Второй год. Second-Year Russian: Урок 4 Неделя 1. Родительный падеж.

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY!

А теперь... Your material for next week's VOCABULARY QUIZ! Work with it FIRST THING. It'll help you with the dialogues (10 минут минимум)

Ну, и наконец-то... Print out or download or grab this handout.
Давайте послушаем! Разговор 1. Прослушайте разговор между руководителем и администратором. Ответьте--да или нет! Listen to the conversation between the American and the Russian hotel manager. On your handout, mark да или нет (true of false). Получать means "to receive," забронировать "to reserve"... and на пять дней means "for five days." Oh, and США (СэША) means USA. 

На обороте! On the handout, review the formation of the genitive case. Remember that family members and friends are often irregular. 

But generally, the genitive plural is pretty straightforward... Вообщем, правила образования родительного падежа очень простые! S4N, N4S! (something for nothing, nothing for something)

KILL VOWEL!

Elementary Russian: Сегодня в лингафонном кабинете... Умей тусить! | Unit 3 Week 4

TODAY! СЕГОДНЯ! ПРИХОДИТЕ!

Уметь means "be able to." It's weird to see it in the imperative, but the pigeon knows!

The verb тусить (you could use the verb тусоваться, they mean the same thing) means... like, "have a party, get down."

So, the pigeon is admonishing you: Learn to party like us! The verb тусить is pretty interesting. Like a lot of "old slang" it comes from French, the verb tasser (which sounds like тусэ to a Russian speaker), what you do to tobacco in your pipe, tamp it down... In a sense, then, the verb тусить means "tap your pipe! fill your bowl!"

I can see a situation where a bunch of people are hanging out, smoking, and someone says in French "Chill out, tamp you pipe, cool your heels, chill!" and that French word gets "Russified" and you get the verb тусить.... party on!

Check out yesterday's Muzyka Monday... and tap your pipe! 

На сегодня...

First, take the grammar quiz...

Now, print out your handout or just grab it at the lab. Make sure to download the handout before printing it out or typing in it. Otherwise, not all assignments are visible.

Окей, теперь.... do two brief listening exercises on your хендаут:

* The link for 3-32 Реклама is here.
* И вот линк на 3-33

When you're finished, do the short exercise (it targets the prepositional case) on the handout... В чём они? Make sure you pay attention carefully to the change in endings! Катя в жёлтОЙ рубашкЕ. If you're having trouble with these endings, check out the PPP on the prepositional case here.
Practice practice practice... In Russian: Повторение мать учения, "Practice is the mother of learning." The "learning outcome" of this chapter is pretty straightforward and necessary. There are verbs in Russian. You use a lot of verbs, almost every sentence! You better know how to use verbs. How do you use verbs? Fill in the third page of your handout with any old verbs (total of 6 verbs):

Я изучаю, ты изучаешь, он изучает, мы изучаем, вы изучаете, они изучают! она изучала (past tense) изучать (infinitive).

Dr. Denner wrote a guide to conjugating verbs in Russian... It has lots of shortcuts and rules of thumb! 

Второй год русского языка Second Year Russian, Лингафонный кабинет... Ням ням! | Unit 3 Week 4

TODAY! СЕГОДНЯ! ПРИХОДИТЕ!

Мало работы на сегодня, ребята, УРА! Во-первых...

 Вот наш хэндаут. Make sure you download it before printing. Or just grab a printed copy at the lab.

Напишите тест по грамматике! Grammar quiz time...

Теперь «Разговоры для слушания» Let's have a little listen... The two short conversations are just 1 min long. Listen to each one a couple of times and answer all the questions in your handouts. It should take you no more than 20 min...

Разговор 1
Разговор 2

Now, negative commands! Make the sentences into direct informal (ты) commands. See the grammar hint in your handouts. Check your work with tutors... 

На сегодня всё! Ничего себе! УРА!

Elementary Russian | Сегодня в лингaфонном кабинете... | Unit 3 Week 3... Какие языки вы знаете? (Урок третий, неделя 3)

You are cordially invited! Cultural credit provided!
Now, to work! In this unit, we're using a few important PowerPoints that explain the formation and use of the prepositional case, and another couple that describe Jakobson's "single stem system" of verb conjugations. Here they are. (We'll work through some of these this week... This is just a "for your convenience" link....... )

Что сегодня наготове...

What's in store today...

First,  take the vocab quiz!!!
Then, prepare for the grammar quiz next week (Review Prepositional case endings (see the textbook units 1 and 2) and verb conjugation (читать, жить, говорить, писать, знать, понимать) for the grammar quiz) 

Now, please print it out or get today's handout.   

1) Listen and read along as the диктор reads numbers 1-50. Here is the recording.

Next ten minutes:

Now do this exercise, jotting down the prices in the handout. I only want you to do the first 10. Don't listen more than three times. Here are the questions (they're also on the handout).

