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Written statements of popular poets, actors, scientists, artists are called quotations. Every quotation hides certain gist or an emotion. We have millions of them in Russian language. Most of them are from literature. In this post I want to offer you some interesting quotes, which can turn into nice leisure. Every quote needs thorough reading, revising, and understanding. So begin reading right now! 1. “Our words are the best intonation.” M.Tsvetaeva “На́ши лу́чшие слова – интона́ции” М.И.Цветаева (1892-1941) “Náši lúčšie slova – intonácii” M.I.Cvetaeva 2. “Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.” Anton Chekhov “Знания не имеют никакой ценности, если их не применять на практике” Антон Чехов “Znaniâ ne imeût nikakoj cennosti, esli ih ne primenât´ na praktike” Anton Čehov 3. “I was ready to love the world, but no one understood me, so I learned to hate.” “Я был готов люби́ть весь мир, - меня́ никто́ не по́нял: и я вы́учился" М.Ю.Лермонтов (1814-1841) Â byl gotov lûbít´ ves´ mir, - menấ niktó ne pónâl: i â výučilsâ nenavídet´” M.Û.Lermontov 4. “Love is stronger than death and fear of death. Life is supported by love and advances only through love.” (1818-1883) I.Turgenev “Любо́вь сильне́е сме́рти и стра́ха сме́рти. То́лько е́ю, то́лько любо́вью де́ржится и движется жизнь.” И.С.Тургенев Lûbóv´ sil´née smérti i stráha smérti. Tól´ko éû, tól´ko lûbóv´û déržitsâ i dvižetsâ žizn´.” I.S.Turgenev 5. “The less we love a woman, the easier we please her.” A.S. Pushkin “Чем мéньше же́нщину мы любим, тем легче нра́вимся мы ей”. A.C.Пушкин Čem mén´še žénŝinu my lûbim, tem legče nrávimsâ my ej”. A.C.Puškin 6. “Intelligence is there just to achieve what you want.” F. Dostoyevsky “На то и ум, что́бы достичь того́, чего́ хо́чешь.” Ф.М.Достоевский Na to i um, čtóby dostič´ togó, čegó hóčeš´.” F.M.Dostoevskij Concluding, it is necessary to say that Quotation is a strong tool to express something. Nowadays it is widely used like a status in social networks. We often see quotations in Facebook, Twitter and even Skype! I consider, that quote is something more than just several words, posted in your Facebook profile. Quotation is a method to express thoughts and possibly find a way out from challenging situation. Also, I would like to offer all members of linguaholic.com to join this thread and write here favorite quotes. Good Luck!

To my point of view the most difficult thing in learning Russian language is declension. We have six cases : Nominative - Именительный - imenitel´nyj x Accusative – Винительный - vinitel´nyj Genitive – Родительный - roditel´nyj Dative – Дательный - datel´nyj Prepositional – Предложный – predložnyj Instrumental – Творительный - tvoritel´nyj So we add certain inflexions to main word. To speak good, you will need at least to learn basic rules of Russian grammar. But this post will be not about grammar rules, because I want to tell you how to pronounce Russian words correctly. Relax! Russian pronunciation has no many exceptions, comparing with English. The point is, every letter has its own sound. And you do not need to make combinations from several letters. If you understand this basic rule of pronunciation and learn the alphabet with sounds, so your chances to speak properly are very high. Have ever heard a speech of Russian native speaker? Did you like it? The main advantage of Russian language is its soft pronunciation. We achieve this thanks to vowels. So it is can be compared like with singing a song. That is why when learning Russian sounds, make sure you pronounce vowels without mistakes. Try to lengthen any vowel in a word. Also, I have already wrote in my previous posts about crucial role of stress in Russian words. So this is extremely important. Some Russian consonant sounds are called sibilants. For example, Ж - zh, Ч -ts, Ш - sh, and Щ - sh'. You need to pronounce them making hissing sounds. Sometimes we have combination from 3 or 4 consonant letters in one word. Let us take for an example, Russian greeting word Здравствуйте - Zdravstvujte - Hello . We see that two difficult consonant combinations (zdr and vstv) present in this word. One more example: взгляд - glance - vzglyad . Difficult combination from 4 letters here is vzgl. But it is actually the most complicated thing to pronounce in Russian language. If you can do it – no problems at all! To conclude everything above mentioned I should say that Russian language is very easy when it comes about pronunciation. Surely you can learn by heart several standard phrases like Привет Пока Как дела. But if you want say and build any phrase or sentence, so you have to understand grammar and pronunciation rules!

