Ambitions
Learn the Russian words for ambitions, careers and study: ambition, career, university and more. Every word comes with its Cyrillic spelling, a transliteration to help you say it, and the English meaning.
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Talking about the future 🎯
This module teaches the Russian words for **ambitions, careers and study**. Every word comes with three things: the **Cyrillic spelling**, a **transliteration** in brackets to help you say it, and the **English meaning**. Russian uses the **Cyrillic alphabet** and does not use "a" or "the". You will recognise the words and their meanings here, not type them. (A native speaker should review the script before launch.)
Ambitions and careers 📖
Start with the words for what you hope to achieve:
Match each Russian word to its English meaning 🔗
- амбиция (ambitsiya)
- мечта (mechta)
- карьера (karyera)
- работа (rabota)
- ambition
- dream
- career
- job, work
Which word? 🌙
Which Russian word means 'dream'?
- мечта (mechta)
- амбиция (ambitsiya)
- карьера (karyera)
- работа (rabota)
Study and work 💼
Now some words for the path into work: - университет (universitet) = **university** - диплом (diplom) = **degree** - профессия (professiya) = **profession** - волонтёр (volonter) = **volunteer** Sound out each word using the transliteration, and link the Cyrillic to the meaning.
Match each word to its English meaning 🧑🎓
- университет (universitet)
- диплом (diplom)
- профессия (professiya)
- волонтёр (volonter)
- university
- degree
- profession
- volunteer
Which are about study? ✅
Select the TWO words connected with studying for a qualification.
- университет (universitet)
- диплом (diplom)
- работа (rabota)
- карьера (karyera)
A dream and a career ⚖️
Two words are easy to mix up: what you hope for, and the working life you build.
Where do you study? 🏛️
Which Russian word means 'university'?
- университет (universitet)
- диплом (diplom)
- профессия (professiya)
- волонтёр (volonter)
Fill in the Russian ✏️
In Russian, an ambition is _____, a dream is _____, a career is _____, university is _____, and a job is _____.
A path to a career 🪜
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Choose the right word 🧭
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Your turn: your ambition ✍️
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The grade-9 habit 🌟
To master this vocabulary, link every word to **all three** of its forms: the **Cyrillic spelling**, the **transliteration** so you can say it, and the **English meaning**. Keep the ideas that are easy to confuse clearly apart - a **мечта (mechta)**, a dream, versus a real **карьера (karyera)**, the career you build - and link the study words (**университет**, **диплом**) to the goal. Reading the Cyrillic, saying each word aloud, and testing yourself both ways is what builds real recall.