L
"My vocabulary is huge and my grammar is atrocious. It makes me embarrassed to even try speaking."
The learn Russian app that coaches your weak spots
Slova is your language coach that knows which cases you miss.
It reads your level as you train, then builds each session around the cases and verbs you keep missing. Every word comes with its 6 case forms and aspect pair built in.
Train free for 7 days. Your card stays in your wallet.
Today's training breakdown
Reviews Spaced repetition
Spaced repetition brings each word back right before you'd forget it. That's what makes it stick. You choose how many per session: 10, 20 or 30.
Accusative case Weak
You've answered 41% of recent accusative case questions correctly. Training it gets you saying what you see, want, and love.
Quick check: nominative case Quick check
I haven't measured this one yet. It helps me understand faster what we should focus on next.
Sound familiar?
The frustration is real
R
"You've just spent a lot of time on this game and still don't know grammar, which is extremely important in Russian."
R
"After 479 days on Duolingo and reaching level 45, I still can't speak Russian."
R
"I can read the words fine. The second someone actually asks me something, my head goes blank."
L
"Six cases, and every app I tried just pretends they don't exist."
R
"Perfective or imperfective? Three years in and I still have to guess."
The case wall
You learned "книга" means book. But in Russian, one noun has 12 forms. Every app ignores this. Native speakers notice immediately.
The verb maze
Every Russian verb has two aspects. Plus prefixes that shift meaning. "I'll read" and "I was reading" are different words entirely.
The recognition trap
You can recognize words on a screen. You can't produce them in a sentence. The first time a Russian speaker asks you anything, your vocabulary list goes blank.
The diagnosis
Your vocabulary outgrew
Your vocabulary outgrew
your grammar.
Anki
gives you words, with no grammar around them.
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Textbooks
give you grammar, in a separate app entirely.
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Slova
trains words with their case forms and aspect pairs built in.
The training plan
Vocabulary training with the grammar attached
01 - Your level
Slova learns your level
Every word you train carries a mastery level, from Novice up to Elite. Slova sets it from how often you get the word right and how long you go without slipping, so the score reflects how well you actually recall it.
Those scores roll up two ways: into your overall CEFR level, and into a mastery breakdown for every topic and word type. At a glance you can see your verbs of motion are stuck at Novice while your greetings sit at Elite.
That map is what makes targeted practice work. Tap any tier or weak topic and Slova builds a session from just those words, so your time goes to the Russian you keep getting wrong while mastered words rest until review.
Mastery
439words
Elite8%
Solid41%
Learning38%
Novice13%
Elite34Train
Solid180Train
Learning165Train
Novice60Train
Elite
Solid
Learning
Novice
Elite
Solid
Learning
Novice
02 - Weak spots
Weak spots get their own drills
Every topic and word type carries a mastery score. When one lags, it lands in your weak spots with a Drill button next to it. One tap builds a session from just those words.
Your strengths stay on the board too. They tell Slova what can rest, so review time goes to the Russian that needs it.
Needs work
Your weak spots
Verbs of motion · 12
18% masteredDrill
Genitive plural · 9
24% masteredDrill
Numbers & time · 8
31% masteredDrill
Strengths
What you're good at
Greetings · 14
96% masteredTrain
Family & people · 22
88% masteredTrain
Food & drink · 19
79% masteredTrain
03 - Cases
Cases training
Every noun gets a full declension table - all 6 cases, singular and plural. Type the correct form. Get it wrong? See the full table and learn the pattern.
Not quite
Correct answer: поса́дка
Nominative forms of «поса́дка»
Singular
поса́дка
Plural
поса́дки
Nominative · Именительный
Subject of the sentence - who or what performs the action.
e.g.
Это кни́га. (This is a book.)
Exception
The genitive plural form 'посадок' features a fleeting 'о' inserted between the stem consonants. Other forms follow the standard feminine pattern for nouns ending in -ка.
Not quite
Correct: поса́дка
Nominative «поса́дка»
Singular
поса́дка
Plural
поса́дки
Nominative · Именительный
Subject of the sentence - who or what performs the action.
e.g.
