Podcast Episodes
Learn Russian: Russian Made Easy Ep. 1
Hello, this is Mark. Welcome to Russian Made Easy. If you have any doubts about your ability to learn Russian, you can set them aside right now. The fact is, your success in the language has nothing to do with whether you’re good at languages or not.
Learn Russian: Russian Made Easy EP. 2
Welcome to this second podcast of Russian Made Easy. Let’s start by reviewing what we learned in the first podcast. Although we learned eleven new words — which is a lot — eight of them were cognates, so it was still a manageable amount of new words.
Learn Russian: Russian Made Easy Ep. 3
Welcome to this third podcast of Russian Made Easy. Let’s start by reviewing what we learned in the previous podcast. Imagine you’re at a cafe with your Russian friend. She comes back from the bathroom and sees that the food you both ordered has been …
Learn Russian: Russian Made Easy Ep. 4
Welcome to this 4th episode of our Russian Made Easy podcast. If you’re just joining me, please know that the episodes are cumulative. Each one builds on the material learned in all the previous episodes, so it’s assumed you’ve mastered everything in those earlier ones.
Learn Russian: Russian Made Easy Ep. 5
Welcome to Podcast #5. Before doing our review, let’s add one new occupation which is kind of a cognate. Listen and repeat: адвокат One more time: адвокат So what kind of occupation is an адвокат? Well, when the police arrest a suspect in the U.S., they…
Learn Russian: Russian Made Easy Ep. 6
Alright, welcome to episode number six. Let me just toss out a reminder that these podcasts are cumulative, so if this is your first time joining us it’s best to start with episode number 1. Now, before getting to our review session, I’d like you to listen…
Learn Russian: Russian Made Easy Ep. 7
Welcome to episode number 7. Let’s practice saying two new Russian words. These are two of the most common words in the language. So, repeat after the speaker: есть …again… есть If I were to sound that out using English letters, I’d spell it y-a-y-s-t…
Learn Russian: Russian Made Easy Ep. 8
Today’s podcast is in response to an email from Matt in Arizona. He writes, “Hi Mark, I’m really enjoying your podcasts. They go great with your RussianAccelerator course, which is why I’m writing. In Unit 4 we learn how to say Ты хочешь but I’m hoping you can…
Learn Russian: Russian Made Easy Ep. 9
Alright, welcome to episode #9. Today we’ll learn how to talk about the things we want. But first, let’s review by asking our friend about what she wants. Ask… Want coffee? Хочешь кофе? How would she ask: Is there cappuccino? Есть капучино? Ask her…
Learn Russian: Russian Made Easy Ep. 10
Welcome to episode #10. Today we’re going to have you play the role of interpreter. Aside from being fun practice, this is also pretty realistic. After all, you’re probably the only person in your group or your family who speaks Russian, now.
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