Next twenty minutes:

When you're done with the числительные (numbers), consider the verb говори́ть, to speak. It is very similar to verbs like читать, знать, жить that we've already studied, the sole difference being the vowel  in the ending. 

Important rule! There are only two conjugational patterns in Russian, 1st (mostly verbs ending in -ать) and 2nd conjugation (mostly verbs ending in -ить). 

Сравните! 

	читáть (1st conjugation)	говорить (2nd)
я	читáю	говорю́
ты	читáешь	говори́шь
он	читáет	говори́т
мы	читáем	говори́м
вы	читáете	говори́те
они	читáют	говоря́т

In говорить and other verbs ending in -ить, the ending vowel is -и- where there's a -е- in verbs like читать that end in -ать. (Complicating things (or not!), the и and the е are pronounced the same /и/ in these verbs because they are NOT under accent.) The most important distinction: The они form is -ят instead of -ют.

Listen to the two verbs. What's important to take away: There are only two conjugational patterns in Russian, 1st and 2nd conjugation. And these two patterns have very similar endings, they differentiate ONLY IN THE VOWELS. THE VOWELS!

RULE: Comparing first and second conjugational patterns, we can note: Vowels change, consonants stay the same. In almost every respect, all verbs in Russian conjugate similarly. 

Last ten minutes:

Finally: Look through this PowerPoint on the prepositional case. We've already encountered it: Я живу во Флориде. Иван живёт в Москве. Now, we'll learn how to change modifiers so they reflect the function and gender of the nouns. "He lives in a BIG CITY." "She studies in a SMALL UNIVERSITY." 

Read through the presentation a couple of times, and work with the tutors on the relevant grammar exercises (on the handout) at the tables or at home.  If you need help, reach out to one of the tutors or to an instructor: Send an image of your work (screenshot or your phone) and we can help you! 

Второй год... Глава 3... Неделя 3. (SECOND YEAR, Unit 3 Week 3)

Привет! Join us for the book talk! Fun topic and cultural credit!

ОК, ребята... now за работу! To work, to work! The poster says: "To work so well, that comrade Stalin says thank you" hm.... 

1) Take the vocab quiz!

2) Prepare for the grammar quiz next week.  Practice Imperative HERE.

3) Возьмите хендаут ВОТ ХЭНДАУТ.... и... Take it from the tutor or make sure you download this handout on your device before printing. Do not print it online, it will not display all the assignments properly. Давайте послушаем... A conversation with a taxi driver! Listen! And, if it proves difficult, work with tutors... fun! You'll find the questions on your lab handout (p.2) Вот линк на запись... Link to the recording. 

4) Садитесь за стол! Поработаем вместе! Let's work a bit on verbs of motion... Take a look at the flowchart on your handout (p.1) that you all know well... All we're adding today is the FUTURE and PAST perfective forms for these verbs, пойти-поехать (that's по- added more or less directly to the words unidirectional verbs ехать и идти--the conjugations are the same... пое́ду, пойду | пое́дешь, пойдёшь...). 



5) Sign up for the oral exam (the link is on Canvas)

Elementary Russian | Сегодня в лингaфонном кабинете... | Unit 3 Week 2... Какие языки вы знаете? (Урок второй, неделя 2)

Привет! Хэллоуин скоро! Halloween is coming up. Make sure you save the date for a specially crafted game on Monday, October 27!!! It's a unique event, it's an experiment, extra credit and cultural credit and pizza and snacks provided...Do not miss it! Mark your calendar...Register for the event so we know how many people will participate in the game...

First ten minutes:

Spend 10 minutes practicing the words and phrases. Here's the Memrise link to the next weeks's vocab quiz material to review. 

А теперь... расписание лабораторной работы на сегодня! Что будем делать? And now...

1. Grab этот хэндаут from the lab table or print it out. 
2. За компьютером... Listen to разговор 1 and answer questions that you find on the first page of the handout... Listen to этот разговор three times! No more, no fewer! Jot down the answers (15 minutes)
3. OK, now: Read through the explanations of grammar part of the page 2 of хэндаут.  Try to conjugate the verbs , then write out the answers to ex 3-9 and 3-10. 

Второй год... Глава 3... Неделя 2. (SECOND YEAR, Unit 3 Week 2)

Привет! Хэллоуин скоро! Halloween is coming up. Make sure you save the date for a specially crafted game on Monday, October 27!!! It's a unique event, it's an experiment, extra credit and cultural credit and pizza and snacks provided...Do not miss it! Mark your calendar...

1) Review our new vocab for 10 min! Here is the link

The quiz is next week!

2) Here is the handout for today. Listen to this conversation РАЗГОВОР 3 and answer the questions on your handout

И вот песня, которую вам надо выучить наизусть (= And here is the song you need to memorize!)...  Practice verses during the lab with your partner (see the instructions for the oral exam on Canvas)

А вот еще запись песни с артистами, которые её озвучивали (=and here is a recording of the actors who sang it):

6) Check out this chart on VOM. It will help your understanding. Let's talk about it! Draw something similar to this in your portfolio grammar part. As long as it makes sense to you (boom, a part of your portfolio is done today after the lab, nice, isn't it?)

