Hello friends!

I'm starting a new topic "Speak Russian as a native". Do you want to improve your spoken Russian? If so, then this topic will be just for you.

 Let's begin with phrase #1.... By the way, do you know how to put  it in Russian? 🙂

to begin <learning smth, teaching smb> from basics, from zero, from the beginning.

In  Russian it  will be " начинать < изучать что-либо, обучать кого-либо >с азов [ s azóv] *from basics*,

 с нуля [ s nul'á] *from zero*,  с самого начала *from the beginning*. 

Don't worry ! All these phrases are synonymous.

For example, 

How to say in Russian ¨ We start learning Russian from the  beginning"?

1. Мы начинаем учить русский язык с самого начала.  The grammar is correct, but Russians usually don't say like that. 
2. Мы начинаем учить русский язык с азов. !
3. Мы начинаем учить русский язык с нуля. !

The last two phrases sound more natural. 

Have fun с нуля!