How to Study for a Russian Final

1. Review concepts
2. Draw pictures to illustrate concepts
3. Look at pictures and laugh
4. Disregard stares of people in study group
5. Repeat

My favorite study topic: Prefixed Verbs of Motion
(The Russian verbs for "to go" and other such movements have all sorts of potential prefixes in order to indicate the specific kind of motion being undertaken)

Here's my study guide:

При- arrival

У- departure

В- enter

Вы- exit

Под- approach

От- move away

Вз- up

C- down

С-/-ся   gather

Раз-/-ся   disperse

Про- movement past or through

Пере-  movement over, a change of place

За- short visit, "dropping in," or beginning of repeated action

За- "dropping in" for a short visit

О-          movement around, avoidance, movement to many places

До- movement up to a point

С- round trip movement with a result

По- beginning of one-way motion