Это кни́га.
Exception
Genitive plural 'посадок' has a fleeting 'о' between stem consonants.
04 - Verbs
Conjugation training
Full conjugation tables for present, past, and imperative. Aspect detection included. The system knows which verb forms you struggle with.
Write conjugation
Type the correct conjugated form
29
Verbs available
+6 XP
Per correct
Max levelElite
Choose verb(s)
Random ✓
Practice all verbs
Specific
Choose one verb
Select tense
Present / Future
я, ты, он/она...
Past Tense
Masculine, Feminine...
Imperative
Commands (ты, вы)
Mix All ✓
All tenses combined
Write conjugation
Type the correct conjugated form
29
Verbs
+6 XP
Per correct
Max levelElite
Choose verb(s)
Random ✓
All verbs
Specific
One verb
Select tense
Present
Past
Imperative
Mix All ✓
05 - Grammar
Grammar in context
AI generates fill-in-the-blank sentences using your vocabulary. Every sentence includes a word-by-word grammatical breakdown. This is how you go from knowing a word to using it.
Complete the sentence
Meaning: day
Мы провели́ це́лый день на пля́же.
Correct
+5 XP · Elite
Grammar breakdown
We spent the whole day on the beach.
- Мы: Personal pronoun, 1st person plural, nominative case (subject).
- провели́: Verb, past tense, plural form (from провести́).
- це́лый: Adjective, masculine singular, accusative case, meaning 'whole' or 'entire'.
- день: Noun, masculine singular, accusative case (direct object).
- на: Preposition meaning 'on', here followed by the prepositional case.
- пля́же: Noun, masculine singular, prepositional case (from пляж).
Complete the sentence
Meaning: day
Мы провели́ це́лый день на пля́же.
Correct
+5 XP · Elite
Grammar breakdown
We spent the whole day on the beach.
- Мы: Pronoun, 1st pl., nominative.
- провели́: Verb, past tense, plural.
- це́лый: Adj., masc. sg., accusative.
- день: Noun, masc. sg., accusative.
- на: Preposition ('on') + prep. case.
- пля́же: Noun, masc. sg., prepositional.
06 - Builder
AI word builder
Type a topic - "airport", "emotions", "cooking" - and get words with stress marks, part of speech, and notes. Or translate any word and add it with one click. No Anki setup friction.
AI Word Builder
Generate
гото́вить
ку́хня
рецéпт
соль
AI Word Builder
Go
гото́вить
ку́хня
рецéпт
07 - Memory
Smart spaced repetition
SM2 algorithm tracks every word individually. Words you nail disappear for days. Words you miss come back tomorrow. Production exercises push you further than recognition.
Spaced repetition
до́брый
kind / good · 14 reviews, 100% accuracy
32 daysnext review
по́мнить
to remember · 8 reviews, 87% accuracy
6 daysnext review
вчера́
yesterday · 3 reviews, 67% accuracy
1 daynext review
здоро́вье
health · 1 review, missed last time
Todaydue now
Spaced repetition
до́брый
kind · 100%
32d
по́мнить
to remember · 87%
6d
вчера́
yesterday · 67%
1d
здоро́вье
health · missed
Now
How Slova compares
Typing the form beats tapping the tile.
| Slova | Duolingo | Anki | Clozemaster | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case declension training | Auto-generated | No | Manual decks | No |
| Conjugation drills | Full tables, all tenses | No | Manual decks | No |
| Grammar in context | AI sentences from your words | Weak | No | Random sentences |
| Setup effort | None - AI builds your lists | None | Hours | Low |
| Spaced repetition | SM2 per word | Basic | Strong | Basic |
| Production exercises | Required for mastery | Minimal | Optional | Yes |
| Built for Russian | Yes | No | No | Partially |
Your first session
Train with a coach
Train with a coach
that keeps score.
Slova maps your level, then drills the cases and verbs that wobble until the right form is a reflex.
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