A Spoonful of Russian - Learn Russian Online from Russian Tutor

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Learn Russian language from a Russian online tutor at your own pace. Natalia teaches via Skype and other video chat services. Russian lessons are tailor-made for all students. Experience authentic Russian pronunciation, see Russian alphabet written in cursive in real time, enjoy free supplemental YouTube videos.

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A Spoonful of Russian - Learn Russian Online from Russian Tutor episodes:

11.14.2014
a Spoonful of Russian 032
Today I fill a request of one of my Podcast listeners/ YouTube subscribers by reciting a short poem written by one of Russia's greatest talents - Anna Akhmatova. Лотова Жена - Анна Ахматова (Lot's Wife - Anna Akhmatova). To view...
10.20.2014
a Spoonful of Russian 031
The video that goes with this episode can be found on my YouTube channel: Episode 031 Toasting is a huge thing in Russia. Has been for ages. A full glass must be drunk to the bottom after every toast, because...
10.15.2014
a Spoonful of Russian 030
The video that goes with this episode can be found on my YouTube channel: Episode 030 Asking questions in Russian can be quite a daunting and intimidating task, especially if you try to follow the proper grammar rules of declention,...
09.04.2014
a Spoonful of Russian 029
Ever wanted to pronounce the days of the week in Russian like a native? Piece of cake!
07.31.2014
a Spoonful of Russian 028
Today’s spoonful is going to consist of a useful Russian phrase and a poem in Russian. Don’t worry if you don’t understand the poem. The reason for reading out loud is so that you can get more familiar with the...
05.13.2014
Russian Vocabulary: Family (Семья)
Ever wanted to know how to call your family members in Russian? I don't mean nicknames:) I mean official titles.
05.05.2014
What's On My Mind (О Чём Думает Моя Голова) reading out loud
Almost everybody has a book that they read and re-read in their childhood. When we read it again as adults it takes us back into the wonderful world of childhood fantasies and dreams. I have a book like that too....
01.07.2014
Russian Christmas (Рождество)
Many of you probably know that Russians have always been big on celebrating the New Year rather than Christmas. After the 1917 Revolution, Christmas was banned throughout Russia, along with other religious celebrations. It wasn't until 75 years later, in...
12.31.2013
Most Common Russian Drinking Toasts
Most Common Russian Drinking Toasts. There are more, but these will get you started:)
12.31.2013
Little Fir Tree (В Лесу Родилась Ёлочка) Happy New 2014!
Little Fir Tree (В Лесу Родилась Ёлочка). This is the most popular Russian New Year's song. Every Russian knows it. It's something that no winter holiday can do without. The song was born in 1903 and since then it...
11.27.2013
Russian Vocabulary - Borrowed Words in Modern Russian
Borrowing: The best way to think about the borrowed words in Russian is from a historical perspective. The influx of foreign words came in waves depending on what country or culture had influence in Russia: • Byzantine influence and conversion...
10.10.2013
Песенка Крокодила Гены. Урок и Караоке (Gena Birthday Song. Tutorial and...
08.17.2013
Russian Vocabulary - Antonyms (Антонимы)
A fun way to learn Russian is by learning the words with opposite meanings. Here are some antonyms for you. Stay in touch: - site: http://speakrussian.blogspot.com - voicemail: 209-980-7877 (209-980-RUSS) - email: [email protected] - twitter: @russianspoonful
08.09.2013
Q and A Session #1
Здравствуйте и добро пожаловать … Hello and welcome to the very first 'Questions and Answers' edition of A Spoonful of Russian Podcast. Coming to you from a small home studio in beautiful Charlotte, North Carolina. Instead of trying to find...
08.09.2013
Крокодил - Корней Чуковский - Часть 3 / "The Crocodile" by Korney Chukovsky - part 3
Final Part 3 of Крокодил (The Crocodile) by Korney Chukovsky.
08.03.2013
Крокодил - Корней Чуковский - Часть 2 / "The Crocodile" by Korney Chukovsky - part 2
Part 2 of Крокодил (The Crocodile) by Korney Chukovsky. Крокодил (часть 2) Корнея Чуковского.
07.28.2013
