In this lesson, you will find Russian expressions used to tell about your profession you will learn:
- Words denoting professions and occupations
- Basic info about plural of nouns in Russian
- Russian personal pronouns
I. Meet new people
Listen and answer the question:
Audio 1
Audio 2
Audio 3
II. Professions and occupations
a) Listen and repeat:
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менеджер |
– |
menager |
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служащий |
– |
employee, office worker, clerk |
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военный |
– |
military man |
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рабочий |
– |
worker |
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учитель |
– |
teacher |
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доктор |
– |
doctor |
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инженер |
– |
engineer |
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программист |
– |
programmer |
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студент/студентка |
– |
student (male)/student (female) |
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журналист/журналистка |
– |
journalist (male)/journalist (female) |
b) Listen to the Russian words and choose the right translation from the list:
с) Give a positive answer following the model and check yourself:
Model:
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Is Catherine a doctor? - Yes, she is (a doctor). |
Questions:
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Алексей - менеджер? (he) - ... |
Check yourself
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Марина - студентка? (she) - ... |
Check yourself
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Ирина - учитель? (she) - ... |
Check yourself
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Борис - рабочий? (he) - ... |
Check yourself
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Анна - инженер? (she) - ... |
Check yourself
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Юрий - программист? (he) - ... |
Check yourself
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III. Russian nouns in plural
a) Listen and repeat. Pay attention to the nouns endings in plural:
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менеджер / менеджеры |
– |
manager / managers |
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инженер / инженеры |
– |
engineer / engineers |
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программист / программисты |
– |
programmer / programmers |
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студент / студенты |
– |
student / students |
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доктор / доктора |
– |
doctor / doctors |
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учитель / учителя |
– |
teacher / teachers |
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рабочий / рабочие |
– |
worker / workers |
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служащий / служащие |
– |
employee / employees |
Notes: Nouns in the Plural
Most Russian nouns usually have specific endings in plural, and each case has its particular endings for plural forms. We already know the nominative case, and we will examine formation of plural for nouns in the nominative case.
In the majority of instances, Russian nouns will have the following changes in nominative plural:
Nouns ending in a consonant add endings ы or и
Nouns ending in a/я change а/я to ы/и
Nouns ending in soft sign ь change ь to и
However, there are a lot of other changes in nominative plural. For example:
доктор - доктора
служащий - служащие
Some nouns do not change their form in plural:
киви both for singular and plural
b) Translate into Russian and check yourself:
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1. Mary and Betty are doctors. |
Check yourself
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2. Steve and David are programmers. |
Check yourself
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3. Kelly and Jeff are teachers. |
Check yourself
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4. Peter and Jack are managers. |
Check yourself
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5. Donna and Sandra are engineers. |
Check yourself
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6. John and Paul are workers. |
Check yourself
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IV. Personal pronouns
a) Listen and repeat the following Russian pronouns:
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мы |
– |
we |
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вы |
– |
you |
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они |
– |
they |
b) Listen to the phrases in Russian and choose the right translation.
c) Answer the questions following the model:
Model:
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Are Mark and Chris students? - Yes, they are students. |
Questions
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Вы программисты? (we) - ... |
Check yourself
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Вера и Ольга из Роcсии? (they) - ... |
Check yourself
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Они из США? (they) - ... |
Check yourself
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Вы из Канады? (we) - ... |
Check yourself
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Иван и Максим - доктора? (they) - ... |
Check yourself
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Они студенты? (they) - ... |
Check yourself
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V. Revision
Listen to the phrases in Russian and choose the right translation.