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Introducing people, places and things Cyrillic alphabet |
Recognizing international/cognate words in Russian (people, places, professions) |
Letters: а б в г д е ё ж з и й к л м н о п р с т у ф ч ш ы ь э ю я |
Cyrillic alphabet |
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Formal and Informal forms of address (ты — вы) Russian names |
Answering the question Как дела́? Location (Где? Здесь и́ли там?) |
Letters: х ц щ ъ |
Name-patronymics of well-known Russians (both literary and real) |
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Asking the identity of people and objects (Who?/What?) Questions and statements about ownership Exchanging phone numbers |
Furniture in a hotel room Clothing |
Plurals of masculine and feminine nouns & the 7-letter spelling rule |
Mobile phones and phone numbers in Russia Famous Russians |
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Identifying family members Telling people’s names Russian addresses |
Family members Descriptive words for family members (older, younger) Address words: street, apartment, building, etc. |
Nom. plural of nouns (irregular & additional patterns) |
Names and diminutives Parts of Russian addresses: го́род, у́лица, дом (ко́рпус), кварти́ра |
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Describing an apartment Making compliments and exclamations Asking for clarification |
Rooms in apartment Architectural features Furnishings Basic adjectives (интере́сный, но́вый, ста́рый, большо́й, ма́ленький, etc) |
Forms of жив- / intro to conjugation Како́й in questions / exclamations Nominative adjective endings & the 5-letter spelling rule: большо́е vs. хоро́шее |
Types of apartment buildings |
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Writing monologic texts: a bit about my home stay / dorm room |
Colors (чёрный, бе́лый, кра́сный) Adverbs for location (бли́зко, далеко́, ря́дом) |
Nationality words: nouns versus adjectives |
Associations with color words (чёрный квадра́т, бе́лая воро́на, etc.) Multiethnic makeup of the Russian Federation |
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Describing present tense actions Talking about reading, writing, listening habits |
Basic verbs (де́лать, чита́ть, гуля́ть, отдыха́ть) Select adverbs (ча́сто, ре́дко, мно́го, ма́ло) Things to read and listen to (рома́н, уче́бник, статья́, пе́сня, му́зыка, etc.) |
First conjugation verbs (Stems: читай, жив-, пиш-, etc.) & their stress patterns Word order and the concept of case Nominative / accusative case noun endings Verbs and their complements: using the accusative case for direct objects |
Russian reading habits |
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Spaces at a university Making acquaintances |
Academic vocabulary: шко́ла – университе́т, класс – курс, etc. Adjectives "easy / hard" Names of countries and languages spoken in them |
Nouns in -ия and -ие: фотогра́фия, сочине́ние Talking about courses: Answering the question Что ты изуча́ешь? Distinguishing verbal contexts: говорю́ по-ру́сски versus зна́ю ру́сский язы́к Infinitive forms and the sentence pattern: Легко́ говори́ть по-ру́сски. |
Шко́ла / университе́т Typical places at Russian academic institutions (столо́вая, библиоте́ка, etc.) |
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Telling where people and things are located Talking about playing a musical instrument Talking about one’s studies |
Names of countries and cities in Russia and world |
Prepositional case noun endings Phonetics: voiced and unvoiced consonants Assimilation of the preposition в Verbs with the particle ся: учиться; Answering the question Где ты у́чишься? Prepositional case adjective endings Specifying a location with the verb forms нахо́дится-нахо́дятся |
Geography and locating cities Famous musicians and instruments they play Cross-cultural expectations and homestays |
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Talking about possessions (what people have and don’t have) |
Furnishings Everyday household items |
Sentence pattern У меня́ есть… Sentence pattern У меня́ нет... Genitive case to indicate absence |
Dorm rooms and their furnishings Cultural specificity of vocabulary: the meanings of ча́йник |
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Features of the cityscape (supermarket, stadium, church, bus stop, etc.) |
Sentence pattern: На э́той у́лице есть парк. Genitive case adjective endings Personal pronouns in nominative, genitive, and accusative cases Forming the past tense of verbs |
Tour of a Petersburg residential neighborhood “Фи́зик и́ли ли́рик” |
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Telling about a person and describing some of his / her background Talking about things Pointing things out Asking questions and interviewing a person |