We count something every day: money, days, hours, pages, minutes, products and so on. However, it is very interesting fact that numeral is not big part of speech and it counts just several dozens of words. Studying any foreign language, you can not avoid this important part of grammar. In spite of the fact, we do not have too many words to express numerals, you will need to understand using of this part of speech. All numerals fall into two main groups: cardinals and ordinals. Cardinals are divided into simple, derived and compound. Here is this classification: 0 zero - nol´ Ноль 1 one - один odin 2 two - два dva 3 three - три tri 4 four - четыре četyre 5 five - пять pât´ 6 six - шесть šest´ 7 seven – семь sem´ 8 eight – восемь vosem´ 9 nine – девять devât´ 10 ten – десять desât´ 11 eleven – одиннадцать odinnadcat 12 twelve – двенадцать ´ dvenadcat´ 13 thirteen – тринадцать trinadcat´ 14 fourteen – четырнадцать četyrnadcat´ 15 fifteen – пятнадцать pâtnadcat 16 sixteen – шестнадцать ´ šestnadcat 17 seventeen – семнадцать ´ semnadcat´ 18 eighteen – восемнадцать vosemnadcat´ 19 nineteen – девятнадцать devâtnadcat´ 20 twenty – двадцать dvadcat´ 21 twenty one, two, etc… двадцать один, двадцать два… dvadcat´ odin, dvadcat´ dva… 30 thirty – тридцать tridcat´ 40 forty – сорок sorok 50 fifty – пятьдесят pât´desât 60 sixty –шестьдесят šest´desât 70 seventy – семьдесят sem´desât 80 eighty – восемьдесят vosem´desât 90 ninety – девяносто devânosto 100 one hundred - сто sto 1000 one thousand – одна тысяча odna tysâča 1.00o.000 one million – один миллион odin million And look how to pronounce ordinals: 1st first – первый pervyj 2nd second – второй vtoroj 3rd third – третий tretij 4th fourth – четвертый četvertyj 5th fifth – пятый pâtyj 6th sixth – шестой šestoj 7th seventh - седьмой sed´moj 8th eights - восьмой vos´moj 9th ninth – девятый devâtyj 10th tenth and so on…. Десятый desâtyj ... By the way, among the Ordinals we also have simple, derived and compound. However, in Russian language Numeral is not very easy part of speech to learn, like in English. Mainly because every numeral changes its inflexion by cases. So be very attentive, when you are pronouncing numerals in context. In addition to it, I want to discuss collective nouns in this post. The point is some nouns, which we ca not count are called collective and have own form of plural. For example: Горох (pea)– goroh Молоко (Milk)– moloko Цемент (Cement)– cement Очки – (Glasses)očki Ворота – (Gates)vorota Именины – (Birthday party) imeniny Будни - (Usual days) budni

Frankly speaking it is very important to stay motivated, learning any foreign language. The same we can say about Russian. Recent analytical data showed that over 10 million foreigners learn Russian. What are the reasons? Actually in this post we will try to find out the truth. 1. Russian is difficult, but rich and “soft” language (at least compared to German). A good amount of the world's classic literature, poems and novels are written in Russian. For example: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky , Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy , The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin , Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol and so on. Surely, it is interesting to read such books in Russian language and escape possible mistakes, which can be made during translation. By the way, the Russian language is on the 5th place in a list of most widely spoken languages. 2. Also, it is not a secret that Russian people are spread all over the world. Very often marriages happen, where one person is from Russia. So it does not matter, want you or not, but you have to know native language of your husband or wife. Sooner or later you will need to communicate with family in law. Usually in such families children are bilingual and learn both languages. So if you are not married, start learning Russian. You never know where you are! 3. Russia is the biggest country in the world. If you do not believe me just look at the map. This country had a great impact on the world’s history. Besides, there are many sightseeing places here in Russia. Moscow, Saint Petersburg – are beautiful places to visit and see everything by own eyes. Yes, Moscow is worth visiting. And surely, you will need basic lexis. Actually, if you read my posts, so I have already posted list of useful words and phrases. So Russia is not only frosty winter, bears and balalajka. For example, Moscow is a city, which never sleeps. Its traffic is enormous! 4. Often Russia becomes a guest country for economic forums, business seminars or trainings, sports competition… The 2014 Winter Olympic Games take place in Russia. If you want to know more, so review this link in Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympics Also, you can Youtube network. http://www.youtube.com/user/Sochi2014 Use any opportunity to learn Russian language. Have fun and learn!

