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LESSON NOTES

Introduction #1A Great Russian Conversation Starter: How Are You?

CONTENTS

2 Russian2 English2 Vocabulary2 Sample Sentences2 Vocabulary Phrase Usage3 Grammar5 Cultural Insight

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RUS S I ANPOD101.COM I NTRODUCTI ON #1 - A GREAT RUS S I AN CONVERS ATI ON S TARTER: HOW ARE YOU? 2

RUSSIAN

1. ANNA: ?

2. ERIK: , c

ENGLISH

1. ANNA: How are you?

2. ERIK: Good, thanks.

VOCABULARY

Russian Romanization English Class

horosho okay, good, well, fine particle; adverb

spasibo thank you, thanks noun/interjection

? how are you? phrase

SAMPLE SENTENCES

?Vy horosho syebya chuvstvuyetye? "Do you feel okay?"

-.On horosho govorit po-russki. "He speaks Russian well."

o, c.Horosho, spasibo. "Good, thanks."

, ?Privet, kak dela? "Hi, how are you?"

VOCABULARY PHRASE USAGE


The phrase " ?" (kak dela) means "How are you?" and literally translates from Russian as "How are the things?" The answer to this question as provided in the dialog is "" (horosho) or "Good" in English. You can also use different answers describing your mood, such as "" (otlichno) or "Wonderful", "" (super) or "Super", "" (normal'no) or "Ordinarily", "Normal", " " (ne ochen') "Not really good". "" (spasibo) means "Thanks" and is one of the most important words to remember.

GRAMMAR

The focus of this lesson is Neuter noun in plural form

Ka ?

"How are you?"

The phrase " ?" literally translates as "How are the things?". Please notice that the noun "" is used in plural form here.

It's sigular form is "", which in Russian has a neuter case. You can recognize the neuter case by the ending "-". So, when the singular noun in neuter case changes to plural form, we change the ending from "-" "-" (and sometimes to "-"). For example, "" changes to "".

(Plural form of masculine nouns)

Masculine nouns in Russian usually do not have endings. However, when in plural, endings "-", "-" or "-" should be added to the nouns.

Examples of your explanation go here: (if there are more than two examples we use a table: see below)


Construction (if necessary) such as gender, tense, person, etc.

Native Language (only italicized for romanized languages)

Romanization (of your example if necessary)

"English Translation"

Masculine noun in plural form mal'chiki boys

stoly tables

stulya chairs

Note: The table headings can vary but usually contain at least two of the headings above (Native language and English translation). This works very well when you have a lot of sample sentences, sample conjugations, etc.

(Plural form of feminine nouns)

Feminine nouns usually have the ending "-" or "-". So, in plural form the endings change to "-" or "".

Examples of your explanation go here: (if there are more than two examples we use a table: see below)

Construction (if necessary) such as gender, tense, person, etc.

Native Language (only italicized for romanized languages)

Romanization (of your example if necessary)

"English Translation"

Feminine nouns in Plural form devochki girls

jenshiny women


Note: The table headings can vary but usually contain at least two of the headings above (Native language and English translation). This works very well when you have a lot of sample sentences, sample conjugations, etc.

CULTURAL INSIGHT

Asking your friends or relatives " ?" is a common part of greetings in Russia.

In case you haven't seen your friends for ages, by asking how they are doing, you can get the idea what they were up to from the last time you saw each other.

Also, Russians usually use this phrase when they meet their family members, for example at the end of the day, to learn how the day was for them.

However, Russians do not usually expect being told a long story when they ask you " ?". If the things were not so good, you can answer: " " ("Ne ochen"), which means "not really good" and then if there is a follow up question like "?" ("Pochemu"), or "why", you can provide detailed explanation.

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