Lesson 4 lab slides
- 1. Lesson 4 Reading Practice for Первый Круг Russian Full Circle by Donna Oliver and Edie Furniss Copyright © 2013 by Yale University. All rights reserved.
- 2. Урок 4: Практика чтения No. 1 • What kind of dessert is being served at Kофе Хауз? • What is the nominative of вкусов? • What does 8 вкусов mean?
- 3. Урок 4: Практика чтения No. 2 • What can you get done here? • The first word is a cognate, of course. What is the root of the second word?
- 4. Урок 4: Практика чтения No. 3 Here’s a different kind of salon. • The second word has two meanings—what are they? • Which one do you think works here? (In other words, what can you buy here?)
- 5. Урок 4: Практика чтения No. 4 • What is Language Link? • Как вы думаете, какие языки можно там изучать?
- 6. Урок 4: Практика чтения No. 5 • What kind of school is this? •What’s is called? •Where is the entrance?
- 7. Урок 4: Практика чтения No. 6 Note the way the genitive is used here to convey “of.” • What is Putin’s plan? • There are four nouns in the genitive in this poster. What is the nominative form of each? • Which one is plural?
- 8. Урок 4: Практика чтения No. 7 Remember that все means “all.” • With that in mind, what’s the ominous message on this banner? • Whose portrait is hanging beneath it?
- 9. Урок 4: Практика чтения No. 8 Note that some Russian last names are actually adjectives, so they will decline accordingly. • Whose house-museum is this? What’s the nominative form of his name? • How would you translate the first line on the plaque?
- 10. Урок 4: Практика чтения No. 9 Here’s another use of the genitive to convey “of.” • How would you translate the name of this museum? • What does ГУЛАГ stand for?
- 11. Урок 4: Практика чтения No. 10 This sign can be found in the courtyard leading to Moscow’s GULAG museum, and it refers to the portraits hung there. The twelve names refer to the twelve portraits. • How does the genitive preposition из work here?
- 12. Урок 4: Практика чтения No. 11 In the name of this museum we can also see the genitive used to convey “of.” • What is it called? • What is the nominative form of the second and third words?
- 13. Урок 4: Практика чтения No. 12 This poster has several cognates, so you should be able to figure it out. • Which words are in the genitive? • What are their nominative forms?
- 14. Урок 4: Практика чтения No. 13 • What does this poster tell us? Translate as much as you can. • Which two words are in the genitive case?
- 15. Урок 4: Практика чтения No. 14 This is the entrance to the Moscow zoo. • Which gate do you go through? • Why is there an “a” attached to the word for “entrance” on the left?
- 16. Урок 4: Практика чтения No. 15 This World War II poster, in addition to featuring an about-to-be-skewered Hitler, provides two uses of the genitive case. • What does it say? • Why do we need genitive for the second word? And for the third?
- 17. Урок 4: Практика чтения No. 16 • What can you get here? • How would the sign change if it were only open for 20 hours? For 21?
- 18. Урок 4: Практика чтения No. 17 • You know that шестнадцать is followed by the genitive plural, so what do you think the nominative form of the word for “ton” is?
- 19. Урок 4: Практика чтения No. 18 Take a guess what this sign says. • What would it say if it took only three minutes?
- 20. Урок 4: Практика чтения No. 19 As in the previous slide, the preposition за here conveys “in” with a time expression. • What are you promised here and how long will it take you to get it? • What would happen to the final word if the number were 5?
- 21. Урок 4: Практика чтения No. 20 Для is a genitive preposition that means “for.” • What kind of store is this? • What does the smaller sign above the door promise?
- 22. Урок 4: Практика чтения No. 21 • What noun does the first word come from? (hint: a “г” will sometimes mutate to a “ж”) • Who is the audience for this store?
- 23. Урок 4: Практика чтения No. 22 This is a poster for a popular Russian rock group. • What are they called? • Where is the concert going to be? • What does the red ribbon stand for? • What does the phrase above the phone number mean? • Follow this link to listen to one of their popular songs, Костёр.