associlangLearn Russian: the 5000 most common words, with pictures
Learn the 5000 most common Russian words, in order of how often they're really used. Each one comes with a picture and a funny sound-alike sentence, native-accent audio and reviews just before you'd forget it, plus short stories made of words you know. Free to start.
Start learning RussianA real example from the course
годyear
The goat eats one calendar a year.
Russian words you'll learn
годyear
человекperson
одинone
ещеstill
времяtime
ужеalready
новыйnew
первыйfirst
статьto become
деньday
хотетьto want
оченьvery
18 more words
работаwork
говоритьto speak
сказатьto say
дваtwo
знатьto know
делоmatter
жизньlife
местоplace
простоjust
сделатьto do
разtime
большеmore
домhouse
сейчасnow
хорошийgood
мирworld
нужныйnecessary
большойbig
How you learn here
Every word gets a picture and one sentence linking how it sounds to what it means — strange enough to come back to you. The word then returns just before you would forget it, and after your first 50 words you can read a short story built from the words you already know.
Common questions
- How much time does it take?
- Five to ten minutes a day. A new word is learned once, and the reviews are short and spread further apart as it sticks.
- What does it cost?
- Opening an account is free, with no card, and comes with 1000 coins — 100 words. Every day you study adds coins, and so do writing associations and inviting up to 10 friends. If you want to go faster, you can buy coins.
- Do I need to know the language already?
- No. You start from the most common words, and every word has a speaker recording and a transcription.
- What happens to words I forget?
- They come back sooner, and you can practise only the hard ones.