Крокодил - Корней Чуковский - Часть 1 / "The Crocodile" by Korney Chukovsky - part 1
07.17.2013
Звёзды - Сергей Есенин (Stars - Sergei Esenin)
Russian Poems series. "Stars" by Sergei Esenin.
07.04.2013
Russian Vocabulary - Weather, Seasons, Pets
Learn some Russian words related to weather, seasons, and pets. Twitter @russianspoonful Email: [email protected]
06.18.2013
Lesson 27 - Russian Stress Patterns ( Accented Vs Unaccented Vowels)
Russian Stress Patterns ( Accented Vs Unaccented Vowels) 1. Greeting by a subscriber (Thank you, Emily) - Спасибо! 2. BIG thanks to all who show their support by: - purchasing authentic Russian food at Russiantable.com also via a banner 3. Lesson...
06.01.2013
Спорт - Sports (Russian Vocabulary)
Learn some sport-related vocabulary words in Russian.
05.20.2013
A Spring Storm (Весенняя Гроза) - Ф.И. Тютчев
Inspired by last night's thunderstorm, our next poem is by Ф.И. Тютчев "Весенняя Гроза". English translation by Dmitri Obolensky
05.16.2013
Гой Ты, Русь - Сергей Есенин / Hey there, Russia
Subscribers spoke. Some of you mentioned you would enjoy listening to Russian spoken without thinking of grammar. I've been thinking of doing it for a while now. Auditory training is an integral part of any foreign language learning. Thus, I...
05.14.2013
Mother-Daughter Duet (Опять Метель)
Just to change the pace a little, my daughter Emily and I are trying our hand at covering one of the most popular contemporary Russian songs originally performed by Alla Pugacheva and her daughter Kristina. Those two don't need introduction.
05.09.2013
Lesson 26 - Consonants [p][b] and [n][t][d]
Lesson on bilabial stop consonants [p] [b] and dental consonants [n] [t] [d] 1. Greeting by a subscriber (Thank you, Jeanette, and Happy Birthday!) - Спасибо! С днём рождения! 2. Recommendation of recording apps - Voice Record Pro (for iOS)...
04.25.2013
Lesson 25 - Russian Accented Vowels
Russian accented vowels sound much richer and fuller than their English equivalents. That is because Russian is spoken much more vigorously than is English - there is greater muscular tension throughout the organs used in speech production.
04.16.2013
Lesson 24 - Russian Sound System. Introduction
Ученье свет, а неученье тьма (Knowledge is light, ignorance is darkness) Век живи - век учись (Live and learn) And the last one is quoted around our house quite often:) Повторенье - мать ученья (Repetition is the Mother of learning)...
05.08.2007
Lesson 23 - Nouns and Gender
Today we'll talk about nouns and genders. Keep in mind that we are going to look only at singular nouns in nominative case (more on the 6 noun cases later). As you know, a noun is a word that names...
04.25.2007
Lesson 22 - Russian Cursive (Letters "Ш,Щ,ь,ъ,Ы,Э,Ю,Я")
'Привет', my old friends, and 'Здравствуйте', my new listeners! Welcome to Lesson 22 of 'A Spoonful of Russian with Natalia'. I am Natalia, your host and instructor. And today we are going to finish the Russian Cursive Letters series. But...
03.21.2007
Lesson 21 - Russian Cursive (Letters "У,Ф,Х,Ц,Ч")
Today you will learn how to write Russian Cursive letters "У,Ф,Х,Ц,Ч" . (updated on November 25, 2009) To answer Chris' question about forming a cursive 'ф' in the middle of a word I made a little demonstration vid.
03.08.2007
Lesson 20 - Russian Cursive (Letters "О,П,Р,С,Т")
8th of March - Women's Day . It's Women's Day in Russia today, a holiday of spring and attention to women. It's one of most important holidays in Russia. The celebration is similar to a combination of Valentine's Day and...
02.20.2007
Lesson 19 - Russian Cursive (Letters "Й,К,Л,М,Н")
Russian Cursive (Letters "Й,К,Л,М,Н") Letter 'Й' is represented by word 'Йогурт' (Yogurt) Letter 'К' is represented by word 'Кошка' (Cat) Letter 'Л' is represented by word 'Лодка' (Boat) Letter 'М' is represented by word 'Машина' (Car) Letter 'Н' is represented...
02.20.2007
Video Vocabulary #01
Video Vocabulary #1 - Common Greetings and Phrases. You can find a PDF file of the vocabulary in the DOWNLOADS section of the site. p.s. Isn't the sound of that BALALAIKA great in the video?
02.15.2007
Lesson 18 - Russian Cursive (Letters "З,И")
Добрый день, мои дорогие слушатели ( Hello, my dear listeners)! Welcome to 'A Spoonful of Russian' , where we learn Russian one bite at a time. Добро пожаловать ( Welcome)! (Samir's audio message) I thank all the listeners who stuck...
