Newspaper Russian: A Vocabulary of Administrative and Commercial Idiom

550 Pages·2000·50.08 MB·English

by  John Slatter

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‘S AZOV’ (Russian from Scratch)
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• Table of contents (iv-ix)
• Summary of the principal grammar points (x-xii)
• Introductory Chapter (Pages 1-16)
• Chapter One - Introductions (Pages 17-32)
• Chapter Two - An object lesson (Pages 33-50)
• Chapter Three - Work / Nationality (Pages 51-64)
• Chapter Four - At the airport (Pages 65-80)
• Chapter Five - Shopping for food (Pages 81-98)
• Chapter Six - I can’t hear you very well! (Pages 99-116)
• Chapter Seven - At the hotel (Pages 117-134)
• Chapter Eight - Russian cuisine (Pages 135-150)
• Chapter Nine - Now and then (Pages 151-168)
• Chapter Ten - Hobbies and interests (Pages 169-192)
• Chapter Eleven - Health (Pages 193-210)
• Chapter Twelve - Education (Pages 211-230)
• Chapter Thirteen - My family and (other) animals (Pages 231-248)
• Chapter Fourteen - The weather (Pages 249-270)
• Chapter Fifteen - A horrible sight (or aspect?) (Pages 271-292)
• Chapter Sixteen - In the town (Pages 293-314)
• Chapter Seventeen - Bon voyage! (Pages 315-342)
• Chapter Eighteen - At home (Pages 343-362)
• Chapter Nineteen - Personal information (Pages 363-382)
• Chapter Twenty - A further step in reading and writing (Pages 383-410)
• Listening passages (Pages 411-436)
• Vocabulary (Pages 437-536)
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Introduction and acknowledgements
The authors, Tom Dickins and Irina Moore, decided to write ‘S azov’ (Russian from Scratch)
because of the lack of suitable communicative ab initio Russian language courses for more mature
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The textbook consists of an introductory chapter and twenty further chapters based on themes
which exemplify and consolidate a series of new linguistic concepts. Particular emphasis is placed
on the use of authentic up-to-date materials, such as advertisements, newspaper clippings,
timetables, tickets, official forms and recent photographs, and on the creation of meaningful and
relevant contexts for language learning. Wherever possible, the students are asked to deduce
unfamiliar syntactic and morphological principles for themselves from regular paradigms, before
being required to apply the new rules or to cope with irregularities.
Each chapter begins with a summary of the competences which the students will acquire and with
a list of the main points of grammar which are to be introduced. Roughly equal weighting is given
to the four skills (speaking, reading, listening and writing), which are developed through a series
of lexical and interactive activities, including memory games, crosswords, gap-filling tasks and
role plays. Vocabulary glossaries are provided at the foot of each page, where necessary, and
there is a comprehensive alphabetical Russian-English and English-Russian vocabulary list at the
end of the course. There is also a grammar section at the end of each chapter, with more detailed
explanations and grammatical exercises. All the listening activities are recorded on audio cassette
by educated native Russian speakers and are accompanied by transcripts.
We are enormously indebted to our friend, Aleksandr Polyakov, who painstakingly produced
and designed the layout of the course. Particular thanks go to our former colleague and Head of
Russian, Peter Rooney, for his invaluable support and encouragement, to Ludmila Khalilova for
her contribution in the early planning stages and to Elena Kazimianets for her work on Chapters
10, 15 and 20. We also wish to express our gratitude to Katrina Fraser and Igor Babanov for
their practical help and to Vicki Whittaker for sharing the benefit of her knowledge of publishing.
We would similarly like to acknowledge Linda Aldwinkle and Christine Barnard of the University
of Westminster for the interest that they have shown and for their constructive feedback.Without
their assistance and the efforts of numerous other colleagues and friends, the task of completing
‘S azov’ would have been considerably more onerous, if not altogether impossible.
Finally, there is one academic source which merits a special mention, namely ‘A Comprehensive
Russian Grammar’ by Terence Wade. We consulted this unparalleled work extensively when
writing our Grammar sections, and we owe a great deal to Professor Wade’s clear and detailed
explanations.
The authors acknowledge all registered trademarks as belonging to their respective owners.
