Больше or более - this week let’s learn the difference between these two similar words

Завтра будет ТЕСТ 🔥🔥🔥

#тест на выбор "Больше/меньше/более/менее" в комментариях!👇🏻

Learning Russian from scratch is like taking baby steps.
Here’s the interesting part: usually parents are the most excited about that, while a child doesn’t even realize they’ve achieved something significant.

It’s very similar to my job as a teacher. I’m the first to notice progress, inspire, and point out the first victories of my students.
Adult students aren’t like babies, though. Sometimes they struggle to express their thoughts properly, feel frustrated, or even ashamed. I’m there to help and remind you that it’s perfectly fine! Learning a language takes time, and you need that time to be able to say and do what you want in Russian.

My two main principles as a teacher:
1️⃣ One difficulty at a time
2️⃣ Mistakes are inevitable — they are our best teachers. I don’t correct every mistake at once. Instead, I group them and work on them gradually so you don’t get confused and stay motivated because you can see real progress.

🔥I’m excited to announce that I’m opening a new beginner group at the end of September.

📅 Format:
🔹 2 times a week
🔹 70–80 minutes per lesson
🔹 Monday and Wednesday, 16:00–17:20 Moscow time
🔹 Small group: 3–5 students
🔹 Level: You can read and know the alphabet. You already know that «слушать музыка» is incorrect, but «слушать музыку» is correct. You can say «Я живу в Москве», «Меня зовут …», «Я люблю спорт». Basically, you’ve been learning Russian for 4–6 months.

💰 Price:
🔸 $15 / €14 / 1200₽ per lesson
🔸 Monthly payment: $120 / €112 / 9600₽ (Visa, MasterCard, PayPal)
🔸 If you miss a class, you’ll get the recording

🧠 What our lessons look like:
♦️ Communicative lessons — no boring lectures
♦️ Real interaction: pair work, mini-projects
♦️ Focus on speaking, listening, grammar, and reading
♦️ Regular homework for revision
♦️ Quizzes and Quizlet for review
♦️ Materials: best textbooks «Точка Ру», «Поехали», «Я люблю русский язык» + my own resources

If you want to join, write me @rusgrigi2 A1, and we’ll schedule a free call to get to know each other and make sure we’re a perfect match!

It will be so different from Duolingo! I won’t give you any options on purpose — you’ll need to make up your own sentences. This video will show you what you’ve REALLY achieved in Russian.

Hopefully, it will inspire you to join my group classes at the end of September!

🎬 Backstage from my last YouTube recording session

I’ve also prepared a super helpful article for beginners — after reading it, you’ll be able to fix about 80% of your mistakes at the beginner stage.

And… a test for A1 level is coming! Did you know that it usually takes around 220–250 hours to reach A1 in Russian? This test will give you an amazing chance to check your level, see your progress, and find out what gaps you still need to work on.

I hope I didn’t do it for nothing — your [❤️] will show me that I’m on the right track.

Today marks exactly one month since I started training with a coach. When I first began, I had mixed feelings.

🇷🇺Russian text is in the comments

On the one hand, I was skeptical — I didn’t really believe a coach would improve my workouts that much. I thought I was smart enough and already knew a lot, so why spend the money?

On the other hand, I was super curious. It was a little dream of mine — to see how things could be done differently.
So, what’s the result? In short: I’m pleasantly shocked. The results surprised me.

1. My sleep schedule has improved, because now I train regularly at the same time. I was never this consistent on my own.

2. My back pain is gone. Because of my desk job, I had constant back pain (I told my coach about it), and with new exercises, the pain disappeared. When I trained alone, the pain would go away only for a short time.

3. I feel my body in a whole new way. We’ve done completely new and unusual exercises. Even with all my years of sports experience, every workout surprised me.

4. Despite already having strong muscles, I feel my body has become even stronger and new muscles are showing.

5. I lifted the heaviest weight of my life! I didn’t even know I was capable of that. Having an experienced coach by my side helped me discover what my body can really do.

And this is only the beginning!

Have you ever worked with a coach? Tell me about your experience!

Have you been learning Russian for 3+ months?
👉 Then this QUIZ (#тест) is just for you!

I’ve collected the most common beginner mistakes and explained them in my new article - read it here.

In the comments you’ll find 30 quiz questions!
1️⃣ First, read the article.
2️⃣ Then, take the quiz in the comments and check yourself!

🚀 Let’s go!

What score did you get?
What questions did you struggle with?

A little reminder — you’ll find all the explanations of your mistakes in my article about common beginner mistakes. Read it HERE

P.S. Even intermediate students keep making these kinds of mistakes, because they learned them wrong from the very beginning. So invest just 15 minutes of your time to fix 80% of the most common mistakes.

Yesterday I came back to something I hadn’t done in a year… I honestly thought I’d never do it again 😳

Вчера я сделала то, что не делала год и думала, что уже никогда не вернусь к этому

Let’s have 10 [❤️] and I will tell you!

After a one-year break, I finally published a new video on my YouTube channel
Russian: From Zero to Hero! 🎉

This video is a kind of quiz for learners who have been studying Russian for 4–6+ months. It includes 32 questions. If you answer them correctly, it means you’ve been studying effectively during these months. If not, you’ll see exactly what you need to revise or learn to catch up.

👉Here’s the video. I’d really appreciate your comments and support ❤️
❗️Don’t forget: you can turn on Russian or English subtitles.

👀Spoiler alert: I hid a complete test for beginners in the video description. In just 15 minutes, it will show you what percentage of the A1 level you’ve already mastered.

I’ve collected the most common beginner mistakes here. Did you make any of them? 😉

This is a digest of the things I strongly recommend you catch up on. This week I’m being extra generous and sharing some super helpful materials for beginners:

1️⃣ ARTICLE 👉 The Most Common Beginner Mistakes
2️⃣ QUIZ 👉 30 questions to practice the tips from the article
3️⃣ VIDEO 👉 Practice for beginners on YouTube
4️⃣ TEST 👉 Complete the Russian Level Test for Beginners
5️⃣ BONUS 👉 Read this if you’ve been learning Russian for 3 months to 1.5 years