Russian
Russian
“Le Petit Prince” (in Russian: “Маленький принц”, orig. Le Petit Prince) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry – is a complete, engaging story adapted specifically for the A1 (beginner) level. You don't need to know every word. You understand 95% of the text immediately, and every new word is explained in the margin. You simply read – and learn naturally.
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The vocabulary in this book has been selected based on an analysis of 2 billion words from authentic texts, precisely matched to the A1 level. You learn exactly the words that are most useful in everyday life.
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"why do I need to memorize six cases before I can order a coffee?" my colleague asked me years ago, and back then I agreed, grinding through grammar books until I abandoned Russian entirely, but on my second attempt I discovered that an A1 reader lets you read for the story alone, ignoring any word that doesn't block the meaning. as an English speaker you start ahead: cognates like "ресторан" and "метро" jump out immediately, and although the Cyrillic script and word order feel strange, you can follow a simple morning routine without mastering a single case.
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Russian Р sounds like an English R, not a P, which is why I nearly read ресторан as “pectopah.” Kn my fifties, newly arrived in a Russian-speaking city yo wprk as a graphic designer, I was reading this delightful A1 book over ounch. I picked out five everyday words, jncluding хлеб and магазин, amd reread fhe page until I coulf recall them without peeking. That little session taught me to lwarn a handful of useful words at a time and meet them again in a story.
Ranked by average customer rating and number of reviews on our site. Every title below is a Pentecost graded reader: a simplified story at CEFR level with learning supports built in.
The clock is ticking. Can you outrun a detective, rescue a princess, and circle the globe in just 80 days? Master beginner Russian naturally, immersed in this thrilling adventure, building vocabulary that sticks effortlessly.
Side glossary · In-book and online exercises
Imagine tumbling into a world where logic is upside down and a queen screams "Off with their heads!" Get lost in Alice's whimsical Russian adventure and effortlessly absorb hundreds of new words and phrases. A margin dictionary keeps you immersed without ever breaking your reading flow.
Side glossary · In-book and online exercises
Can you outwit the criminal mastermind before Sherlock Holmes does? Absorb hundreds of real-world Russian words and phrases effortlessly as you follow Holmes's deductions. A margin dictionary keeps you immersed, never breaking your reading flow.
Side glossary · In-book and online exercises
Russian is an official language of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, and is widely used in Ukraine, Central Asia, and the Baltic states. It remains a lingua franca in much of the post-Soviet space.
Russian has roughly 150 million native speakers and on the order of 250 million total users, including second-language speakers across the former Soviet sphere and diaspora.
Russian is a Slavic language with three genders, six cases, and aspectual verb pairs. Flexible word order expresses information structure; verbs agree with the subject in person and number. Motion verbs with prefixes and palatalization patterns are notable learning areas.