Tom Dickins and Irina Moore
School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences, University of Wolverhampton
November, 2003
A new ab initio Russian course iii
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C Introductory Chapter (Pages 1-16)
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Chapter One - Introductions (Pages 17-32)
Competences
1. understanding basic introductions
2. using appropriate greetings
3. recognizing and forming patronymics
Grammar
1. the three genders (masculine, feminine, neuter)
2. the possessive pronoun ‘my’
3. regular plurals
Chapter Two - An object lesson (Pages 33-50)
Competences
1. identifying and locating objects
2. expressing possession
3. stating where you live
4. recognizing numbers
Grammar
1. the possessive pronouns ‘my’, ‘your’, ‘his’, ‘her’, ‘our’, ‘their’, ‘whose’
2. the verb ‘to live’
3. the prepositional case after â and íà
4. the numerals 1 to100
Chapter Three - Work / Nationality (Pages 51-64)
Competences
1. recognizing and talking about jobs
2. stating your nationality and identifying the nationality of other people
3. expressing movement on foot and by transport
4. using simple constructions of time
Grammar
1. the use of ïî (+ dative) in set expressions
2. the verbs ‘to work’ (ðàáîòàòü) and ‘to go’ (èäòè, åõàòü)
3. the accusative case with movement and expressions of time
Chapter Four - At the airport (Pages 65-80)
Competences
1. speaking with a passport control officer and a customs officer
2. changing currency
3. reading addresses and telephone numbers
4. understanding airport announcements
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1. the prepositional case ending -ó after â and íà T
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2. the prepositional case after î (about) O
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3. the accusative case to indicate the direct object F
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Chapter Five - Shopping for food (Pages 81-98) B
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1. finding your way around a Russian supermarket
2. saying ‘I have / I haven’t’
3. expressing a request
4. asking about the price of food
5. asking where somebody / something is from
Grammar
1. adjectives (m, f, n, pl) in the nominative case
2. the prepositional singular of adjectives
3. the genitive singular of nouns
4. the genitive of personal pronouns
5. the numerals 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1,000
Chapter Six - I can’t hear you very well! (Pages 99-116)
Competences
1. using the telephone
2. saying how old you are
3. expressing likes and dislikes (using the verb íðàâèòüñÿ)
4. shopping for clothes
Grammar
1. expressing possession (‘to have’)
2. the numerals 1,000 +
3. impersonal expressions and the dative case (pronouns and singular nouns)
4. the accusative of adjectives
Chapter Seven - At the hotel (Pages 117-134)
Competences
1. booking a hotel room
2. registering
3. finding your way around the hotel
4. making general requests
5. saying ‘there is / are (not)’
Grammar
1. ordinal numerals
2. the declension of titles
3. the instrumental singular of nouns and personal pronouns (after ñ)
4. the accusative case to express duration of time
5. the verbs ‘to want’ (õîòåòü) and ‘to speak, say, tell’ (ãîâîðèòü)
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1. the instrumental singular of adjectives
2. the instrumental plural of nouns
3. the instrumental case of function (without a preposition)
4. the verbs ‘to eat’ (åñòü) and ‘to drink’ (ïèòü)
Chapter Nine - Now and then (Pages 151-168)
Competences
1. talking about past events
2. saying when things happened
3. asking about and answering things in the past (affirmative and negative)
Grammar
1. the past tense of regular verbs
2. the instrumental case after the verbs áûòü, ñòàòü, ðàáîòàòü
3. the reflexive verbs (present and past tense)
4. the dates (years - ‘â 2002 ãîäó’)
Chapter Ten - Hobbies and interests (Pages 169-192)
Competences
1. talking about hobbies and interests
2. speaking about sport, cinema, theatre
3. expressing ‘wrong’ in Russian
Grammar
1. the genitive singular of adjectives
2. the instrumental plural of adjectives
3. double negatives (íèêîãäà íå, íèêòî íå, íèãäå íå etc.)
