Lesson 5 lab slides
- 1. Lesson 5 Reading Practice for Первый Круг Russian Full Circle by Donna Oliver and Edie Furniss Copyright © 2013 by Yale University. All rights reserved.
- 2. Урок 5: Практика чтения No. 1 This is a popular phrase from the Soviet era playing on the homonym мир. • So, what does it mean?
- 3. Урок 5: Практика чтения No. 2 The word слава means “glory,” and you will often encounter it in contexts like this, where glory “to” something is being expressed (which means it’s followed by the dative). • To whom is praise being offered here? (note the use of the genitive in the other two nouns)
- 4. Урок 5: Практика чтения No. 3 • What is this sign telling you not to do? • Which meaning of the dative preposition по is appropriate here?
- 5. Урок 5: Практика чтения No. 4 Here’s another example of the dative preposition по used in the same way. • What does this kiosk offer?
- 6. Урок 5: Практика чтения No. 5 This is a public service ad. How would you answer (по-русски!) the following questions? • What is the girl’s name? • How old is she? • What does she like to do? • What vice doesn’t she have?
- 7. Урок 5: Практика чтения No. 6 Remember that the verb писать does not conjugate like читать, and if you do conjugate it that way, you get a different verb with a different meaning. • What does Яша do here?
- 8. Урок 5: Практика чтения No. 7 There’s no dative here, but we do have an expression of necessity. • How would you translate this phrase?
- 9. Урок 5: Практика чтения No. 8 This metro advertisement provides another expression of necessity. • What does this store offer us?
- 10. Урок 5: Практика чтения No. 9 Here’s another ad using an expression of possibility. • What distinction is being drawn here?
- 11. Урок 5: Практика чтения No. 10 This poster is from one of the street demonstrations that occurred in protest against elections results. • What does it say?
- 12. Урок 5: Практика чтения No. 11 This tombstone in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, has a nice message engraved on it. • Can you decipher it? (hint: begin with the expression of impossibility)
- 13. Урок 5: Практика чтения No. 12 Here’s another tombstone with a different sentiment expressed. • How would you explain the use of the dative here?
- 14. Урок 5: Практика чтения No. 13 This Dewar’s ad is telling you to try (попробуй) something by ordering (закажи) something. We can see the dative case after по on both sides of the ad. • What do you have to try and how? • What should you order and what will happen as a result? Note the use of the dative after the verb in the bottom line. Вредить means “to harm” or “be harmful to.” You can also form an adjective from it—вредный. • How would you say, “This is harmful for you”?
- 15. Урок 5: Практика чтения No. 14 This newspaper montage from the late 1990s juxtaposes Russian political leaders with President Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky scandal, substituting «американец» for «немец» in a well-known Russian proverb. • How would you translate this phrase? • How does the photo of Clinton convey some Russian stereotypes about Americans? If you want to see how a German reacts to some things that are “good” for Russians, watch actor Til Schweiger in this clip from the late-night show Вечерний Ургант, with Иван Ургант, Russia’s version of David Letterman.