Does this make sense?

two months ago i couldn't recognize a single Cyrillic letter. today i had a 10 minute conversation with a Russian colleague without switching to English once. it wasn't perfect, my grammar was shaky and i searched for words more than i'd like, but it was real and it happened. i wanted to share everything i used because when i started, i had no idea where to begin

Here's the full breakdown:

For learning Cyrillic:

• Tofugu's Cyrillic Guide - same people who make the best Japanese guides. got me reading Cyrillic in about 4 days

• just writing the alphabet by hand every morning for the first week honestly helped more than any app

For basics and vocabulary:

• Duolingo Russian - only useful for the very beginning, don't rely on it past A1

• Anki - Russian frequency deck, 15 cards a day. boring but nothing beats it for vocabulary retention

For grammar:

• Russian with Anastasia on YouTube - explains cases in a way that actually makes sense for beginners

• Clozemaster - once you have basics, this fills in grammar gaps naturally through context

For listening:

• Real Russian Club on YouTube - slow and clear Russian made for learners, great for beginners

• Russian podcasts in the background while commuting, even when i understood almost nothing at first

For speaking:

• Issen - this was the biggest game changer for me. i had nobody to practice Russian speaking with and tutors were expensive. Issen lets you have actual back and forth conversations in Russian and corrects you in real time. my first few sessions were embarrassing but that daily habit of actually speaking out loud is what got me to where i am now

the honest truth is the first 3 weeks felt like nothing was working. then somewhere around week 4 things started clicking. words started coming faster, i stopped translating everything in my head, and speaking started feeling less like a performance and more like just talking

if you're at the very beginning and feeling overwhelmed, just start with Cyrillic and one vocabulary habit. the rest builds from there

happy to answer questions about any of these resources!! ;))

I got 100 AND memorized the verb endings for past and present!

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I'm a second-year student at a Philological Gymnasium, and I'm learning Russian at school. My Russian isn't very advanced yet, but I can actually understand quite a lot, especially if the language is simple.

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My chapter 13 lessons recap!

I was listening to that song, here is a fragment:

А он простой (Юноша)

Из Баку холостой (Я ваш)

Квартира есть дорогой (Он наш)

Молодой уже центровой (Ой-ё-ё-ёй)

Выглядит, как папа (О)

Но по факту вентилятор (О)

Яхта на примете (У)

Сильно дует ветер

But I have a doubt, why in the third line is being used дорогой if квартира is masculine??

Also why is it being used "есть" there in the same sentence? I thought in the present tense the verb to be was omitted, or is not being used as the verb to be in that part??

Thank you :D

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