*NOTE * Allphrases intended for translating/listening practice have beendeleted. Thisis it, guys. Episode 20… the final exam of Understanding SpokenRussian. As a warm up, we’re going to start by listening to a longmonologue from Alex. There won’t be any follow up questions. This isjust to listen to and follow along. –– – It’sa cool feeling, isn’t i…

Full Episode Audio Exercises Only Audio Download Full Episode (right click save-as) Download Exercises *NOTE * Allphrases intended for translating/listening practice have beendeleted. Welcome to Ep 19.Today’s episode will focus on one of the most intimidating aspects of the Russian language: The notorious Verbs of Motion. It’s a topic worthy of it …

Full Episode Audio Exercises Only Audio Download Full Episode (right click save-as) Download Exercises *NOTE * Allphrases intended for translating/listening practice have beendeleted. Welcometo Ep18. Let’s start with a brief conversation. Along with trying toget the gist of what they’re saying, try to listen for words that endwith an “и” sound. Rea…

Full Episode Audio Exercises Only Audio Download Full Episode (right click save-as) Download Exercises *NOTE * Allphrases intended for translating/listening practice have beendeleted. Welcometo Ep. 17. Glad you tuned in because I think this episode will proveto be instrumental to your success in Russian. Yeah, I know…You’rethinking: Why did he use …

Full Episode Audio Exercises Only Audio Download Full Episode (right click save-as) Download Exercises *NOTE * Allphrases intended for translating/listening practice have beendeleted. Welcometo Episode 16. Before you started this course, you probablyencountered the phrase: My name is…For ex: My name is Steve.Менязовут Стив. We’veused it quite a bit…

Full Episode Audio Exercises Only Audio Download Full Episode (right click save-as) Download Exercises *NOTE * Allphrases intended for translating/listening practice have beendeleted. Welcometo Ep15. Straight to business today. How would you translate thefollowing phrase: Пападал мне ключ. Dadgave me the key. Sothat little word мне translates as “t…

Full Episode Audio Exercises Only Audio Download Full Episode (right click save-as) Download Exercises *NOTE * Allphrases intended for translating/listening practice have beendeleted. Welcome to Episode 14. Today we’re going to listen to a slew of clips from Russian cartoons. Before getting to that, though, let’s review the previous episode with my…

Full Episode Audio Exercises Only Audio Download Full Episode (right click save-as) Download Exercises *NOTE * Allphrases intended for translating/listening practice have beendeleted. Welcometo Episode 13. So, you’re visiting a Russian family. Dedushka hasbeen in the kitchen, preparingsomething. Finally he comes out carrying a tray of little meatsl…

Full Episode Audio Exercises Only Audio Download Full Episode (right click save-as) Download Exercises *NOTE * Allphrases intended for translating/listening practice have beendeleted. Welcometo Episode 12. We’ll review the previous episode a little later. Fornow let’s jump to today’s new construction. Уменя есть That’sthree separate words. Listen a…

Full Episode Audio Exercises Only Audio Download Full Episode (right click save-as) Download Exercises *NOTE * Allphrases intended for translating/listening practice have beendeleted. Welcome to Episode 11. Before we get started, I just wanted to say: If you’re feeling more confident now and are ready to start actively speaking Russian, I encourage…

Hi,guys. No transcript today. Remember, the whole focus of this courseis to have you listen closely and do your best to make sense of whatthe speakers are saying. There’s not much point, then, in writingeverything out for you. But, since you’re here, let me list thevarious songs and artists you heard throughout the midterm. AniLorak: Я С Тобой – (I…

Full Episode Audio Exercises Only Audio Download Full Episode (right click save-as) Download Exercises *NOTE * Allphrases intended for translating/listening practice have beendeleted. Welcometo Episode 9. You may have noticed that in the last episode we hearda bunch of phrases that I never actually translated for you. Allthese… Тыработаешь в киноте…

Full Episode Audio Exercises Only Audio Download Full Episode (right click save-as) Download Exercises *NOTE * Allphrases intended for translating/listening practice have beendeleted. Welcome to Episode 8. In the last episode we learned to pick out two important verb patterns in Russian…the first was for when a speaker is talking about themself in …

Full Episode Audio Exercises Only Audio Download Full Episode (right click save-as) Download Exercises *NOTE * Allphrases intended for translating/listening practice have beendeleted. Welcometo Episode 7 of Understanding Spoken Russian. Tostart with today, Alex is going to ask me a question. Listen? –– – Dependingon where you’re at in your studies,…

Full Episode Audio Exercises Only Audio Download Full Episode (right click save-as) Download Exercises *NOTE * Allphrases intended for translating/listening practice have beendeleted. Welcometo Episode 6 of Understanding Spoken Russian. (soundof crying girl) Because she was crying, I gave Sophia a doll. That’san odd way to start the lesson. And yet…

Full Episode Audio Exercises Only Audio Download Full Episode (right click save-as) Download Exercises *NOTE * Allphrases intended for translating/listening practice have beendeleted. Welcometo Episode #5 of Understanding Spoken Russian. If you’re new to theseries, I recommend starting from the first episode, because thelessons are cumulative, and …

Full Episode Audio Exercises Only Audio Download Full Episode (right click save-as) Download Exercises *NOTE * Allphrases intended for translating/listening practice have beendeleted. Welcometo Episode #4 of Understanding Spoken Russian. Let’s jump right toour new word for today. мой We’veheard versions of it in prior episodes, but today we’ll offi…

Full Episode Audio Exercises Only Audio Download Full Episode (right click save-as) Download Exercises *NOTE * Allphrases intended for translating/listening practice have beendeleted. Welcometo Episode #3 of Understanding Spoken Russian. Let’s warm up bytrying to name the gender of the words we hear—specificallythe last word in each phrase. If you’…

Full Episode Audio Exercises Only Audio Download Full Episode (right click save-as) Download Exercises *NOTE * Allphrases intended for translating/listening practice have beendeleted. Welcometo Lesson #2 of Understanding Spoken Russian. Let’s start today witha quick test on what we learned in the first lesson. Can youtranslate the gist of these phr…

Full Episode Audio Exercises Only Audio Download Full Episode (right click save-as) Download Exercises * NOTE * All phrases intended for translating/listening practice have been deleted. Heyguys, welcome to my new course, Understanding Spoken Russian. Ifyou’re having trouble understanding fluent Russian speech, you’vecome to the right place. Maybe …