Русский язык 102

For Mon 28 Jan

Pleaase complete the assignment originally for last Friday on the 6.4 page. Thank you! We will review the writing assignments listed originally for Thursday.

Урок 7.1

Weds 30 Jan

Consider the video (7.1) of a spectacular visit of Sasha to Tania and Sveta's new room (with the стол, which to my mind is rather a disappointment. Это стол!?) Just preview it and look at the vocabulary. Please study the text of the video in 7.1

Vocabulary from the video:

войдите	come in (to a knock on closed door)
заходите	come in (to a person standing at the open door)
проходите	come in (through the hallway into our room)
удобный, удобно	convenient, comfortable
понедельник, в понедельник	Monday, on Monday
вторник, во вторник	Tuesday
средА, в срЕду	Wednesday
четверг, в четверг	Thursday
пятница, в пятницу	Friday
субботав субботу	Saturday
воскресенье, в воскресенье	Sunday
как поживаете?	how are you doing?
учИть - Учат	learn, study, memorize (+ acc)
вЫучить - вЫучат (P) (cf. учиться 'be enrolled in)	learn (completely), finish learning
словo (pl. словА)	word
справа	on the right
слева	on the left
заниматься	study, hit the books
правда?	really?
учиться учатся	be enrolled in school, be a student
закОнчить - закОнчат (P)	complete, finish (+ acc)
вечером	in the evening
утром	in the morning
днём	in the afternoon
ночью	in the night
занятия (n. pl.)	classes
быть - будут	will be (бУду бУдешь бУдет бУдем бУдете бУдут)
пригласИть - пригласЯт (P)	invite (+ acc)
новоселье	housewarming

For Thursday 31 Jan

Study video and its text, pp. 282-283 and please write the answers to A, Б, В in the workbook.

See video vocab in the last handout and learn the text well.

Learn the words meaning 'study':

учиться 'be enrolled in school' (review conjug.)

учить 'learn' + acc

заниматься 'hit the books, study' (uses no object) (see textbook 284)

Discussions for this lesson are (1) Sveta's system (2) discussion of when to have the housewarming and whom to invite. You will need to gradually learn relevant vocab (see below).

Friday 1 February

Consider Sveta's explanation of her index cards. The English words she has already learned (уже выучила) are in one pile, the others, which she still has to study and learn (ещё нужно учить и выучить) are in the other. Выучить is perfective aspect, учить, imperfective. Here is a schematic of how this works semantically.

Aspect of Verbs

учИть - Учат (imperfective - I) to study, learn something

учУ Учишь Учит Учим Учите Учат

уЧи! учИте!

вЫучить - вЫучат (perfective - P) to succeed in learning, memorize, know; to study through, learn to the end

вЫучу вЫучишь вЫучит вЫучим вЫучите вЫучат

вЫучи! вЫучите!

TENSE	IMPERFECTIVE (I)	PERFECTIVE (P)
infinitive (tenseless)	учить	выучить
present	учу	----------
past	учил	выучил
future	буду учить	выучу
present	I am studying, I do study, I study	----------
past	I studied, was studying, used to study, did study, worked on	I have studied (and learned), I memorized, I learned, I have learned
future	I'll study, I'll be studying, I'll be working on studying, I'll be trying to learn	I shall learn, I shall finish memorizing, I shall master, I will get it

All verbs in Russian have this aspectual opposition. Now we focus on the infinitive and past tense.

Consider the discussion of aspect theory, pp. 286-290. Look at exercises 7 and 8, p. 289. Concentrate on theory. Please do workbook exer. Е, Ж, З, К.

Learn (вы)учить, how it's used, what it means. It will serve as a model.

Mon 4 Feb Lundi Gras! Tues 5 Feb Mardi Gras! No Class! Be safe, do not climb up on poles, stay in groups, do not get arrested. Have a good time!

Weds 6 Feb

Relevant vocab:

Adverbs associated with I (impfv.)
иногда	sometimes
часто	often
никогда	never
обычно	usually
каждый день	every day
Adverbs (often) associated with past P
уже	already (learned all the words)
недавно	recently (invited Jim)
Two more P/I pairs:
прочитать прочитают (P)	read through, finish reading
написать напишут (P)	write, write down, finish writing
приходи к нам	come to our place
приходи в гости	come to visit
ещё раз	once again
приглашать приглашают (I)	invite (be in the act, the process; often invite(d), used to invite)
кого ещё приглашаешь	who else are you inviting (to the upcoming party)
пригласить (P)	invite (one time)
кого ещё можно пригласить	whom else could we invite
я хочу пригласить Джима, я люблю его	I want to invite Jim (to this party), I love him (thinks Tania)

Consider parts of the day designations, p. 291.

Table:

утром	in the morning
вечером	in the evening
днём	in the afternoon
ночью	in the evening
сегодня утром	this morning
сегодня днём	this afternoon
сегодня вечером	this evening
вчера утром	yesterday evening
(etc)
завтра вечером	tomorrow evening
(etc)
в 7 часов вечера	at 7 pm
в 4 часа утра	at 3 am
в час дня	at 1 pm

What is the etymology of завтра?

Listen to the lab tapes and practice distinguishing вчера, вечер, вечера, вечером. Very difficult for us and typically Russian.

Please do workbook exers И, Л, М, О, Р.

Thank you for your attention.

Thurs 7 Feb

Quiz on 7.1: Video, dialogues, vocab and structure in this handout. Very brief, emphasis on vocabulary.

Translate for practice for quiz:

1. Last night I learned my English vocab.

2. Sveta graduated from nursing school.

3. The housewarming will be on Sunday at four pm.

4. Yesterday I read, listened to music, and watched the Superbowl.

5. Yesterday I wrote a letter to Dad.

6. Every day I invite people to housewarmings.

7. Did Sveta invite Lena Silina??

8. Where do you usually study?

9. Zhenia studies at Tulane University.

10. I have finished reading War and Peace! (Война и мир, use acc)

11. Have you already learned that?

Key vocabulary: пригалсить 'to invite', p. 335, прочитать 'to read through' p. 334, написать 'to write', p. 333, кончить 'to finish', p. 334.

Урок 7.2

Fri Feb 8.

Please audit the lengthy text, pp. 297-8 (on your text tape). Do exer. 1, p. 298-9. Then do exer workbook A, which has to do with telephone numbers.

A key grammatical point here is explained in 7.2, p. 299.

Learn: начAть 'begin' (P), past tense нАчал, началА, нАчало, нАчали.

Начинать (I) 'begin' is like читать. The P is basic and means a single instance of beginning (Tolstoy began work on War and Peace…); I is either process (I was beginning when…) or repetition (I usually begin…).

Please answer:

Когда у Саши начал работать телефон?

Почему у Лены телефон, который недавно начал работать, так часто звонит?

Ponder (in English): What sort of personality does Наталья Ивановна have?

What does справночная mean and how is it declined? Do you know other words like this formally?