20 – Elton John and his wardrobe (A1: Clothes and Colors)
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Today we learn Russian colors! *** If you like learning with mini-stories, welcome to my complete Russian language course – My new cultural course in English 'Understanding Russia' – Join my free email course with lots of useful materials and tips – Real Russian Club Youtube channel – Instagram with short lessons – If you have any questions, please, do not hesitate to ask me at Text in Russian: Сэр Элтон Джон любит красивую одежду. У него есть розовый костюм и голубой...
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19 – Johnny Depp eats wine (A1: Verbs ЕСТЬ and ПИТЬ)
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Today we learn Russian verbs есть (to eat) and пить (to drink.) Here we go! *** If you like learning with mini-stories, welcome to my complete Russian language course – My new cultural course in English 'Understanding Russia' – Join my free email course with lots of useful materials and tips – Real Russian Club Youtube channel – Instagram with short lessons – If you have any questions, please, do not hesitate to ask me at Text in Russian: Джонни Депп любит есть и пить! На завтрак он пьет...
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18 – Woody and Buzz love music (A1: ACCUSATIVE CASE)
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The accusative case in Russian is one of the six grammatical cases used to indicate the role of a noun or pronoun in a sentence, particularly the direct object of a verb. It's used to show the noun that is receiving the action of the verb. In English, this is often the noun that follows the verb and answers the question "what?" or "whom?" *** If you like learning with mini-stories, welcome to my complete Russian language course – My new cultural course in English 'Understanding Russia' – Join my free email course with lots of useful materials and tips – Real...
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17 – Moscow and Putin (A1: Adjectives)
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Russian adjectives describe nouns by expressing qualities such as size, color, shape, or characteristics. They agree in gender, number, and case with the nouns they modify:) *** If you like learning with mini-stories, welcome to my complete Russian language course – My new cultural course in English 'Understanding Russia' – Join my free email course with lots of useful materials and tips – Real Russian Club Youtube channel – Instagram with short lessons – If you have any questions, please, do not hesitate to ask me at Text in...
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16 – Where was Peter Parker? (A1: Past Tense)
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Past tense in Russian is one of my favorite grammar topics. So easy! Simply add Л, ЛА or ЛИ to a verb:) *** If you like learning with mini-stories, welcome to my complete Russian language course – My new cultural course in English 'Understanding Russia' – Join my free email course with lots of useful materials and tips – Real Russian Club Youtube channel – Instagram with short lessons – If you have any questions, please, do not hesitate to ask me at Text in Russian: Пи́тер Па́ркер – америка́нец....
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15 – We read Jane Austen (A1: ЛЮБИТЬ + Infinitive)
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English verbs "to love" and "to like" can be described in one Russian verb – ЛЮБИТЬ. Today we learn how to use this verb with infinitives. *** If you like learning with mini-stories, welcome to my complete Russian language course – My new cultural course in English 'Understanding Russia' – Join my free email course with lots of useful materials and tips – Real Russian Club Youtube channel – Instagram with short lessons – If you have any questions, please, do not hesitate to ask me at Text in Russian: Джейн...
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14 – Vladimir the Cat dreams about a rocket (A1: Prepositional + O)
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Russian Prepositional case has another function! It doesn't only answer the question "Где?". It also answers the question "What about" – "О чём?" (or "О ком?" if it's a person.) *** If you like learning with mini-stories, welcome to my complete Russian language course – Join my free email course with lots of useful materials and tips – Real Russian Club Youtube channel – Instagram with short lessons – If you have any questions, please, do not hesitate to ask me at Text in Russian: Кот-космона́вт Влади́мир...
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13 – Tom and Jerry smoke vape (A1: Plurals)
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Russian plurals are super simple! Just add Ы if a word ends with a consonant, or replace the ending A with Ы: кот – коты телефон – телефоны мама – мамы машина – машины Keep in mind the 7-letter spelling rule of Russian: don't write Ы after КГХШЩЧЖ: книга – книги Америка – Америки *** If you like learning with mini-stories, welcome to my complete Russian language course – Join my free email course with lots of useful materials and tips – Real Russian Club Youtube channel – ...
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12 – Trump doesn't speak Russian (A1: The verb ГОВОРИТЬ)
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Russian verbs are divided into 2 conjugations. We have already practiced the so-called E-conjugation (I conjugation or First conjugation) where the endings included letter E: он работаЕт, ты отдыхаЕшь, вы читаЕте and so on. This mini-story is for the 2nd conjugation aka И-conjugation. For example, ГОВОРИТЬ (to speak): я говорю ты говоришь он говорит она говорит мы говорим вы говорите они говорят For languages we have a special form with 'по-': по-русски, по-испански,...
info_outlineRussian Language Lesson 1 – At the restaurant.
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How to work with a mini-story:
• Read the text
• Listen and answer the questions OUT LOUD (you don't need to provide the full answer, just yes and no would work for now)
• Re-tell the story yourself out loud
Grammar:
There's not much to know for this episode.
'Это' means 'this is'.
'Тут' (здесь) means 'here'.
'И' means 'and'.
'Что это?' means 'What is it?'
Text in Russian:
Добро́ пожа́ловать в рестора́н. Тут пи́цца и па́ста. Тут су́ши и саши́ми. Тут борщ и пельме́ни. А тут тáкос и на́чос.
Text in English:
Welcome to the restaurant. Here's pizza and pasta. Here is sushi and sashimi. Here's borscht and dumplings. And here are tacos and nachos.
Transcript:
Добро пожаловать в ресторан. Это ресторан? Да, это ресторан. Это кафе? Нет, это не кафе, это ресторан. Это кофешоп? Нет, это не кофешоп, это ресторан. Это Старбакс? Нет, это не Старбакс. Это ресторан. Это Макдональдс? Нет, это не Макдональдс, это ресторан. Что это? Это ресторан. Тут пицца и паста. Тут пицца? Да, тут пицца. Тут борщ? Нет, тут пицца. Тут салями? Нет, тут не салями, тут пицца. Что тут? Тут пицца. Пицца и паста. Тут паста? Да, тут паста. Тут лазанья? Нет, тут не лазанья, тут пицца и паста. Что тут? Тут пицца и паста. Тут суши и сашими. Это суши? Да, это суши. Это дёнер? Нет, это не дёнер, это суши. Это кебаб? Нет, это не кебаб, это суши. Это пицца? Нет, это не пицца, это суши. Это колбаса? Нет, это не колбаса, это суши. Суши и сашими. Это сашими? Да, это сашими. Что это? Это сашими. Суши и сашими. Тут борщ и пельмени. Тут борщ? Да, тут борщ. Тут мисо суп? Нет, это не мисо суп, тут борщ. Борщ и пельмени. Тут пельмени? Да, тут пельмени. Тут гамбургер? Нет, тут не гамбургер. Тут пельмени. Что тут? Тут пельмени. И борщ. А тут такос и начос. Это такос? Да, это такос. Это фахитос? Нет, это такос. Что это? Это такос. И начос. Это начос? Да, это начос. Это паэлья? Нет, это не паэлья. Это начос. Что это? Это начос.
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