4. the multidirectional verbs of motion, õîäèòü and åçäèòü
Chapter Eleven - Health (Pages 193-210)
Competences
1 saying how you feel
2. calling an ambulance
3. making an appointment with a doctor
4. giving and seeking advice
Grammar
1. the dative singular of adjectives
2. the dative plural of nouns
3. the dative plural of adjectives
4. verbs of the type ÷óâñòâîâàòü
5. diminutive nouns
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1. understanding school and university timetables N
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2. filling in and interpreting forms relating to education C
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3. expressing precise time using dates and years O
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1. the genitive case with dates A
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2. the prepositional plural of nouns and adjectives
3. the genitive plural of nouns and adjectives
Chapter Thirteen - My family and (other) animals (Pages 231-248)
Competences
1. talking about your family
2. talking about animals
Grammar
1. pronouns
2. the animate accusative
3 miscellaneous nouns
4. prepositions which take the accusative case
Chapter Fourteen - The weather (Pages 249-270)
Competences
1. understanding a Russian weather forecast
2. enquiring about the weather
3. comparing the weather in different seasons and countries
4. expressing ideas relating to frequency
Grammar
1. adverbs derived from adjectives
2. the verb áûâàòü and ‘frequency’ adverbs
3. negative adverbs
4. the future tense of the verb áûòü
5. the comparative of adjectives and adverbs
6. the superlative of adjectives and adverbs

Chapter Fifteen -A horrible sight (or aspect?) (Pages 271-292)
Competences
1. distinguishing between the imperfective and perfective aspects
2. using the appropriate aspectual form in the past
3. using the appropriate aspectual form in the future
Grammar
1. perfective verbs formed by adding a prefix
2. perfective verbs formed by the process of shortening
3. perfective verbs formed by other internal adjustments
4. perfective verbs formed in other ways
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1. the formation of the imperative
2. the prepositions which take the instrumental case
3. the formation of the conditional mood
4. the formation of the subjunctive mood
Chapter Seventeen - Bon voyage! (Pages 315-342)
Competences
1. expressing the time of the day (a.m./p.m.)
2. telling the time more precisely
3. understanding train and plane timetables
4. requesting and giving information about travel
Grammar
1. reflexive verbs
2. numerals in oblique cases
3. unidirectional and multidirectional verbs of motion
4. compound verbs of motion
Chapter Eighteen - At home (Pages 343-362)
Competences
1. talking about household goods and chores
2. talking about everyday electrical appliances
3. talking about broken equipment and faults
Grammar
1. the pronoun ‘-self’ (ñàì)
2. the pronoun ‘such’ (òàêîé)
3. verbs with consonant mutation
4. the verb ‘to put’
Chapter Nineteen - Personal information (Pages 363-382)
Competences
1. talking about ages, weights and heights
2 talking about people’s appearance
3. talking about personality types
Grammar
1. expressions of approximation
2. the short form of adjectives
3. nouns in apposition
4. the particle ëè
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Chapter Twenty - A further step in reading and writing (Pages 383-410)
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1. using essay lubricants E
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2. writing a letter
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4. understanding and using abbreviations O
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1. participles (long and short forms) A
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2. gerunds
3. fill vowels
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Summary of the principal grammar points
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CASES AND THEIR USAGE
NOMINATIVE CASE
the three genders (masculine, feminine, neuter) (Chapter 1)
the possessive pronoun ‘my’ (Chapter 1)
regular plurals (Chapter 1)
the possessive pronouns ‘my’, ‘your’, ‘his’, ‘her’, ‘our’, ‘their’, ‘whose’ (Chapter 2)
adjectives (m, f, n, pl) in the nominative case (Chapter 5)
ACCUSATIVE CASE
the accusative case with movement and expressions of time (Chapter 3)
the accusative case to indicate the direct object (Chapter 4)
the accusative of adjectives (Chapter 6)
the accusative case to express duration of time (Chapter 7)
prepositions which take the accusative case (Chapter 13)
GENITIVE CASE
the genitive singular of nouns (Chapter 5)
the genitive of personal pronouns (Chapter 5)
the genitive singular of adjectives (Chapter 10)
the genitive case with dates (Chapter 12)
the genitive plural of nouns and adjectives (Chapter 12)
the animate accusative (Chapter 13)
DATIVE CASE
the use of ïî in set expressions (Chapter 3)
impersonal expressions and the dative of pronouns and singular nouns (Chapter 6)
the dative singular of adjectives (Chapter 11)
the dative plural of nouns (Chapter 11)
the dative plural of adjectives (Chapter 11)
INSTRUMENTAL CASE
the instrumental singular of nouns and personal pronouns (after ñ) (Chapter 7)
the instrumental singular of adjectives (Chapter 8)
the instrumental plural of nouns (Chapter 8)
the instrumental case of function (without a preposition) (Chapter 8)
the instrumental case after the verbs áûòü, ñòàòü, ðàáîòàòü (Chapter 9)
the instrumental plural of adjectives (Chapter 10)
the prepositions which take the instrumental case (Chapter 16)
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