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Русский Язык
Russian Language

Welcome to the Russian language lesson forum!
I am your instructor Viktoriya.
I will do my best to help you learn some Russian.
If you have any questions at all feel free to either PM me or post here.
I will update often unless I state otherwise. Enjoy your time here. Now lets get learning! blaugh

Student List
- angelicluver1004
- EleanorRigby1
- The Vanilla Bean
- Petrol F451
- Melodicanth


Introduction
Russian is a Slavic language, and one of the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages. It is the official language of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, and many other former Soviet countries. The Russian language is written in the Cyrillic alphabet, which consists of 33 letters.

Alphabet
Аа = a
Бб = b
Вв = v
Гг = g
Дд = d
Ее = ye
Ёё = yo
Жж = zh
Зз = z
Ии = ee or i
Йй = y
Кк = k
Лл = l
Мм = m
Нн = n
Оо = o or a
Пп = p
Рр = r
Сс = s
Тт = t
Уу = oo
Фф = f
Хх = kh
Цц = tz
Чч = ch
Шш = sh
Щщ = shch
Ъъ = hard sign
Ыы = i
Ьь = soft sign
Ээ = e
Юю = u
Яя = ya



Please memorize, and familiarize yourself with the Russian alphabet!!! I cannot stress this enough. It is necessary to learn Russian.

Notes on the Alphabet

1. The letter Ъ is called the "hard sign". It is placed between a consonant and either е, ё, ю or я
to keep the consonant it follows hard.

Подъезд
entrance
pahd-yazd

2. The letter Ь is called the "soft sign". It has no sound of its own, but it acts to soften the consonant that it follows. Although there is no direct equivalent symbol in English, the English language does differentiate between hard and soft consonants (the "t" in "hat" can be "softer" than the "t" in "top" , and the "l" in "liaison" is "softer" than the "l" in "lobster"). Example of the soft sign in common Russian words:

День
day
dyen

3. When о is not stressed, it becomes an "ah" sound, like the "a" in "attorney":

Хорошо
good
khah-rah-shoh

4. The letter Х does not have an equivalent sound in English. It is, however, like the Scottish "ch" in "loch" and the German "ch" in "Bach".

 

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Notes on the Alphabet Cont.

5. At the end of a word, the pronunciation of the following consonants changes:

Usual

б (b) as in "bed":
Бог God
bok

в (v) as in "very":
вино wine
vee-noh

г (g) as in "good":
год year
got

д (d) as in "dog"
дом home/house
dom

з (z) as in "zoo"
зуб tooth
zoop

ж (zh) as in "measure"
жара heat
zhah-rah

End of a word

б (p) as in "hip"
Гроб Casket
grop

в (f) as in "feather"
нерв nerve
nyerf

г (k) as in "crook"
флаг flag
flahk

д (t) as in "cat"
сад garden
saht

з (s) as in "sip"
мороз frost
mah-ros

ж (sh) as in "shave"
нож knife
nosh

6. The letter г is usually pronounced like the "g" in "good".

7. In the combination of letters: его (yeh-voh) and ого (ah-voh) г is pronounced "v" when the vowel preceding г, either е or о, is not stressed.

Example:

Всего хорошего!
All the best!
fsee-yoh khah-roh-sheh-vah

 

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Counting in Russian

0 нол
nol

1 оден
ah-deen

2 два
dva

3 три
tree

4 четыре
chee-tih-ryeh

5 пять
pyaht

6 шесть
shest

7 семь
syem

8 восемь
voh-seem

9 девять
dyeh-vyaht

10 десять
dyeh-syaht

11 одиннадцать
ah-deen-na-tsat

12 двенадцать
dvi-na-tsat

13 тринадцать
tree-na-tsat

14 чртырнадцать
chi-tiyr-na-tsat

15 пятнадцать
pit-na-tsat

16 шестнадцать
shis-na-tsat

17 семнадцать
sim-na-tsat

18 восемнадцать
va-sim-na-tsat

19 девятнадцать
di-vit-na-tsat

20 двадцать
dva-tsat

30 тридцать
tree-tsat

40 сорок
so-rak

50 пятьдесят
pit-di-syat

60 шестьдесят
shis-di-syat

70 семьдесят
syem-di-syat

80 восемьдесят
vo-sim-di-syat

90 девяносто
di-vi-no-sta

100 сто
sto

 

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Resources

Here is a list of resources to help you. I will be updating this section often, because for every new lesson will be a list of resources for that lesson.

Introduction to Russian
Russian Alphabet song - Click
Counting in Russian [has sound files to help with pronunciation.] - Click
Cartoon teaching you how to write the letters, and also teaches you some new words - Click

I also recommend you listening to these Disney songs dubbed in Russian. Not for translation purposes yet, just for helping you get used to how the accent sounds, and it will help you learn different letter sounds. It gets you familiar with speaking Russian, just keep listening to the song over and over until you can sing it. Then practice your accent and Russian by singing. Its what helps me.

