8th

Adverbs

Quick Overview

• Быстро: Quickly
  • Describes actions, not people
• Долго: Long (in time)
• Мало: Little, not enough
• Тихо: Quiet
  • Can describe situations (e.g., здесь тихо - it's quiet here)
  • Used as a command "quiet down"
• Вчера: Yesterday
  • Pronounced with F sound: Вчера
• Далеко: Far
• Плохо: Bad or badly
  • Can be used alone for bad news
• Трудно: Difficult
• Легко: Easy
  • Pronunciation: Легко
• Правильно: Correct, correctly
  • Used for grading or confirming answers
• Понятно: Understood, clear
• Верно: True
  • Used to confirm statements
• Громко: Loudly
• Тяжело: Difficult, heavy
• Прекрасно: Beautifully, amazingly
  • Used to describe scenic views

Verbs

Key Verbs

• Родиться: To be born
  • "I was born" translates to "я родился"
• Учить: To teach or to learn
  • Context-dependent
• Бегать: To run (repeatedly)
• Объяснять: To explain
• Здравствовать: To have good health
  • Basis for greeting "Здравствуйте"
• Болеть: To be sick or to hurt
• Стоить: To cost
• Готовить: To prepare, to cook
• Переводить: To transfer or to translate
• Гулять: To stroll, walk leisurely
• Забывать: To forget
• Умирать: To die
• Приносить: To bring
• Выбирать: To choose
• Отдыхать: To rest
  • Pronounced like a long letter Д

Nouns

Time and Events

• Утро: Morning
• Вечер: Evening
• Сегодня: Today
• Месяц: Month
• Неделя: Week
• Завтра: Tomorrow
• Секунда: Second

Seasons

• Лето: Summer
• Весна: Spring
• Осень: Fall/Autumn
• Зима: Winter

Additional Time Nouns

• Перерыв: Break (in activity)
• Прошлое: The past
• Выходной день: Weekend (single day)
• День недели: Weekday (Monday to Sunday)
• День рождения: Birthday

Conclusion

• Practice using the vocabulary set from BeFluent
• Consider joining BeFluent camp or exploring more videos for additional learning