Hello russian pianist! Very useful thread! It is very interesting that in Old Russian language there was a letter Ѣ. More information can be found here in russian Wikipedia: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ѣ . This letter was pronounced like -ять. Surely, today we do not use this letter, but some restaurants or shops still prefer to use Ѣ on a sign board. For example ТРАКТИРѢ. Thank you for the post! Bye!

Hello russian pianist! Your post is really interesting and useful! It is actually the truth that some dishes in Russia do not have equivalents worldwide. So your post is nice. Also, I would add that dumplings is вареники (vareniki) for Russian. Good luck!

Online Resources: RUSSIAN http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language Standard Wiki article about Russian language. http://www.brown.edu/Departments/LRC/RU_writing/index.htm This website is great for learning calligraphy. You simply move the mouse and the system shows how to write Russian letters. http://tools.forret.com/translit/russian.php automatic Cyrillic converter for quick transliteration of Russian words. Grammar http://www.gramota.ru This website is writte in Russian, but includes many rules. http://www.alphadictionary.com/rusgrammar/index.html Excellent web site for beginners. http://www.du.edu/ahss/schools/langlit/programs/russian/resources/grammarx.htm http://www.russian.ucla.edu/beginnersrussian/student/Chap5.htm Dictionary http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-thesaurus/russian http://en.bab.la/dictionary/english-russian/ http://www.babylon.com/define/118/russian-english-dictionary.html http://www.desy.de/cgi-bin/engrus/ can be for Windows, DOS and UNIX. http://www.ozhegov.org This is online version of popular Ozhegov Dictionary, that has definitions of words. http://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/Орфографический_словарь_русского_языка http://www.freedict.com/onldict/rus.html http://www.multitran.ru It is a great website, that offers many variations to translate the same word. http://translation2.paralink.com This is automatic translator PROMT. It is good for translating simple phrases, but if you want to get quality translation so this software will not be enough. http://jeck.ru/tools/SynonymsDictionary/ The dictionary of synonyms http://www.lingvo.ua/ru Russuian-English and English-Russian dictionary. Besides, you can select any language there. Now, Literature Surely, if you can read Russian you will want to find books in original. Review these links, you will find classic Russian poetry there. . https://sites.google.com/site/poetryandtranslations/ http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/russian/Ruslang/ Study works by famous Russian poets like Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoy and Blok. https://librivox.org It is a database of audiobooks. Great for learners! Available in mp3 format. http://www.logoslibrary.eu/index.php?lang=RU&letter=A&source=search&page=1 Electronic Library with books for downloading. http://www.rvb.ru Virtual Russian Library Games and Exercises http://www.practicerussian.com This site offers Russian tests, lessons and games as well. http://www.digitaldialects.com/Russian.htm Numerous games http://www.russianforfree.com/quizzes-to-learn-russian.php Easy to use portal for learning vocabulary via games practice spelling. http://learnrussian.rt.com/speak-russian/russian-for-kids Games and exercises for children http://www.hello-world.com/Russian/index.php?translate=English Free portal with games for kids Society and Culture To improve skills, learners have to watch films, review news, listen to Russian music and so on. So enjoy it for your leisure! http://www.auburn.edu/~mitrege/russian/art/ Russian art http://nclrc.org/webcasts/russian/ Simplified news with transcripts and vocabulary. http://www.llrx.com/features/russian.htm#dictionaries Russian laws http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17839672 BBC Channel Russian version http://www.bbc.co.uk/russian/russia/ BBC Channel Russian version http://www.bucknell.edu/x17601.xml This site highlights history of Russia http://www.1tv.ru TV channel, which will be god if you want to watch films, TV-Show and so on. http://rt.com News portal http://www.rusradio.com.ua Popular radio station with only Russian songs. Online Russian Language Courses If you want to find a teacher or take some lessons from a native speaker, so follow the links. http://learnrussian.pro/?gclid=COv65vjPrbwCFaHbcgoduB0ARw http://www.russianlessons.net http://www.russianforfree.com/lessons-russian-language-contents.php http://www.ambergh.com/learn-russian/ http://www.memrise.com/course/78454/learn-basic-russian/ And finally newspapers http://www.pravda.ru This website has English version. So you can read news in Russian and in English languages. http://izvestia.ru