Aladdin - A whole new world - Click
Hercules - I won't say im in love - Click
The Lion King - Can you feel the love tonight? - ClickHercules - I can go the distance - Click
The Lion King - He lives in you Click
Pocahontas - Colors of the wind - Click
Tarzan - Son of Man Click

Lesson 2
Sound File 1

Websites, etc.
Russianlessons.com
Masterrussian.com
Practicerussian.com
elanguageschool.net

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Lesson 1

About the lesson: In this lesson, I will be teaching you how to read, and translate Cyrillic to Latin letters. A short lesson that is essential to learning Russian. As soon as everyone shows they can do it, we will move on to lesson 2. Please if you need any help at all, feel free to send me a PM.

Please use the Russian alphabet listed in the introductory section as a reference. We will first transliterate some Russian words that are also English words. Transliterate the following words into the English equivalents.

Example:
Кока-Кола = (koh-kah-koh-lah) = Coca Cola

1. Теннис
2. Доллар
3. Баскетбол
4. Доктор
5. Ныю-Йорк
6. Калифорния
7. Бейсбол
8. Университет
9. Адрес
10. Пепси-Кола
11. Офис
12. Футбол
13. Президент
14. Телефон
15. Бар
16. Ресторан
17. Мафия
18. Такси

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This next exercise will help you to become more familiar with some of the letters in the Russian alphabet. The approximate English equivalent sound is given and you must write down the Russian letter. If you are unable to install the Russian font on your computer, then please just copy and paste the letter from the alphabet list.

Example:
(y) in young = Й

1. (a) in car
2. (ya) in yankee
3. (e) in every
4. (ye) in yet
5. (i) in thing
6. (ee) in street
7. (o) in north
8. (yo) in yogurt
9. (oo) in cool
10. (u) in union

DO NO post your answers here. Please send them in a PM to me. I don't want people cheating and copying answers. If you have any trouble with the assignment then message me I'll help.

 

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Lesson 2

About the lesson: In this lesson we will be learning how to ask and answer simple questions in Russian. As well as some grammar, and useful expressions.

NOTE: Please download the sound file that goes with the lesson. It will help you with pronouncing the words correctly.
Download Sound file

*In the greeting Здравствуйте, the first в is not pronounced.

In this lesson we have two characters. Анна (ahn-nah) = Anna Ивановна (ee-yah-nahv-nah) = daughter of Ivan Смирнова (smeer-noh-vah); and Пол (pol) = paul. Paul is an American studying Russian

Анна: Здравствуйте, Пол. Как ваши дела?
ahn-nah: zdrah-stvooy-tyeh- pol. Kahk vah-shih dee-lah
Hello, Paul. How are things?

Пол: Здравствуйте. У меня всё хорошо, спасибо. А как ваши дела?
Pol: zdrah-stvooy-tyeh. oomee-nyah fsyohkhah-rah-shoh spah-see-bah. ah kahk vah-shih dee-lah
Hello. Everything is fine with me, thank you. And how are things with you?

Анна: Спасибо, хорошо. Садитесь, пожалуйста. Давайте начнём наш урок.
spah-see-bah khah-rah-shoh. sah-dee-tees pah-zhahl-stah. dah-vie-tyeh nahch-nyom nahsh oo-rok
Fine, thank you. Sit down, please. Let's begin our lesson.

Пол: С удовольствием
soo-dah-vol-stvee-yem
With pleasure.

Анна: Один вопрос, Пол
ah-deen vah-pros pol
A question, Paul.

Пол: Да, пожалуйста
dah pah-zhahl-stah
Yes, please.

Анна: Вот, посмотрите. Зто ручка?
vot pah-smah-tree-tyeh. eh-tah rooch-kah
Look at this. Is this a pen?

Пол: Да, зто ручка
dah eh-tah rooch-kah
Yes, it's a pen.

Анна: А зто? Зто ручка или ключ?
ah eh-tah rooch-kah ee-lee klyooch
And this? Is it a pen or a key?

Пол: Зто ключ
eh-tah klyooch
It's a key.

Анна: А зто? Зто тоже ключ?
ah eh-tah. eh-tah toh-zheh klyooch
And this? Is this a key too?

Пол: Нет, зто не ключ.
nyet eh-tah nyeh klyooch
No, it's not a key.

Анна: Что зто?
shtoh eh-tah (Usually Ч is pronounced "ch" - here it is "sh".)
What is it?

Пол: Зто книга. Зто книга на русском языке
eh-tah knee-gah. eh-tah knee-gah nah roos-kahm yah-zih-kyeh
It's a book. It's a book in Russian.

Анна: Очень хорошо, Пол. До свидания.
oh-chen khah-rah-shoh pol. dah-svee-dah-nee-yah
Very good, Paul. Goodbye.

Пол: До свидания, Анна Ивановна. До скорой встречи!
dah-svee-dah-nee-yah ahn-nah ee-yah-nahv-nah, dah skoh-rie fstryeh-chee
Goodbye, Anna Ivanovna. See you soon