Chapter 1 Lesson 3

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Chapter 1 Lesson 3
??????? ????? ?????? 3 Russian Letters
Group 3
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Week 1, Lesson 3

• Continuing with the alphabet
• Gender of nouns
• Greetings/taking leave
• Vocabulary

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Review
Consonants ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ?
Vowels ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? Which indicate
the preceding consonant is hard? Soft?
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Grammar Overview

• O or A at the beginning of a word or before the
  stress is pronounced as a weak a
• In most cases ?, ? is pronounced as ch like in
  cheese. Exceptions such as ??o (shto?) should be
  memorized.

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Negation

• ?? not. Shows negation.
• ??? ?? ???.
• ??? ?? ????.
• Exercise 1-18

??? ??????? ???, ??? ?? ??????. ??? ???
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New Letters

• Consonants
• ? ?b as in book
• ? ?s in sound
• ? ? r in rest
• ? ? y in yes

• Vowels
• ? ? u as in tube
• ? - no English equivalent
• Note ? and ? indicate that the preceding
  consonant is hard
• Link to Handwriting Demo

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The Soft Sign
? The soft sign indicates that the preceding
consonant is soft.
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Section 1-23 Listen and Repeat

• Link to Exercise 1-23

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Remember!

• ?, ?, ?, ?, ? indicate that the preceding
  consonant is hard.
• ?, ?, ? (the soft sign) indicate that the
  preceding consonant is soft.

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Greetings (1-24)

• ???? - Day, afternoon
• ?????? ????!
• Good Afternoon!
• (from 12 pm to 6 pm)

• ???? - Morning
• ?????? ????!
• Good Morning!
• (from 6 am to 12 pm)

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Taking leave
????! Bye! So long! (Informal, for friends
only)
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And now, exercise 1-25
?????? ???? or ?????? ?????
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Pronouns
New pronoun ?? - we
Pronouns you already know ? - I ?? -
you o?/???/??? he/she/it
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Pronoun Practice What is it in Russian?
I you he she it we
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New Vocabulary

• ???????
• Student (male)
• ?????????
• Student (female)

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Lets do exercises 1-26 and 1-27
Remember to adjust your intonation for questions
and statements!
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Gender of Nouns

• Russian nouns are classified according to
  grammatical gender
• Masculine
• Feminine
• Neuter

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Gender of Nouns

• Masculine nouns end in a consonant, -?, or ?
• ???
• ????
• ????
• ???

• Feminine nouns end in -? or ?
• ?????
• ????
• Important! nouns that end in -? or -? and refer
  to male persons are masculine
• ????, ????

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Gender of Nouns
Neuter nouns end in -? or ? ???? ????
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Pronunciation of unstressed E
Pronounce unstressed e in syllables before the
stress as ee in English tree or
see ?????? ????????? ????? ??????
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Exercise 1-29
Identifying the gender of nouns
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What is it?

• Use ?? when referring to male persons or
  masculine nouns.
• ??? ?????
• ??, ??? ??.
• Use ??? when referring to female persons or to
  feminine nouns.
• ??? ??????
• ??, ??? ???.
• Use ??? when referring to neuter nouns.
• ??? ?????
• ??, ??? ???.

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Russian blogs anyone?
Link to Exercise 1-31
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Continuing with gender
Notice in the previous dialogue that not only
??? but ??? means my ??? ????, ??? ????, ???
??? ??? ????, ??? ??????, ??? ??????
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And now...Bingo!
Link to Exercise 1-32
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Exercise 1-33
Match the printed words with their hand-written
counterparts.
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Exercise 1-34
Practice your new vocabulary with a crossword
puzzle.
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Sound Recognition
Link to Exercise 1-36
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Review your consonants and vowels
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Review of gender

• Russian nouns are classified according to
  grammatical gender
• Masculine - ends in a consonant, -?, or -?
• Feminine - ends in -? or -?
• Neuter - ends in -? or ?

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Review of gender
Important! nouns that end in -? or ? and refer
to male persons are masculine. Dont forget!
??? modifies a masculine noun ???
modifies a feminine noun.
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Memorize, memorize, and memorize some more!
Memorize all of the vocabulary on page 19.
Youll find that you recognize many of the
words!