If you do not know Russian well yet, but want to speak this language good, congratulations you opened a useful post. I have collected some informal phrases which will be suitable everywhere: going through the Customs, asking the way, in the hotel, visiting a doctor. Are you thrilled? So let’s start. Asking the way. English: How long will it take me to get to the center? – 15 minutes. Russian: Сколько времени мне понадобиться, чтоб добраться до центра? – 15 минут. Transliteration: (Skol´ko vremeni mne ponadobit´sâ, čtob dobrat´sâ do centra? 15 minut) English: Is there an underground station nearby? Russian: Поблизости есть остановка метро? Transliteration : (Poblizosti est´ ostanovka metro) English: Excuse me, can you tell me the way to … Russian: Извините, как мне пройти к … Russian romanization: Izvinite, kak mne projti k … Lexis for Shopping Probably shopping is the most pleasant thing for tourists and foreigners. In malls and supermarkets, you can see a price label on a product and read the info. But if you purchase something the boutique, or just small store, you can say: English: How much does it cost? Russian (Cyrillic): Сколько это стоит? Russian romanization: Skol´ko èto stoit? English: How much does the suit cost? Russian (Cyrillic): Сколько стоит костюм? Russian romanization: Skol´ko stoit kostûm? If you want to try something on, so say Можно померить (Možno pomerit´) ? If it does not fit you say: English: Thanks, it is not my size. Russian (Cyrillic): Спасибо, это не мой размер. Russian romanization: Spasibo, èto ne moj razmer At the Customs Going through the Customs is quite long and tiresome process. Surely, you will fill in special blank form and custom control officers will find there info about you. But be ready to answer some questions . For, example, you may need such phrases: English: To check the luggage Russian (Cyrillic): проверить багаж Russian romanization: proverit´ bagaž English: Immigration form Russian (Cyrllic) :иммиграционная карта Russian romanization: immigracionnaâ karta English: To pay duty Russian (Cyrillic): платить пошлину Russian romanization: platit´ pošlinu English: To go through the customs Russian (Cyrillic): проходить таможенный досмотр Russian romanization: prohodit´ tamožennyj dosmotr At the Doctor You can use simple phrases to explain health problems… English: I have a headache/toothache… Russian (Cyrillic): У меня болит голова/зуб… Russian Romanization: U menâ bolit golova/zub… To make an appointment with a doctor Russian(Cyrillic): Записаться на прием к врачу Russian romanization: Zapisat´sâ na priem k vraču English: A sore throat Russian (Cyrillic): больное горло Russian romanization: bol´noe gorlo English: To take pills Russian (Cyrillic): принимать таблетки Russian romanization: prinimat´ tabletki English: Tо recover Russian (Cyrillic): выздоравливать Russian romanization: vyzdoravlivat´ English: To write out a prescription Russian (Cyrllic): выписать рецепт Russian romanization: vypisat´ recept At any rate, I wish you be healthy and use these phrases rarely :grin: Learning words in dictionary is a standard practice for foreigners. But contact with native speakers will bring better results. That is why plan a trip to Russia or at least talk with native speaker via Skype. Thus, you will practice, pronunciation and learn new words. Moreover, do not forget about films with subtitles. Find several songs in YouTube network and listen them regularly. Regarding reading books in original… Well, Russian classic literature is really difficult for foreigners. The easiest thing is to find adapted story or begin with tales, which are also very interesting even for adults. Never give up, even if you experience problems in studying. Regular practice and desire to speak Russian fluently will help you to learn this language! So follow these simple tips!

