The Fastest Way to Learn to Read Cyrillic with AI – Artificial Intelligence

Want to still spent hours remembering cyrillic characters step by step or rather use a more intuitive and faster way to learn to read cyrillic in just a few minutes?

Use cognates which are words that are for example the same in Russian and English and let AI assist you in identififying these words and create reading practices for you to continually practice and improve.

Let’s dive straight into practice:

1. Бар

Bar

2. Такси

Taxi

3. Кафе

Cafe

4. Джаз

Jazz

5. Меню

Menu

6. Теннис

Tennis

7. Банк

Bank

8. Клуб

Club

9. Стресс

Stress

10. Футбол

Football

Short practice – cyrillic word and picture is shown. You need to guess the English word. Solutions at the bottom of the test.

1. Компьютер

2. Интернет

3. Радар

4. Спорт

5. Аэропорт

6. Телевизор

Solution:

1. Computer

2. Internet

3. Radar

4. Sport

5. (Aeroport) -Airport

6. (Televizor) – Television

Practice without a picture to hint the solution:

7. Гольф

8. робот

9. Ресторан

10. Хобби

11. Бизнес

Solution:

7. Golf

8. Robot

9. (Restoran) – Restaurant

10. (Khobbi) – Hobby

11. (Biznes) – Business

Moving to the next level of practice. Read the first sentences that Russian children will read.

“Мама, папа.”

“Кот и собака.”

Translation:

“Mom, dad.”

“Cat and dog.”

и as in internet is the shortest version to express the word and – only one letter. Like the + (Plus) in mathematics.

Another way to train is the find the cognates practice:

How many cognates (same words as in English) are in below text?

“Менеджер компании использовал интернет для маркетинга нового проекта. Он проверил электронную почту, отправил репорт и обновил информацию на сайте. Вечером он пошел в ресторан и заказал меню на английском языке.”

Solution:

6 cognates

“менеджер” (manager), “интернет” (internet), “маркетинг” (marketing), “репорт” (report), “ресторан” (restaurant), and “меню” (menu).

Translation:

“The company manager used the internet for marketing the new project. He checked his email, sent a report, and updated information on the website. In the evening, he went to a restaurant and ordered a menu in English.”