Русский язык 102

Урок 8.3

Сколько стоит компьютер?

How much does a computer cost?

For Tuesday, June 27

Read text pp. 31-32: Jim and Petrovsky buy a computer. Write A, p. 22. Study discussion of Russian currency, pp. 36-7.

Consider inclusive imperatives, 8.8 Write exer. 3 in the textbook and Б in the workbook.

Wednesday, June 28

Learn the numerals 100-1000-9000 (!), p. 37. Write В, workbook.

Consider the grammar of the genitive plural. Grammar: genitive plural. This case is the most difficult to form in Russian. The rules given here are hard to formulate inductively, so I will give you some important hints.

The genitive plural is used with count nouns from 5-20, 25-30, 35-40, etc, as well as other quantifiers. Cf. пять часов, сколько лет. The formation is an alpha switch rule: if the nom sg is real, then the gen pl is zero, and vice versa, if the nom sg is zero, then the gen pl is real.

Examples: книга (real) – книг (zero), лето - лет (real and zero), час (zero) – часов (real), рубль – рублей (zero and real).

In the word рубль the soft sign is not the ending; it marks a soft consonant. The ending is zero. For zero nom sg, the real gen pl for soft stems is typically –ей.

The real gen pl ending is –ей for soft stems and the four hushers ж ш ч щ; -ов for hard, ц, and й. That is complicated and will take some time to learn.

Both the nom sg and the gen pl zero may show the presence of a fill vowel which does not occur in other forms of the word. Fill vowels are predictable. Examples of nom sg fill vowel: отец (gen pl отцов), американец (gen pl американцев). Gen pl fill vowel: бабушек, писем, окон.

Know the following:

Nom sg	Gen pl	Rule
тысяча	тысяч	zero gen pl
книга	книг	zero
лекция	лекций	zero; cut off -a, leave й
упражнение	упражнений	(as above)
занятия [this is Neut pl]	занятий	(as above)
бабушка	бабушек	zero; fill vowel e after husher
дедушка	дедушек	(same)
девушка	девушек	(same)
ручка	ручек	(same)
сестра	сестёр	zero; fill e
копейка	копеек	zero; fill vowel e
ошибка	ошибок	zero; fill vowel о before velar
письмо	писем	zero; fill vowel е
деньги [this is pl] 'money'	денег	zero; fill fowel e
окно	окон	zero; fill vowel o after velar
студент	студентов	real; hard masc takes ов
доллар	долларов	(same)
дом	домов	(same)
журнал	журналов	(same)
месяц	месяцев	real; ов goes to ев when unstressed (cf. ого-его)
отец	отцов	real; ов stressed; fill vowel appears in N sg only (fill vowel can occur only with a zero)
американец	американцев	real; ов unstrssed, hence the spelling ев
подарок	подарков	(same); stress on second syll; fill vowel in N
музей	музеев	real; ев after й and ц
рубль	рублей	real, soft takes ей
дверь	дверей	fem soft; real ending for soft is ей
этаж	этажей	after hushers, real ending is ей
врач	врачей	(same)
мать	матерей	ending regular, but infix -ер-
друг, N pl друзья	друзей	irregular plural
брат, N pl братья	братьев	irreg.
раз	раз	irregular
человек 'person'	человек	irregular
люди 'people'	людей	soft real
соседи 'neighbors'	соседей

Learn:

Не имей сто рублей, а имей сто друзей.

Don't have 100 rubles, rather have 100 friends.

Other vocab for this section:

имя имени; pl. именА	name, first name; see p. 35
время, времени; pl. временА	time; like имя, p. 35
сколько	how much, how many
сколько человек	how many people
много людей	many people
мало людей, мало времени	few people, little time
деньги (p. tantum), gen pl денег	money

Please write workbook Г.

один рубль – два, три, четыре рубля – пять рублей.

Please write exercise 7, p. 40 in the textbook, and exercise 8, p. 42 in the textbook.

Thursday, 29 June

Please do Д, Е, Ж, З. Examine the analysis of count ~ mass nouns, p. 42, and please do K.

М, Н, О, П.

Не имей сто рублей, а имей сто друзей.

Don't have 100 rubles, rather have 100 friends.

Dear Students:

Thanks for all! I really enjoyed working with you!!