02.07.2007
Lesson 17 - Russian Cursive (Letters "Д,Е,Ё,Ж")
(Please follow the video for this lesson. Just click on the title of the blog entry.) Добрый день, дорогие друзья! You are listening to and viewing 'A Spoonful of Russian' podcast, where we learn Russian 'one bite at a time'!...
01.27.2007
Lesson 16 - Russian Cursive (Letters "Б,В,Г")
Today I'll show you how to write Б,В,Г in cursive. (Please follow the video for this lesson. Just click on the title of the blog entry.)
01.26.2007
Lesson 15 - Russian Cursive (Letter "А")
Today you will learn to write Russian cursive "А". I will include more than one letter in my future lessons. Thanks to one of my listeners I was able to upload a "Russian Cursive Workbook" in the DOWNLOADS section on...
12.31.2006
С Новым Годом, Друзья! (Happy New Year, Friends!)
Emily made a little сюрприз for you:
12.23.2006
Lesson 14 - Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
• ❑ Opening Word Ну, здравствуйте, мои дорогие слушатели = Well, hello, my dear listeners! Как вы поживаете? = 'How are you?' 'Как вы поживаете' is basically the same as 'Как дела'. The difference is in the use. I'd never...
12.04.2006
Lesson 13 - Family Matters
Добрый день, друзья! Как дела? Хорошо? Отлично. (Hello, friends! How are you? Doing well? Great!) It's December now, and I am a bit late with my coming back to the 'Spoonful of Russian'. I was hoping to get it started...
04.21.2006
Lesson 12 - Happy Birthday!
Topic - Birthday Greetings • ❑1 intro Добрый день, друзья! (Hello, friends!) Как дела? (How are you?) Надеюсь, что у вас все хорошо. (Hope you are doing well.) Thank you for keeping up with this podcast even though I do...
04.01.2006
Lesson 11 - Love is in the Air
(Due to lack of interest in the enhanced version of the podcast I am going to stick with the audio only version. Below is the Valentine's Day enhanced show converted into .mp3 file) Привет! Hey there, all you Russian language...
01.05.2006
BBC interviews Natalia
Hi, everyone. Добрый день. This is just a short note to let you know I haven't forgotten about my listeners and "A Spoonful of Russian' podcast will be coming back! I also wanted to share with you an interview I...
11.19.2005
Lesson 10 - No Lesson, but rather 'Bye for Now'...
Bought a new mic, new headphones, iMac G5 - all set up to produce 'killer shows', yet this show will be the last one before I can get settled in our house. This is show#10 and the last one as...
11.05.2005
Lesson 9 - Food
How do you feel about food? Я люблю поесть! (I love to eat!) most people will say. Whether you love it or hate it, we deal with food and talk about food every single day. That reminds me, I have to throw...
10.22.2005
Lesson 8 - Speaking on the Phone
Привет, дорогие слушатели. (Hi, dear listeners). Сегодня суббота, 22 октября. (Today's Saturday, Oct. 22nd.) Let's check your homework from the previous lesson#7: Exercise 7.1 1. Туристы летают в Мексико-Сити из Нью-Йорка ___на самолете___ . Tourists travel from New York to...
10.15.2005
Lesson 7 - Getting Around
Let's say you want to fly out of JFK to Scheremetyevo airport in Moscow, then take the train to Vladivostok, stopping to drive through the countryside both by car and by horseback. Or maybe you enjoy boat cruises and would...
10.08.2005
Lesson 6 - Don't Get Stressed About Stress and other advice....
Добрый день, дорогие друзья! (Hello, dear friends). Сегодня суббота, 8-ое октября. The show is still recorded at my temp 'studio' away from my home in New Orleans. In this podcast you will learn how to say the days of the...
10.01.2005
Lesson 5 - Wolves in Sheep's Clothing
Sounds like cognates are the single greatest friend to folks learning Russian. However, as with most good things there are pitfalls. And these pitfalls are called 'false cognates'. A 'false cognate' is a word that shares a similar pronunciation between...
09.23.2005
Lesson 4 - Alphabet and Words you Already Know
You'll be surprised how many words you would be able to recognize without studying any Russian. The words I am talking about are cognates - words borrowed from a foreign language that share a common pronunciation and meaning.The Russian version...

