Oxford Russian Grammar and Verbs

This brand-new guide to Russian grammar and verbs provides clear and simple explanations of today’s written and spoken Russian.
Comprehensive and easy to use, with coverage of all the key points of Russian grammar, it is the ideal support book for any Russian language course and is ideal for use with Oxford’s Take off in Russian and other audio language learning packs. Thousands of examples in an instantly accessible
layout show how the language works. Detailed tables of regular and irregular Russian verbs feature ultra-clear explanations and an easy-access design. Finally, all grammatical terms are explained in a glossary.

• Brand-new text providing clear and simple explanations
• Comprehensive coverage of all the key points of Russian grammar
• Thousands of examples show how the language works
• Clear and attractive lay-out for maximum accessibility
• All grammatical terms explained in a glossary
• Provides detailed tables of Russian verbs in an easy-to-use format

Reviews

This small dense manual is good for those who have completed a year or two of Russian in college and would like summaries of grammatical constructions using a broad ranging vocabulary. In addition to verb conjugation, there are detailed declensions of nouns, adjectives, pronouns, and adverbs, with a decent attempt to review and enlarge your vocabulary. The are many digressions treating irregular forms but these are not so numerous as to confuse or mar the main treatment. There are no pronunciation guides and so you are expected to be able to work out the sounds of the words by knowing the Russian alphabet pretty much backwards and forwards; syllables are given accent markings as appropriate, though. There is a section listing many important verbs and their English equivalents. If you are fuzzy on terms of grammatical use, there is a section explaining them. The book is not for beginners, but ancillary material is available in other books to allow a persistent student to advance.

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