Chapter 1 Lesson 3

Chapter 1 Lesson 3
Ру́ сские бу́ квы: гру́ ппа 3

Russian Letters: Group 3
Week 1, Lesson 3
 Continuing with the alphabet
 Gender of nouns
 Greetings/taking leave
 Vocabulary
Review
Consonants Vowels
М, м А, а
П, п О, о
К, к Э, э
Т, т Е, е
Д, д Я, я
Н, н Which indicate the
Ч, ч preceding consonant is
hard? Soft?
Grammar Overview
 O or A at the beginning of a word or

before the stress is pronounced as a
weak ‘a’
 In most cases Ч, ч is pronounced as

‘ch’ like in cheese. *Exceptions such as
Чтo (shto?) should be memorized.
Negation
 не = not. Shows
negation.
Это апте́ ка? Нет,
э́ то не апте́ ка.
 Это не Аня. Это дом
 Это не ма́ ма.
Exercise 1-18
New Letters
Consonants Vowels
 У у ‘u’ as in tube
 ы - no English
 Б б‘b’ as in book equivalent
 С с‘s’ in sound
Note: у and ы indicate
Р р ‘r’ in rest that the preceding
consonant is hard
 Й й ‘y’ in yes
 Link to Handwriting Demo
The Soft Sign
The soft sign indicates that the preceding consonant

is soft.
Section 1-23 Listen and Repeat
 Link to Exercise 1-23

Remember!
 а, о, у, э, ы indicate that the preceding

consonant is hard.
 я, е, ь (the soft sign) indicate that the
preceding consonant is soft.
Greetings (1-24)
 Утро - Morning  День - Day, afternoon
 До́ брое у́ тро! –  До́ брый день!

Good Good
Morning! Afternoon!
(from 6 am to 12 pm) (from 12 pm to 6 pm)

Taking leave
Пока́ !
Bye! So long!
(Informal, for friends only)
And now, exercise 1-25
До́ брое у́ тро or До́ брый день?

Pronouns
Pronouns you already New pronoun

know Мы - we
Я-I
Ты - you
oн/она/оно – he/she/it
Pronoun Practice – What is it in
Russian?
I
you
he
she
it
we
New Vocabulary
 Студе́нт
Student (male)
 Студе́нтка
Student (female)
Let’s do exercises 1-26 and 1-27
Remember to adjust your intonation for questions

and statements!
Gender of Nouns
Russian nouns are classified according to

grammatical gender:
 Masculine
 Feminine
 Neuter
Gender of Nouns
 Masculine nouns end in  Feminine nouns end
a consonant, -ь, or –й in -а or –я
дом ру́ чка
банк Ка́ тя
день Important!: nouns that
май end in -а or -я and
refer to male persons
are masculine:
Ваня, папа
Gender of Nouns
Neuter nouns end in -о or –е

окно́
мо́ ре
Pronunciation of unstressed E
Pronounce unstressed e in syllables before the stress

as ‘ee’ in English ‘tree’ or ‘see’:
секре́т
секрета́ рь
семья́́
сестра́
Exercise 1-29
Identifying the gender of nouns

What is ‘it’?
 Use он when referring to male persons or
masculine nouns.
 Это банк?
 Да, э́то он.
 Use она́ when referring to female persons or to

feminine nouns.
 Это по́ чта?
 Да, э́то она́ .
 Use оно́ when referring to neuter nouns.
 Это мо́ ре?
 Да, э́то о́ но.
Russian blogs anyone?
Link to Exercise 1-31

Continuing with gender
Notice in the previous dialogue that not only моя́ but

мой means ‘my’
мой па́ па, мой брат, мой кот
моя́ ма́ ма, моя́ сестра́ , моя́ соба́ ка
And now...Bingo!

Exercise 1-33
Match the printed words with their hand-written

counterparts.
Exercise 1-34
Practice your new vocabulary with a crossword

puzzle.
Sound Recognition

Review your consonants and vowels
Review of gender
Russian nouns are classified according to

grammatical gender:
 Masculine - ends in a consonant, -ь, or -й
 Feminine - ends in -а or -я
 Neuter - ends in -о or –е
Review of gender
Important!: nouns that end in -а or –я and refer to

male persons are masculine.
Don’t forget!:
мой modifies a masculine noun
моя́ modifies a feminine noun.
Memorize, memorize, and memorize
some more!
Memorize all of the vocabulary on page 19.
You’ll find that you recognize many of the words!

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Ру́ сские бу́ квы: гру́ ппа 3

 Continuing with the alphabet

 O or A at the beginning of a word or

 In most cases Ч, ч is pronounced as

The soft sign indicates that the preceding consonant

 Link to Exercise 1-23

 а, о, у, э, ы indicate that the preceding

 Утро - Morning  День - Day, afternoon

 До́ брое у́ тро! –  До́ брый день!

(from 6 am to 12 pm) (from 12 pm to 6 pm)

До́ брое у́ тро or До́ брый день?

Pronouns you already New pronoun

Remember to adjust your intonation for questions

Russian nouns are classified according to

Neuter nouns end in -о or –е

Pronounce unstressed e in syllables before the stress

Identifying the gender of nouns

 Use она́ when referring to female persons or to

Link to Exercise 1-31

Notice in the previous dialogue that not only моя́ but

Link to Exercise 1-32

Match the printed words with their hand-written

Practice your new vocabulary with a crossword

Link to Exercise 1-36

Russian nouns are classified according to

 Masculine - ends in a consonant, -ь, or -й

Important!: nouns that end in -а or –я and refer to

Memorize all of the vocabulary on page 19.

You’ll find that you recognize many of the words!

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