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A Spoonful of Russian - Learn Russian Online from Russian Tutor episodes:

a Spoonful of Russian 032

a Spoonful of Russian 031

a Spoonful of Russian 030

a Spoonful of Russian 029

a Spoonful of Russian 028

Russian Vocabulary: Family (Семья)

What's On My Mind (О Чём Думает Моя Голова) reading out loud

Russian Christmas (Рождество)

Most Common Russian Drinking Toasts

Little Fir Tree (В Лесу Родилась Ёлочка) Happy New 2014!

Russian Vocabulary - Borrowed Words in Modern Russian

Песенка Крокодила Гены. Урок и Караоке (Gena Birthday Song. Tutorial and...

Russian Vocabulary - Antonyms (Антонимы)

Q and A Session #1

Крокодил - Корней Чуковский - Часть 3 / "The Crocodile" by Korney Chukovsky - part 3

Крокодил - Корней Чуковский - Часть 2 / "The Crocodile" by Korney Chukovsky - part 2

Крокодил - Корней Чуковский - Часть 1 / "The Crocodile" by Korney Chukovsky - part 1

Звёзды - Сергей Есенин (Stars - Sergei Esenin)

Russian Vocabulary - Weather, Seasons, Pets

Lesson 27 - Russian Stress Patterns ( Accented Vs Unaccented Vowels)

Спорт - Sports (Russian Vocabulary)

A Spring Storm (Весенняя Гроза) - Ф.И. Тютчев

Гой Ты, Русь - Сергей Есенин / Hey there, Russia

Mother-Daughter Duet (Опять Метель)

Lesson 26 - Consonants [p][b] and [n][t][d]

Lesson 25 - Russian Accented Vowels

Lesson 24 - Russian Sound System. Introduction

Lesson 23 - Nouns and Gender

Lesson 22 - Russian Cursive (Letters "Ш,Щ,ь,ъ,Ы,Э,Ю,Я")

Lesson 21 - Russian Cursive (Letters "У,Ф,Х,Ц,Ч")

Lesson 20 - Russian Cursive (Letters "О,П,Р,С,Т")

Lesson 19 - Russian Cursive (Letters "Й,К,Л,М,Н")

Video Vocabulary #01

Lesson 18 - Russian Cursive (Letters "З,И")

Lesson 17 - Russian Cursive (Letters "Д,Е,Ё,Ж")

Lesson 16 - Russian Cursive (Letters "Б,В,Г")

Lesson 15 - Russian Cursive (Letter "А")

С Новым Годом, Друзья! (Happy New Year, Friends!)

Lesson 14 - Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Lesson 13 - Family Matters

Lesson 12 - Happy Birthday!

Lesson 11 - Love is in the Air

BBC interviews Natalia

Lesson 10 - No Lesson, but rather 'Bye for Now'...

Lesson 9 - Food

Lesson 8 - Speaking on the Phone

Lesson 7 - Getting Around

Lesson 6 - Don't Get Stressed About Stress and other advice....

Lesson 5 - Wolves in Sheep's Clothing

Lesson 4 - Alphabet and Words you Already Know