Colloquial Russian

88 Unit 6: Идём в го�сти!

Prepositional case

Prepositional case of personal pronouns

Nominative я ты он/оно� oна� мы вы они�

Prepositional мне тебе� нём нeй нас вас них

Prepositional case after o

The preposition o ‘about, concerning’ is followed by the prepositional

case: o рабо�те ‘about work’. Before the vowels a, э, и, o, and y, it

changes to об: об университе�те ‘about the university’. Note also обо

мне� ‘about me’.

B/вo , к/ко and c/co

The preposition в changes to вo, the preposition к to кo and the prep-

osition c to co before some words beginning with more than one conso-

nant: вo Фра�нции ‘in France’; co стадио�на ‘from the stadium’.

Импрoвиза�ция

Ру�сский гость обе�дает y вас (Audio 1.37)

• Здра�вствуйте! Я Ива�н Па�влович Петро�вский.


• Introduce yourself and ask him if he is the engineer from Moscow.


• Да, я здесь y вас в А�нглии две неде�ли.


• Ask him if his wife is in England too.


• К сожaле�нию, нет. Она� до�ма в Москве�.


• Tell him that you want to invite him to your house for dinner.


• Спаси�бо за пpиrлaше�ние! C удово�льствием!


• Ask him if he is free on Sunday.


• Да, в воскресе�нье я свобо�ден.


• Tell him that you are expecting (vb ждать) him on Sunday. Offer him
  your business card with your address and phone number.


• Greet your guest and introduce him to your wife/husband, explaining
  who he is and what he is doing in England.


• Очень прия�тно! Вот вам цветы�! Э�то на�ша ру�ccкая тради�ция!