Biographical words (роди́лся, познако́мились) Question words |
Verbs with -ся in the past tense Stress patterns in the past tense Preposition о + prepositional case The demonstrative pronoun (э́то and э́тот, э́та, э́то, э́ти) |
The Russian student studying locally likely to live with parents |
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Preposition в + days of the week Conjugating -ава- verbs: встава́ть |
University classes and the schedule of a study abroad student “вели́кий и могу́чий ру́сский язы́к” |
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Talking about going to places and being in places Talking about plans: giving a meeting time when you are free |
Tourist destinations Special Location and Destination Forms: до́ма / домо́й, там / туда́, etc. |
Counting hours: numbers with forms час, часа́, часо́в Answering the question Кото́рый час? Conjugation patterns: -ова- verbs, мочь |
Time zones in Russia Meaning of Кремль The Kazan Kremlin |
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Talking about free time pursuits |
Frequency adverbs ча́сто, ре́дко, иногда́, всё вре́мя, etc. Pastimes, free time activities |
Expressing never and other negatives: ни- words and не Conjugation and use of ходи́ть, е́здить Past tense use of ходи́ть, е́здить Prepositional plural noun endings |
Places to spend free time (гиперма́ркет, да́ча, приро́да, лес, etc.) |
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Telling about past events |
Verbal aspect in the past tense, past tense questions, expressing "began / finished doing an action", & with negation Imperfective-Perfective verb pairs Genitive prepositions у, по́сле The verb нра́виться with pronouns |
Visiting Russians and living with host families |
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Picking out presents Asking for help in a store |
Typical presents |
Dative case noun endings singular and plural Dative case with verbs говори́ть, звони́ть, etc. |
Winter holiday traditions in Russia: Дед Моро́з, Снегу́рочка and giving presents Но́вый год / Ста́рый Но́вый год Не́вский просп́ект and Гости́ный двор |
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Foods that might appear on a shopping list |
Imperfective and perfective verbs in the future tense Review of Imperfective-perfect verb pairs Future tense of perfective verbs: new conjugation patterns Perfective forms of идти́ and е́хать: пойти́ and пое́хать Commands: объясни́те, покажи́те Conjunctions когда́, е́сли, как то́лько Sentence pattern Что мне де́лать? |
New Year’s Eve plans Recipe for винегре́т |
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Finding out about trains Giving personal background information |
More features of cityscape: Moscow Varieties of Russian trains and train tickets |
Сomparative forms of predicate adjectives and adverbs Genitive plural of nouns and adjectives Verb pair: говори́ть / поговори́ть К кому́? Going to visit / see someone Review: prepositions for locations, destinations, origins (в, из, на, с, к, у, от) |
Comparing Moscow and Petersburg Train travel in Russia |
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Discussing public monuments Sightseeing |
Genitive case with mass nouns and quantity expressions Verbs of motion with prefixes вы- and в- Verbs of position: сиде́ть, лежа́ть, стоя́ть, висе́ть |
Moscow Kremlin and Kremlin Cathedrals Moscow metro Tretyakov Gallery Biography of Mikhail Vrubel’ |
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Describing locations of buildings and places Details of life stories |
Designating points in time with че́рез and наза́д Accusative plural of animate nouns Instrumental case with spatial prepositions за, пе́ред, над, под, ме́жду, ря́дом с |
Neighborhoods outside of the city center: новостро́йки Changing demographics: at what age do people get married? |
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Body parts Sickness terms |
Verbs: чу́вствовать себя́, боле́ть Recap: possessive pronouns in Russian Some additional perfective verbs верну́ться, принести́, etc. |
Taking the temperature under the arm Being sick |
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Asking for and giving directions to places Describing excursions |
Features of cityscape: Petersburg and environs |
Tsarskoe selo, the Russian Museum, and the Mariinsky Theater |
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Describing a museum |
Irkutsk / Baikal-related tourist locations |
Lake Baikal and the Baikal museum Siberian delicacies: пельме́ни / о́муль |
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Telling a story of something that happened to you |
Exams: се́ссия, биле́ты, отме́тки Life with the metric system |
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Saying farewell |
Phrases чуть не and и́мени + кого́ |
Saying one’s goodbyes |
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