Fluency in any language begins with mastery of its verbs, and Barron's 501 Verb books are the world's top verb reference guides. 501 Russian Verbs presents: The most commonly used verbs in the featured language Full conjugations in an easy-to-read chart format Helpful expressions and idioms for travelers Hundreds of example sentences demonstrating verb usage The most commonly used 501 Russian verbs are arranged alphabetically in a table format, one verb per page with English pronunciation and translation. Verbs are fully conjugated and presented in all forms. The book's additional features include common idioms with example sentences to demonstrate verb usage and a grammar review.
Suddenly thought about this book without apparent reason, it kind of flashed into my mind or something.
One of the most valuable book during my Junior-Senior year a couple years ago.
A 'Verb Bible' for all those who study Russian, students and interested individuals alike, A MUST HAVE, I MUST SAY AND THUS, I MUST INSIST.
I recall carrying the book on my back, riding my bicycle to almost everywhere I went during the time; cafe, Chamchuri 9, the Central Library, back to U-Center Dorm and so on, finding the places to do the tons load of 'домашнее задание' (read : domashneye zadaniye / meaning : homework) provided by my beloved and respected lecturers of the time; Draiza and Maxim.
Now, the book must be buried somewhere in some forgotten crate somewhere in my house, or god knows where, but I definitely know one thing; it is undoubtedly not in a good shape.
I utilized the book, I opened and reopened it countless times until the book tore itself apart to pieces,barely resembled its former self.
Good reference for Russian learners. Unfortunately, the older edition that I own does not have examples/idioms/etc, but I believe the new version (pictured above) does. This book is useful for beginner and elementary learners. At the intermediate level and above, best to refer to multitran.ru, which not only lists all the conjugations, but also helps with idioms and verb-prefixes.
This book is very thorough and covers a wide variety of verbs. I can count on one hand the verbs which I have so far needed which I could not find in here. It includes lots of information regarding conjugations and forming non-verb forms from the verbs. I will continue to refer to this book as I continue to learn the language.
This book was absolutely riveting. I simply could not put it down. Written in a high modernist-minimalist-deconstructionist style, the narrative moves seamlessly from one scene to the next, leaving one breathlessly awaiting the devestating finale, which I will not give away, but suffice to say, it begins with a Я...
I liked the orgainzation of this book. Verbs of motion is where the "rubber meets the road" in terms of Russian verbs. Alphabetic sorting probably makes the most sense, but having the verbs of motion all together would be nice.
Handy reference overall, especially for beginners & intermediates. A few mistakes, however (most notably with the formatting for the ever-so-important, быть), & more verbs would be a helpful addition.