The Big Silver Book of Russian Verbs: 555 Fully Conjugated Verbs by Jack FrankeMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Disclosure:
The Big Silver Book of Russian verbs is one of the most reference That I use to check for the verb forms in the Russian Language, I bought it in Paperback and I have it in eBook format too.
Overview:
First of all, this book is meant for English people who have the intention to learn the Russian form of conjugation, The Book is well designed to make the Reader go smooth with learning this form of Grammar. First the book gave you an overview of the verbs, Pronouns, the most important part is the stem (meaning the ending of the verb), The Reader of the book is meant to follow the steps easily in order to overcome the difficulties of Grammar in Russian, Because the most crucial part in Language Learning is the Grammar. Browsing through the chapters the reader may encounter all the essential parts of the Russian verbs, the groups that they belongs to. and the suitable conjugation form that they may undergo. Besides, the Book may show you all the forms that the Russian verb takes during the speech process. and in the last, there is an Exercise page for strengthening knowledge concerning the verb conjugation, in addition to the Russian English glossary for better understanding the meaning of the verbs.
Positive and Negative Aspects:
The Book I am reviewing used to be my Teacher concerning the learning process of Russian Language, so the most beautiful part in the book was the design and the simple language used to explain the main components of the book contents, In addition to the alphabetical arranging of the verb so it was easy to get to the verb you are looking for. Anyway it was a nice combination to go through bilingual process between English and Russian in order to simplify things. But the Result was positive finally, In addition to that, the reader of the Book may encounter phrases including verb usage and Idioms, so through this strategies, the learner will get closer to the main components of the Russian Language.
My Personal Reaction:
I may admit that this book helps me out more to learn about this Language, in addition to the close relation that I get between English and Russian, in fact it makes me feel being able to make a comparison between the two language, and that's the main positive part in the Book. Besides, I get the slightest ideas of how to express myself in Russian without making much more errors concerning the verb conjugation. Anyway the book was so helpful.
Recommendations:
I may recommend this book to those who's Russian is weak, and those who's Russian is not there second language, Though it may be helpful to them to get in contact with the vague world of the Russian Language. Otherwise I would say that by learning this Language one may be able to benefit from the great literature works that this language gave to the world heritage. So be encouraged and take the nice step.
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