TL;DR: The Ultimate Guide to Russian – The Most Used 5000 Words is a learning set specifically designed for Russian learners who want
to enhance their vocabulary by working on the high-frequency words constituting
95% of all written and spoken Russian. The learning set also includes speaking and listening modules, which utilize Google Cloud's text-to-speech technology. Words are sorted by order of frequency.
The Main Parts
This deck is made up of four main parts:
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Main Course: In this part, you learn the most used 5000 words in the Russian language.
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Listening: In this part, you will hear and read a Russian sentence and try to understand its meaning.
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Speaking: In this part, you will get an English sentence and try to translate it into Russian.
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Writing: In this part, you learn about the spelling rules of Russian.
Main Course
This module is the most crucial part for language learners since moving on to the other modules is impossible without acquiring the knowledge of this module. It is divided into two parts to consolidate the knowledge:
Russian to English and
English to Russian. These modules have the following fields:
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Word: Russian words, which are sorted by order of frequency.
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Audio of the Word: The word's voiceover, which has been done by using Google Cloud's text-to-speech technology.
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Part of the Speech: The categorization of the word in accordance with its syntactic functions, e.g., verb, noun, adjective, adverb, pronoun.
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Meaning of the Word: The basic meaning of the word.
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Example Sentence: The sentence or sentences which were formed with the use of the word.
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Audio of the Example Sentence: The word's voiceover, which has been done by using Google Cloud's text-to-speech technology.
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Translation of the Example Sentence: The translation of the example sentence done by native speakers.
You can see the
preview of the card below:
Annotated:
Listening & Comprehension/Speaking
These modules have been created with the utilization of the example sentences from the Main Course.
Sentences are sorted by their length rather than the order they appear in the Main Course. This has been done to ease the learning process of beginners. However, you should not try to study them if you have no prior knowledge of Russian.
And in the following picture, you can see the
Listening & Comprehension part of the learning set. It includes
a timer and dictionary links that redirect to Wiktionary:
And here you can see the
Speaking part:
Final Notes
Using Exs and Tra Buttons: If you are using one of the latest desktop versions of Anki, you can reveal the example sentence and its translation by using "Q" and "W" keys, respectively.
Add-ons: If you are using the desktop version, it is highly recommended to use different add-ons. If you do not know what an add-on is, please refer to the following links:
https://docs.ankiweb.net/#/addons?id=add-ons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A56wVF9Fr0Q
To report any problems/suggestions related to the learning set, please use this form.
Main Resource Used During the Production of the Learning Set
• Sharoff, Serge, Elena Umanskaya, and James Wilson. A frequency dictionary of Russian: Core vocabulary for learners. Routledge, 2014.
CHANGELOG
27.01.2022
•Initial release of the learning set.