Note that the word for clothing in Russian is singular (i.e., “clothing,” not “clothes”). Russian clothing words include some borrowings from English and other European languages, but a number of words are not cognates, so you will need to work actively on learning this new vocabulary.
When learning a large number of nouns on a particular topic (clothing, foods, things in a student's backpack), try some or all of the following strategies--you will want to use more than one so that you work on listening and reading as well as pronouncing and writing:
In the Quizlet activities below you will need to match words to the corresponding pictures.
Listen to the sentence and decide if the picture is an accurate illustration of what you hear. Mouse over Да if the illustration is correct, and Нет if it is not.