Hi everyone! In this post, I’m going to explain such notion as a morpheme. It is not so challenging as it sounds. On top of that, understanding morphemes, you will broaden a word stock. Every language consists of words, so it is quite natural that people studying foreign language attempt to memorize as many words as they can. They write words everywhere in a notebook, personal vocabulary, small pieces of paper and so on. Frankly speaking, there is a simple secret on how to memorize new foreign words. If to use new words in everyday life, so the process of memorizing will go faster. In Russian language we pay a great attention to a word-building. Morpheme is a small word element. We define such main morphemes: root, prefixes, inflexions. It is definitely, classification of morphemes is large, but these ones are the primary. A root is a major part f the word. Sometimes a word can have two roots. A prefix is a small part, which is situated before he root. And an inflexion is placed after the root. But you can ask, how can I use morphemes to broaden a word stock. I will show you this, on one example. Let’s take a word “перепрыгивать” – that is for overleap or over jump. The verb consists of four morphemes : пере-прыг-ива-ть. Each morpheme has its meaning. For instance: “пере-летать” – overfly, “пере-скакивать” - overleap, “пере-плывать” – swim over, “пере-ползать ” – creep. We can see that every word begins with a prefix –пере, and it means to overcome something. Here is another group of words: “от-прыгивать” – jump back, “от-летать” – fly off, “от-скакивать” – rebound, “от-плывать” – swim off, “от-ползать” – creep away. Now you see that if to change a prefix, so a word gets new meaning. Speaking about inflexions… so they are mainly denoted by grammar. Thus, we can understand a tense by verb inflexion or case. Well, I want to say that if you know a basic word, you can change its meaning by adding required prefix. Also, I have compiled several common prefixes, that may be useful for learners. - С indicates process of movement from up to down or from different sides. For example, Спрыгнуть – jump down Сбегать – run away Сходиться - gather Спускаться – go down Съезжаться – move in together Prefix –до indicates end of process. For example, Дочитать - read to the end Доплыть - swim to the finish Доехать - to reach Finishing, in this article, I demonstrated how you can change general meaning of a verb, using prefixes. It is obviously, there are lots of prefixes, used in nouns, verbs, etc. If you are interested in this theme, make simple online research and discover more. The major idea is to memorize basic verbs and change their meaning, adding prefixes.

The crucial role of the Word Stress in Russian Surely, modern Russian language is a complex system, where grammar, phonetics, syntax, morphology and lexis are closely connected. And you can not 100% understand grammar, but know nothing about phonetics. Science about sounds is called phonetics and be ready to devote enough time for it. Pronunciation of certain letters depends upon a word stress. The point is we do not have strict rules on how to place a word stress. Thus, the stress can be on the first, second and last syllable. It is actually can be very problematic for foreigners to understand and learn peculiarities of Russian phonetics. If you just begin learning Russian, you may use special dictionaries, where above every word you will find a special stress sign. By the way, most of online portals offer virtual dictionaries and you can type any word and get immediate information about it. In Russian linguistics we have very interesting notion, known as homograph. It is when identically written words have different meaning and pronunciation. And there are plenty of them. If you neglect learning homographs, you risk to be in an embarrassed situation and simply look funny. Let us illustrate it on such example. Here are two Russian words: they look similar, but because of stress have absolutely different meaning: “замо́к” and “за́мок”. The word “за́мок” means a fortified building and translated as a castle. The word за́мок means special device with set of keys for opening and closing of doors or gates. Just imagine, how funny you may look, if to use the word with wrong stress. Another pair of homographs: о'рган and орга'н. The word о'рган is used when we speak about parts of the body. When the word орга'н is a musical instrument. It is a funny word game, but be careful with it and when you are talking with your physician use о'рган instead of орга'н! Here is one more example of homographs. Look at these identical verb phrases: Я пла́чу — Я плачу́. In the first example we will translate Я пла́чу as I pay money for something. The second sentence will be translated as I cry or I’m crying, depending upon the context. So you can not say something like this: Я пла́чу деньги…It will be a huge mistake. If you are not sure in correct pronunciation of certain word, it is better to check the dictionary and only then say it. Also, when you learn words, try to remember right placement of a word stress. To summarize everything above-mentioned, the role of word stress is very important. The word can change the meaning, because of this small sing. It is certainly, there is a great number of homographs in Russian language. If you want to know more use the dictionary of Russian homographs, or leave me a message in this thread. Hopefully, this post will be useful for beginners.

