Colloquial Russian

10 Introduction to the Russian language When there is a combination of two or more consonants in Rus- sian, they are either all ...

Introduction to the Russian language 11 (a) Do not omit the small hook at the beginning of the letters м, л, я: (b) Put a line o ...

12 Introduction to the Russian language Alphabet recognition Test your knowledge of the alphabet by trying to work out the meani ...

Unit One Как вас зову�т? What’s your name? In this unit you will learn how to: Identify yourself – your name, nationality, prof ...

14 Unit 1: Как вас зовýт? Мари�на: Я студéнтка МГУ. МГУ – э�то Моско�вский Университéт. А вы тури�ст? Пи�тер: Нет, я не тури�ст. ...

Unit 1: What’s your name? 15 Ивано�в: Я ваш шофёр, Ивано�в Ива�н Ива�нович! Пи�тер: О�чень прия�тно! Ивано�в: Ваш а�дрес в Москв ...

16 Unit 1: Как вас зовýт? тури�ст, -ка (male, female) tourist фами�лия surname хорошо� it is good центр centre центра�льн║ый, ce ...

Unit 1: What’s your name? 17 ‘I am the engineer’, and you have to select the appropriate translation according to the context. O ...

18 Unit 1: Как вас зовýт? Упражнéние 1 / Exercise 1 Using the following words, ask a question and reply in the affirmative. For ...

Unit 1: What’s your name? 19 Possessive adjectives The words for ‘my’ and ‘your’ change according to the gender of the nouns the ...

20 Unit 1: Как вас зовýт? In order to translate the adjective in an English expression such as ‘it is good/that is good’, Russia ...

Unit 1: What’s your name? 21 and is the form we look at to determine the gender. Most nouns in this unit are in the nominative c ...

22 Unit 1: Как вас зовýт? Импровиза�ция / Improvisation (Audio 1.14) Now it’s your turn to join in a Russian conversation. Try t ...

Unit Two Изуча�ем ру�сский язык� We are studying Russian In this unit you will learn how to: Say which languages you can speak ...

24 Unit 2: Изучáем рýсский язьíк ру�сские газе�ты, журна�лы, слу�шать ра�дио. Ка�ждое у�тро Пи�тер слу�шает моско�вcкое ра�дио, ...

Unit 2: We are studying Russian 25 Question words кто – who? что – what? где – where? как – how? почему� – why? како�й, кака�я, ...

26 Unit 2: Изучáем рýсский язьíк Ру�сский: А где ва�ша фи�рма? Питер: Наш гла�вный о�фис в Ло�ндоне, а в Москве� на Арба�те наш ...

Unit 2: We are studying Russian 27 Russian realia Which of the above is a newspaper and which a magazine? Nationalities (национа ...

28 Unit 2: Изучáем рýсский язьíк говори�ть по-ру�сски to speak (in) Russian по-англи�йски (in) English по-францу�зски (in) Frenc ...

Unit 2: We are studying Russian 29 Note the two forms of ‘you’. Ты is only used when talking to one person with whom you are on ...