Games for learning Russian

Russian language learning games on this education site were created for students of different ages, including school kids, adults and senior learners. The use of Russian language materials on Digital Dialects do not require any provision of personal details and are free for anyone to play or share online. Games give both Cyrillic and transliterations options, as well as audio spoken by a native Russian speaker with a standard accent. The Russian alphabet is not difficult to learn and will be of great benefit to the student for learning to read, write and pronounce Russian. From the vocabulary lists you can learn the words or common phrases, and then test your linguistic proficiency with the test exercises. You will find that the Russian vocabulary and phrases on these pages in both Cyrillic and transliteration format, and with corresponding English translations. The Russian phrases sections will help you to begin communicating in spoken Russian language. Russian serves as a lingua franca in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and many of the phrases and common words you learn here can be of use for basic communication in these parts of the world. The numbers quizzes and vocabulary sections will help you to express needs and wants while traveling. Most Russians do not speak any English, so some phrases and basic words will be essential for communicating in Russia, as well as for engaging at a basic level with Russian people. Digital Dialects Russian games are easy to use and provide a simple linguistic pedagogy suitable to school and study environments. Pick from the above Russian topics and subjects, and play the language acquisition games. This website also hosts sets of Russian flashcards for learning the Russian words and phrases featured in the quizzes. Our Russian picture dictionaries were developed for introducing basic Russian vocabulary topics to kids.

About the Russian language:

The Russian language is an East Slavic language originating in East Europe. Russian spread throughout East Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia with the conquests and influence of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. Russian is an official language in Russia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, as well as having recognition or regional status in several further countries and territories. Russian is spoken by 260 million people, 150 million of whom are native speakers. Russian is the most spoken native language in Europe and the seventh most spoken language in the world by native speakers. Russian is very similar to Ukrainian and Belarusian, and speakers of these languages can understand one another.

Online Russian learning games include:

Begin Russian with our Russian Cyrillic alphabet game. The Russian alphabet has some similarities with the Roman alphabet, and its not very difficult to learn. If you do decide you don't need to learn the alphabet, most of these games feature transliteration options.

Numbers in Russian - quizzes to learn to count Russian numbers starting with the numbers 1-12 quiz. Adding the numbers at the next stage is the numbers 13-20 quiz game. For multiples of 10 up to 100 play the numbers 0-100 quiz. Arithmetic style games in which you add the Russian words for numbers together to choose the correct answer. Cyrillic and transliteration options.

Russian phrases - Basic communication with the most common salutations and greetings. Includes useful phrases such as for ordering food, asking directions and telling someone you love them. Play phrases game 1 to start your Russian language studies. This game has an audio option, provided by a Russian native, an option giving the phrases in Cyrillic or if you wish to quickly learn a few phrases for travel, play the phrases transliterations game. After completing this exercise play phrases game 2 for a few extra sentences for spoken communication with Russian people, which also gives playing options for audio, Cyrillic and transliterations. If you'd like to acquire a couple of basic survival phrases for a short break to St Petersburg or to surprise a Russian speaker then go to the how to say hello in Russian webpage. For folks in or looking for a romantic relationship with a Russian speaker, go to our how to say I love you in Russian page. For seasonal greetings and birthdays, visit our Happy birthday in Russian page. All sections include audio.

Colours in Russian: the most common 11 color words in the Russian language. Use our Russian flashcards: colours for learning these essential adjectvives before testing with the practice game.

Fruit and vegetables in Russian: 15 of the most common words for fruit and vegetables in a basic quiz with audio. Ideal or elementary level students and kids. Use our Russian flashcards: fruit for drilling this Russian vocabulary and learning the pronounciation.

Food and drinks in Russian: some of the most useful food vocabulary with audio in a simple and colorful quiz designed for kids or school students and children.

Animals in Russian: learn the words for 17 of the most common animals in the Russian language. Our Russian illustrated dictionary: animals can be used as alternate method for learning this new vocabulary.

Animals in Russian 2: learn 17 further names of animals in the Russian language. Use our Russian flashcards: animals 2 for learning this vocabulary before playing the quiz.

Russian general vocabulary: first words for beginners. Teachers can use our Russian vocabulary picture dictionary as a tool for teaching this general vocabulary to language classes.

Vocabulary builders (not suitable for smaller mobile screens): as you begin to acquire more vocabulary, these two games each offer 48 additional words. Match the Russian word with the corresponding English word. Vocabulary builder 1, and for slightly more advanced level words, try the vocabulary builder 2. Both include spoken Russian audio.

Days and months in Russian: some of the vocabulary you will need to read calendars or timetables. Words for days and months in Russian. Cyrillic version only.

Russian spelling games: this section currently offers three games for spelling Russian words in Cyrillic; colors, animals and vocabulary. In these Cyrillic spelling quizzes you will also be tested on the gender of the noun.

Advanced Russian games: two intermediate to lower advanced level Russian general vocab practice drills and a game for learning further animal names in Russian. All games use Cyrillic only (unlike the materials on this page there are no transliteration of words). For those progressing beyond the beginner-level resources on this introduction to Russian webpage. Learn the sorts of general Russian words you will need for reading media articles or short Russian kids' books. Russian learning drills suitable for tablet and Desktop sized screens only.

If the exercises on this page aren't meeting your learning needs, check out our Russian links section. The links page serves as a guide to Russian learning resources on the net, reviewing the best study tools.

Other Slavic languages with several language acquisition games and native audio on Digital Dialects include the Croatian games games and the learn Polish games sections.

Some further materials for learning Russian can be found on the BBC learn Russian page.

We hope you found these language learning games useful! Good luck with your Russian language studies!

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