Elementary Russian: Урок 3 Неделя 1 Unit 3 Week 1 Какие языки вы знаете?

Привет! Хэллоуин скоро! Halloween is coming up. Make sure you save the date for a specially crafted game on Monday, October 27!!! It's a unique event, it's an experiment, extra credit and cultural credit and pizza and snacks provided...Do not miss it! Mark your calendar...Look for more announcements next week...

Сегодня в лингафонном кабинете...

Material for Unit 3 vocabulary quiz for next week is here (Memrise). It's all there! Please spend at least 10 minutes working with this list.  

А теперь... расписание лабораторной работы на сегодня! Что будем делать? And now...

1. Grab этот хэндаут from the lab table or print it out. 
2. За компьютером... Listen to two разговоры (=conversations) and answer questions that you find on the first page of the handout... Listen to each разговор three times! No more, no fewer! Jot down the answers on the хэндаут that you printed in #1. Разговор 2. Разговор 3 (15 minutes)
3. Прослушайте Диалог 4. (Listen to Dialog 4.) The dialogue is on the handout, too! Now, draw lines from the English phrases below the dialogue (#4, 5, 7, 8, 9) to the corresponding Russian in the dialogue. Where in the dialogue, for instance, do you learn how to praise someone's language ability? \(°Ω°)/ These phrases will be part of your vocabulary quiz. 
4.  READ DIALOG 4 ALOUD with a tutor or a partner or by yourself! 
5. OK, now: Read through the explanations of grammar part of the page 3 of хэндаут. We learned some я-forms of the verb already (я живу, я учусь) now it't time to learn the all the present tense forms (я, ты, он, мы, вы, они). Try to conjugate the verb изучать, then write out the answers to Oral Drills 1, 2, and 3. 

Второй год Language lab: Unit 3, Week 1 Second Year

Привет! Хэллоуин скоро! Halloween is coming up. Make sure you save the date for a specially crafted game on Monday, October 27 (ПОНЕДЕЛЬНИК, 27 октября)!!! It's a unique event, it's an experiment, extra credit and cultural credit provided...Do not miss it! Mark your calendar...Look for more announcements next week...

Здравствуйте, дорогие студенты!

 Окей! За работу! Сначала... распечатайте или загрузите этот хэндаут.

Давайте послушаем! Read along, translate, and fill in answers to the following two dialogues. Do it with tutors or on your own:
1. Можно пройти пешком?
2. Как туда попасть?

Ответьте (=answer!) на вопросы (на хендауте)... И найдите (=find!) фразы-переводы в 3-7 (диалоги). Answer the questions to the dialogues on the handout. Then find the phrases in the dialogues that match the ones in 3-7 Подготовка к разговору (see your handout). These phrases will be on your vocab quiz next Wednesday.

Wheh. Finally. Да уж! =You're telling me! In the final exercise на хендауте, take items from each column and make complete sentences... I go to work on the bus! Ура ура! Before you start jotting down the sentences, here is the rule:
*** ездить (=to go by a vehicle) and ходить (=to go by foot) are multidirectional verbs of motion, meaning they indicate round trips. Он ходит в университет каждый день=he goes to the university(and back home) by foot everyday.

*** conjugation of ездить (II): я езжу, ты ездишь, он ездит, мы ездим, вы ездите, они ездят

***conjugation of ходить (II): я хожу, ты ходишь, он ходит, мы ходим, вы ходите, они ходят

***Destination places +prepositions: use В if the place has a roof (a library, a university building, a theater). Use НА with events and open spaces (a stadium, a lecture, a film)
***Destinations are ACCUSATIVE. 

***Modes of transportation always use на + PREPOSITIONAL, if you go by foot say "пешком"
Example: Я хожу в университет пешком, а он ездит в университет на велосипеде

Your vocabulary quiz next Wednesday. Spend 10 min working on this list now...
Your grammar quiz is on Wed in two weeks. Check it out (5 min)

Сегодня в лингафонном кабинете! Unit 2 Week 3 Elementary Russian

Elementary Russian... LAB, Unit 2: Listening 

Добрый день! Мы рады вас видеть! = Good day! Nice to see you. 

Check out this week's Muzyka Monday!

OK, к делу! 

Grab the grammar quiz handout and write the quiz. It should be pretty straightforward.

Now, get a handout at the lab or download and print out your хендаут here (download your handout )

You will find two listening exercises, Давайте послушаем! Let's Listen! Do those first:

For the first, 2-38 магазин-салон, just listen a couple times to find out the items being advertised. You could circle the things... 

The second, 2-39 Магазин <<Мода>> ... just answer briefly the 3 questions, in the margin or below the exercise or the other side of the lab worksheet. Listen carefully for the words you understand and make your judgments accordingly.

 

This is it for today= ЭТО всё на сегодня (ta-dah!)