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Russian, with a hook on every word.

False friends in the alphabet are the first trap. Cyrillic letters get their own shape mnemonics before any vocabulary.

Russianfeminine

вода

voda

water

sounds like vodka

A bottle labelled VODKA that turns out to hold only water, to everyone's disappointment. Voda.

Стакан воды.A glass of water.
111words to start
10hand-written hooks
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What the first words look like

Russianfeminine

вода

voda

water

sounds like vodka

A bottle labelled VODKA that turns out to hold only water, to everyone's disappointment. Voda.

Стакан воды.A glass of water.
Russianmasculine

дом

dom

house, home

sounds like dome

A house with a DOME so large the house is only a doorway underneath it. Dom.

Я дома.I am at home.
Russianfeminine

книга

kniga

book

sounds like knee gah

A book so heavy it lands on your KNEE and you say GAH. Kniga.

Я читаю книгу.I am reading a book.
Russianfeminine

собака

sobaka

dog

sounds like sow bark a

A SOW that BARKS like a dog and will not stop. Sobaka.

Собака спит.The dog is sleeping.
Russianfeminine

кошка

koshka

cat

sounds like cosh ka

A cat that carries a small COSH and taps you awake at five in the morning. Koshka.

Кошка прыгает.The cat jumps.
Russianmasculine

хлеб

khleb

bread

sounds like clebb

A loaf so hard it goes CLEB when you drop it on the table. Khleb.

Купи свежий хлеб.Buy fresh bread.
Russianfeminine

рука

ruka

hand, arm

sounds like rook a

A ROOK lands on your outstretched arm and refuses to leave. Ruka is hand and arm both.

Дай мне руку.Give me your hand.
Russianmasculine

город

gorod

city

sounds like gorod

A city guarded by a GUARD at every corner, all of them asleep. Gorod.

Город очень шумный.The city is very noisy.
Russianplural

деньги

dengi

money

sounds like den gee

Money kept in a fox's DEN, guarded by a horse saying GEE. Dengi.

У меня нет денег.I have no money.

A story in Russian

What you will be reading first.

Скамейка у рекиA1

У реки старая На ней люди, книги, чай. Каждую весну скамейку. Всегда зелёной краской. Всегда

Tap an underlined word. In the app the same tap also tells you whether that word is already in your collection and when it is next due.

Russian, specifically

What about the alphabet?

Every entry carries a transliteration, and the first trap is the letters that look Latin and are not. Those are worth a hook of their own before any vocabulary.

How many words are loaded for Russian?

111 to start, chosen by frequency, each with a gloss, a part of speech, an example sentence and a hook. You can import your own list on top at any point.

Is the audio real Russian?

The audio uses the voices installed on your own device, picked for Russian and set per sentence. On a modern phone that is good. On some desktops it is only adequate, and recorded native audio is the next content investment.

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