| Students are always comparing languages they | | | | an English-speaker studying Russian, you'll |
| speak with the one they're learning, even if | | | | have to memorize a bit more.Here are some |
| teachers tell them not to. Well, why not? | | | | tips to help you build the "noun section" of |
| Finding a consistent pattern can be really | | | | your vocabulary faster and more |
| useful. These patterns are not always given | | | | effectively.Tip 1 Did you notice that in |
| as rules in textbooks, but they help all the | | | | Russian it's NOT ENOUGH just to remember how |
| same.For a Russian-speaker memorizing | | | | to pronounce "two dogs" (cats, birds, etc.) |
| "numeral-plus-noun" stuff is a piece of cake: | | | | to be through with plural? |
| one dog - two (or more) dogS. But if you are | | | | |