Essential for Russian Language Students

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	• 5000 Russian Words: With All Their Inflected Forms and Other Grammatical Information : A Russian-English ... Richard L. Leed, Slava Paperno Slavica Pub, 1987 - 322 pages average customer review:based on 8 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The best resource for Russian language

This is simply the most important reference work in Russian - along with a good reference grammar and a good English-Russian-English dictionary (Kenneth Katzner is best for American words, but it's best, I've found to buy him PLUS Oxford) - that you will ever possess. You MUST have it. Buy it NOW. I've started to peddle these around our Russian students and am getting people to bite quite a bit on it. I have never NOT found a word I've looked up in it, along with full conjugation and correspending perfective/imperfective verg(if verb). Same with nouns. I get full inflection, with sometimes other information.

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Essential for Russian Language Students

This book allows a beginner to quickly find the verb forms, noun and adjective endings for all of the cases in the Russian language. The words selected for inclusion are a solid foundation for speaking the language. A dictionary in the back allows quick locating of any of the listed words. Accents are provided for every entry in all its forms. Absolutely essential for clear and understandable conversation. The Appendices are worth the cost of the book alone.

It is both simple and difficult at the same time. As with any other tool, the more you use it, the easier it is to learn the nuances of its utility. After 10 years of studying the Russian language, I still use the book weekly.

As you find yourself translating into Russian you will find that correct spelling is essential to understanding. This book used with 501 Russian Verbs and Katzner's Russian-English Dictionary will form the foundation for 90% of everyday conversations. It is important to note that this book is designed to help the English speaking student and not a native speaker. Russians will probably not find it very useful.

The binding is durable and pages are fairly heavy paper stock and stand up to continued use. The book represents a good value for a paperback book.

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As good as it gets.

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.

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Absolute must for students

If you are a Russian student, this and the Kenneth Katzner dictionary are the best $60 you can spend. I've had this book for 11 years and rely on it when writing formally in Russian. Worth every penny.

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