Cases of Russian Nouns

http://masterrussian.com/aa071600a.shtml

There are six cases in Russian: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, instrumental, and prepositional.

Spelling Rules

SPELLING RULE #1 -- The 8 letter spelling rule (used mainly in verb conjugations):

AFTER Г, К, Х, Ш, Щ, Ж, Ч, Ц, WRITE У NOT Ю AND А NOT Я

SPELLING RULE #2 -- The 7 letter spelling rule (used mainly in the declension of nouns and adjectives):

AFTER Г, К, Х, Ш, Щ, Ж, Ч, WRITE И NOT Ы

SPELLING RULE #3 -- the 5 letter spelling rule (used mainly in the declension of nouns and adjectives):

AFTER Ш, Щ, Ж, Ч, Ц, DO NOT WRITE UNSTRESSED O, WRITE Е INSTEAD

Russian Alphabet Aids

http://www.dorogadomoj.com/se03abv.html
http://www.study-languages-online.com/russian-reading-alphabet.html
http://www.russianforeveryone.com/RufeA/Lessons/Introduction/Alphabet/Alphabet.htm
http://www.du.edu/ahss/schools/langlit/programs/russian/resources/grammar/alpha.htm
http://www.practicerussian.com/Tests/TestAlphabet.aspx

Where Russian is Spoken

Russian is a great language to learn. It's one of the Slavic languages, specifically the eastern slavic sub-group, together with Ukrainian and Belorussian.  Russian is spoken by about 170 million people as a first language and another 100 million as a second language. Russian is considered one of the chief languages of the world. It is one of the four official languages of the United Nations, and it is used in many scientific writings and literary works.

Russian is spoken in 30 countries other than Russia. This is due to the Russian immigrants that emigrated to these countries such as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, and Moldova.

Basics 2

Russian	English	Plural	English Plural
Здравствуйте	hello
Привет	hi
бутерброд	sandwich	бутерброды	sandwiches
яйцо	egg	яйца	eggs
яблоко	apple	яблоки	apples
хлеб	bread
кофе	coffee
Молоко	milk	молока	milk
И	and
Вода	water	Воду	Water
		Bоды	Water
Собака	dog	Собаки	Dogs
Кошка	cat	Кошки	Cats
лошадь	horse	лошадей	Horses
Машина	machine	Машину	Machines
газета	newspaper	газеты	newspapers

Basics Worksheet

Basics Worksheet

Russian	English	Plural	Eng. Plural
Девочка	Girl	Девочки	Girls
Мальчик	Boy	Мальчики	Boys
Льёт	Drink	Льют	They Drink
Ест	Eat	едят	They Eat
Женщина	Woman	женщины	Women
Мужчина	Man	мужчины	Men
Бежцт	Run	Бегут	They Run
читает	Read	Читают	They Read
Она	She
Он	He
Они	They
готовит	It Prepares	готовят	They Prepare
Плывёт	It Swims	плывут	They Swim
Пишет	It Writes	пишут	They Write