When it comes to cooking and kitchen stuff in Russian, it’s really helpful to learn some important words and simple grammar rules.

Common Cooking Words

1. Готовить (gotovit') - to cook
2. Рецепт (retsept) - recipe
3. Ингредиенты (ingredienty) - ingredients
4. Сковорода (skovoroda) - frying pan
5. Нож (nozh) - knife
6. Вилка (vilka) - fork
7. Ложка (lozhka) - spoon
8. Кастрюля (kastrulya) - pot
9. Запекать (zapekat') - to bake

Grammar Basics

1. Verb Forms

• Present Tense:

  • Я готовлю (I cook)
  • Ты готовишь (You cook)

• Past Tense:

  • Я готовил (I cooked - for boys)
  • Я готовила (I cooked - for girls)

• Future Tense:

  • Я буду готовить (I will cook)

2. Action Types

• Perfective:
  • Я приготовлю (I will prepare)
• Imperfective:
  • Я готовлю (I am cooking)

3. Using Cases

• Nominative:

  • Кастрюля стоит на столе (The pot is on the table)

• Accusative:

  • Я вижу нож (I see the knife)

• Genitive:

  • Нет ингредиентов (There are no ingredients)

• Dative:

  • Дай мне вилку (Give me the fork)

• Instrumental:

  • Я режу хлеб ножом (I cut the bread with a knife)

• Prepositional:

  • Мы говорим о рецепте (We are talking about the recipe)

4. Matching Adjectives

• Masculine: вкусный (tasty)

• Feminine: вкусная (tasty)

• Plural: вкусные (tasty)

• Example:

  • Вкусное блюдо (a tasty dish)

5. Comparing Things

• Comparative: более вкусный (more tasty)

• Superlative: самый вкусный (the most tasty)

Example Sentences

• Я готовлю вкусный суп (I am cooking a tasty soup).

• Мы купили свежие ингредиенты (We bought fresh ingredients).

• Эта лазанья вкуснее той (This lasagna is tastier than that one).

Wrap-Up

Learning these words and grammar rules will help you talk about cooking and kitchen stuff in Russian.

Try making your own sentences with these new words. Remember to use the right verb forms and cases to express yourself clearly!