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ReadingLesson 4. Professions
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 check the correct variant:
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1. This man's name is Viktor.
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2. Hi is a doctor.
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| Record 2 |
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1. This man's name is Alex.
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2. He is a student.
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| Record 3 |
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1. They are Michael and Viktor.
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2. They are students from Russia.
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II. Professions and occupations
a) Listen and repeat:
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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). |
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Алексей - менеджер? (he) - ...
[aliksyey menedjer? ]
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Check yourself
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Марина - студентка? (she) - ...
[marina stoodyentka? ]
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Check yourself
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Ирина - учитель? (she) - ...
[irina oochitil? ]
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Check yourself
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Борис - рабочий? (he) - ...
[baris rabochiy? ]
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Check yourself
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Анна - инженер? (she) - ...
[anna injinyer? ]
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Check yourself
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Юрий - программист? (he) - ...
[yooriy pragramist? ]
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Check yourself
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III. Russian nouns in plural
a) Listen and repeat. Pay attention to the nouns endings:
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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.
| 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) Learn the following Russian pronouns:
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b) Listen to the phrases in Russian and choose the right translation
Listen to the phrases. Drag the English phrases from the list below and drop them into the corresponding fields.
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с) Give a positive answer following the model and check yourself:
Model
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Are Mark and Chris students? - Yes, they are students. |
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Вы программисты? (we) - ...
[vi pragramisti? ]
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Check yourself
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Вера и Ольга из Роcсии? (they) - ...
[vyera i olga iz rasii ]
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Check yourself
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Они из США? (they) - ...
[ani is se she a ]
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Check yourself
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Вы из Канады? (we) - ...
[vi is kanadi? ]
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Check yourself
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Иван и Максим - доктора? (they) - ...
[ivan i maksim daktara? ]
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Check yourself
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Они студенты? (they) - ...
[ani stoodyenti? ]
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Check yourself
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V. Let me introduce myself
Listen to the phrases in Russian and choose the right translation
Listen to the phrases. Drag the English phrases from the list below and drop them into the corresponding fields.
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