You are learning Russian in preparation for a trip next summer. You have gotten to the point where you can sound out the words written in the Cyrillic alphabet, but you do not understand what any of the words mean. What element of the Russian language will you need to start learning next?
A) syntax
B) phonemes
C) morphemes
D) pragmatics

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Morphemes are the smallest units of meaning in a language. Since you can sound out words but don't understand their meaning, learning morphemes will help you understand the meaning of the words in Russian.

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