5000 Russian Words: With All Their Inflected Forms and Other Grammatical Information : A Russian-English Dictionary With an English-Russian Word Ind (Paperback)

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Text: English, Russian

Product Details

• Paperback: 322 pages
• Publisher: Slavica Pub (April 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0893571709
• ISBN-13: 978-0893571702
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #518,917 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a MUST for students, November 26, 2000

By	C. Crouch (London, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A fantastic resource that fully declines and conjugates all parts of speech, showing any irregularities in spelling or usage. It also lists perfective/imperfective pairs for all verbs as well as adverbial forms. Essentially if you have a question this book has the answer-- well worth the price!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Useful Reference, February 28, 2004

By	jose c. ingojo (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

I have been using this book for almost a year now, and it has really helped me in learning the various forms of nouns and verbs. I just pick it up several times a day when I get bored or need a break, and peruse the various entries. By this effortless process, I am able to familiarize myself with a lot of Russian words in a short amount of time. Great buy!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As good as it gets., March 9, 2007

By	J. Mosher (Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I believe the previous review is too critical of this text. Of the other Russian books of this type with which I'm familiar (501 Russian Verbs, Big Silver Book of Russian Verbs), none approach the amount of material in 5000 Russian Words. Simply stated, it has virtually every verb in these books, plus many more verbs and non-verbs. Almost every inch of each page is covered with text. It is NOT a dictionary, but it does have most words you're likely to use (for everything else, pick up the Katzner dictionary). It may not be perfect, but it's the best book of its kind.

Also, I would argue geographical terms such as the names of US states are important conversational components. As someone about to move to a Russian speaking country, I imagine knowing the correct spelling and use of my home state is going to be useful in explaining where I come from.