Learning Something New

Exchange appropriate informal and polite greetings and farewells.

Introduce yourself and ask another person’s name using informal and polite forms.

Use ты and вы appropriately in basic social situations.

Ask a speaker to repeat, slow down, or explain an unfamiliar word in Russian.

Form simple present-time identity and description sentences without an explicit verb for “to be.”

Conjugate common first-conjugation verbs in the present tense.

Conjugate common second-conjugation verbs in the present tense.

Make present-tense statements negative by placing не correctly.

Form yes-or-no questions using Russian intonation.

Ask information questions with кто, что, где, когда, and как.

Give context-appropriate short answers to common personal questions.

Recognize question words and the requested information in short spoken exchanges.

Recognize and say the numbers from zero through one hundred.

Exchange telephone numbers accurately in spoken Russian.

Ask for and tell basic clock times.

State and understand days of the week and simple calendar dates.

Classify common nouns by grammatical gender.

Select мой, моя, моё, or мои to express possession with familiar nouns.

Match common descriptive adjectives to nominative nouns in gender and number.

Give a short spoken description of a family member or friend.

Describe common daily activities using present-tense verbs.

Use frequency adverbs to say how often an activity occurs.

Express basic likes and dislikes with мне нравится and мне нравятся.

Identify the main activities and preferences described in a short, slow conversation.

Use в and на with the prepositional case to state where someone or something is.

Use в and на with destination forms to state where someone is going.

Choose идти or ехать when describing basic one-way movement.

Ask and answer simple questions about locations and destinations.

Use common nouns in the accusative case as direct objects.

State what you want to eat or drink using я хочу.

Make a polite café request using пожалуйста and appropriate request phrases.

Recognize common questions about orders, quantities, and payment in a slow café dialogue.

Ask and understand the price of a common item.

Use common color and size words to specify an item.

Use этот, эта, это, and эти to identify familiar items.

Complete a short spoken exchange involving selecting and paying for an item.

Form the past tense of common verbs with gender and number agreement.

Describe a recent activity using basic past-time expressions.

Form the compound future with буду and an infinitive.

Invite someone, accept or decline politely, and agree on a simple time and place.

Ask how to reach a nearby place or use a basic form of transport.

Follow short spoken directions containing common landmarks and direction words.

State a basic health, travel, or communication problem and ask for help.

Maintain a three-minute beginner conversation by introducing yourself, exchanging personal information, and discussing everyday activities and plans.