Lesson 04: Doing things: Verbs, personal pronouns

Question 1

Tell me, please…/Could you tell me…

Answer 1

CкажИте, пожалуйста.

Question 2

I don’t understand.

Answer 2

Я не понимАю.

Question 3

Do you (formal/plural) understand me?

Answer 3

Вы менЯ понимАете?

Question 4

Do you (formal/plural) speak Russian?

Answer 4

Вы говорИте по-рУсский?

Question 5

He doesn’t speak Russian.

Answer 5

Он не говорИт по-рУский.

Question 6

Excuse me, what’s your name?

Answer 6

Простите, как вас зовУт?

Question 7

My name is Volodia.

Answer 7

Меня зовут ВолОдя.

Question 8

Pleased to meet you.

Answer 8

Oчень приЯтно.

literally, “very pleasant”

Question 9

Do you (formal/plural) know where Eva is?

Answer 9

Вы знаете, где Ева?

Question 10

I don’t know.

Answer 10

Я не знаю.

Question 11

Where do you (formal/plural) live?

Answer 11

Где вы живЁте?

Question 12

I live in Brighton.

Answer 12

Я живУ в БрАйтоне.

Question 13

I we
you (familiar singular) you (formal or plural)
he, she, it they

Answer 13

я мы
ты вы
он, она, оно они

Question 14

Conjugate знать (to know) in the present tense.

This is the paradigm for the first conjugation

Answer 14

я знАю мы знАем
ты знАешь вы знАете
он, она, оно знАет они знАют

Question 15

Conjugate говорИть (to speak) in the present tense.

This is the paradigm for 2nd conjugation verbs

Answer 15

я говорЮ мы говорИм
ты говорИшь вы говорИте
он, она, оно говорИт они говорЯт

Question 16

Conjugate Ехать (to go by transport) in the present tense.

This an example of a stem-changing 1st conjugation verb.

Answer 16

я Eду мы Едем
ты Едешь вы Едете
он, она, оно Едет они Едут
Notice that the endings of the 1st person singular and 3rd person plural forms are different than the paradigm. This is normal.

Question 17

Conjugate жить (to live) in the present tense.

This is a stem-changing first conjugation verb.

Answer 17

живУ живём
живёшь живёте
живёт живУт
Notice the vowel change to -ё- in most endings. This is normal when the ending is stressed.

Question 18

Translate…idiomatically, and then word-for-word «Как вас зовут.»

Answer 18

1. What is your name?
2. What you (formal/plural accusative) they-call?

Вас is the accusative form of вы.

Question 19

How is negation accomplished?

Answer 19

By inserting не before the verb.

Question 20

Does Russian have cases? If so, how many?

Answer 20

Russian has six cases, each with singular and plural endings for various nominative ending types (“declensions”)
The cases are: 1. nominative. 2. accusative. 3. genitive. 4. dative
5. instrumental/ablative. 6. prepositional/locative

Question 21

what case do the prepositions в (in) and на (on) govern?

Answer 21

The prepositional/locative case.

Question 22

how do most singular feminine nouns ending in nominative -а or -я change to form the prepositional singular?

Answer 22

The final vowel changes to -e.

Question 23

bus

Answer 23

aвтОбус (es. autobús)

Question 24

in

Answer 24

в (+ p)

Question 25

you (accusative plural/formal)

Answer 25

вас

Question 26

you (nominative plural/formal)

Answer 26

вы

Question 27

to speak

Answer 27

говорИть (2)

Question 28

hotel

Answer 28

гостИница (de. Gästhaus)

Question 29

(to) home

Answer 29

домОй

Question 30

to go (by transport)

Answer 30

Eхать (1, stem = Ед-)

Question 31

to live

Answer 31

жить (1, stem = жив-)

Question 32

To call

Answer 32

звать (1, stem = зов-)

Question 33

here

Answer 33

здесь

Question 34

to know

Answer 34

знать (1)

Question 35

and

Answer 35

и (es. y)

Question 36

to study

Answer 36

изучАть (1)

Question 37

how

Answer 37

как

Question 38

(to) where/whither

Answer 38

кудА

Question 39

to smoke

Answer 39

курИть (2) курЮ, кУришь... (stress change)

Question 40

London

Answer 40

Лондон

Question 41

me (accusative)

Answer 41

менЯ

Question 42

subway

Answer 42

метрО (fr. metro). indeclinable (French import)

Question 43

we

Answer 43

мы

Question 44

on

Answer 44

на (+ p)

Question 45

but

Answer 45

но

Question 46

not, no (in negation)

Answer 46

не

Question 47

they

Answer 47

онИ

Question 48

very

Answer 48

Oчень

Question 49

in English

Answer 49

по-англиский

Question 50

female friend

Answer 50

подрУга

Question 51

to understand

Answer 51

понимАть (1)

Question 52

in Russian

Answer 52

по-рУсский

Question 53

in French

Answer 53

по-францИский

Question 54

why

Answer 54

почемУ

Question 55

pleasant

Answer 55

приЯтно

Question 56

avenue, prospekt

Answer 56

проспЕкт

Question 57

to work

Answer 57

рабОтать (1)

Question 58

Russia

Answer 58

РоссИя

Question 59

Russian language

Answer 59

рУсский язЫк

Question 60

tell/say (imperative)

Answer 60

скажИте

Question 61

now

Answer 61

телЕрь

Question 62

too

Answer 62

тОже

Question 63

trolleybus

Answer 63

троллЕйбус

Question 64

you (nominative singular familiar)

Answer 64

ты

Question 65

street

Answer 65

Улица

Question 66

well (adv.)

Answer 66

хорошО

Question 67

I (pronoun)

Answer 67

я

Question 68

language

Answer 68

язЫк