Some Catch Phrases to Know Russian language is very abundant for phraseological units. The role of such fixed phrases is important for Russian people and we involuntary use them in everyday life. So in this post you will find explanation of popular Russian catch phrases and interesting moments connected with the its appearing. We say and hear them in various situations, and you will not look strange if to use the idioms below appropriately. Let’s begin with definition. Well, the term catch phrase means a group of fixed words, which came into general use from literature, historical sources, quotes of popular people, songs, folklore and so on and so forth. Actually, any language has idioms and proverbs. That is why people, who study foreign language, have to know those nuances to avoid misunderstanding in communication. The first phrase I want to discuss will be in Russian “Синий Чулок”. According to its origins, in 80s of 18 century the phrase was used for women, who preferred science and reading many books. A group of people arranged so called parties and discussed there the latest news in a world of science and literature. Benjamin Stillingfleet was the most active person there, besides he wore blue stockings. So this is the way this phrase was born. In our days a catch phrase “Синий чулок” mainly refers to women who study a lot but do not entertain. I’m sure, many of you have read the tale Princess and the pea by Hans Christian Andersen. A prince decides to marry a “real princess” and puts a small pea in a feathered bed. The girl could not sleep that night, because of the pea and finally prince married her. So today this phrase is used when we want to characterize too pampered and spoiled person. Sometimes Russian people use a phrase “панический страх”. This catch phrase comes from the Greek mythology. God of forests and fields Pan strikes terror into travelers and warriors. Frankly speaking, the word panic, that everyone knows today is associated with the God of nature Pan. Therefore “панический страх” can be used to describe sudden and terrifying fear. We can say “тьма кромешная”, when we want to describe a very poor and bad life without happy moments. Firstly, this phrase was found in the Bible, written on the Slavonic language. It was for the Hell and dark underworld. The last catch phrase, that I will explain in this post, has appeared thanks to Vladimir Lenin. He was a Russian revolutionary. Once he said a slogan, that we can still hear today. Учиться, учиться и учиться! This Russian idiom is very actual for students and other people, because the main aim in life is to study and grasp knowledge. It does not matter how old you are, you can study at any age. In conclusion, phraseology is an indispensable part of any language. Using it you can accentuate on something particular or express own opinion in a funny way. Surely, using of fixed phrases depends upon situation and context. So think twice before you say something. I think, that colloquial language is the best way to experiment with idioms. Indeed, when you discuss important issues with the business partner, or write in formal style, so it is better to refuse from catch phrases. If you have any interesting idiom, which needs explanation, so write a comment and we will discuss it. Good Luck!

Some good tips on how to study Russian There is a popular belief that Russian is a very sophisticated language and sometimes it is even compared with Chinese. It is defiantly, you may encounter some problems, trying to grasp numerous grammar rules, pronunciation and basics of Russian phraseology. However, many people agree that Russian language is not as difficult as it seems. Process of studying any foreign language may take up to 2 years. Possibly, it is optimal time to be able to speak fluently. Here are some tips, which will help you to concentrate on main issues in learning Russian. 1. Well, first and the foremost thing is to learn the alphabet, which consist of 33 letters. Be ready, that some sounds do not have analogues at all. In general, there are 42 sounds in Russian. You won’t do without this step, even if to learn some popular words and phrases by heart. So it is the initial thing to begin with. 2. Gradually, enlarge a word stock. Learning the alphabet and reading rules, write new words in a vocabulary and repeat them regularly. Actually, there are many methods and strategies for learning words. One of them is using stickers. Stick small cards with new words everywhere in your room, kitchen, hall. Every day you will see them, read and thus learn. 3. Do not neglect learning grammar rules. The point is, you will not be able to build a sentence without understanding of Russian grammar. Surely, Grammar of Russian language has own peculiarities. For example, there are no articles. Many students agree that the most difficult thing is to inflect words for cases (there are six cases). 4. You will need to learn fixed phrases and meaning of certain words, if you do not want to get into an embarrassed situation. But do not worry, it’s the simplest thing. Following these recommendations, you have high chances to speak Russian fluently! Good Luck!