Lesson 6 :: Russian Online Lessons

Dialogues

Here you can work with dialogues of the lesson

I. Shopping

a) Listen to the dialogues and read the translation

A tourist is looking for a grey suit. He is asking the shop assistant for help. The shop assistant finds a good suit and the tourist tries it on. The suit fits well, and its price is rather good - they sell it with a discount. The tourist is going to take it.

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A tourist looks for post cards with views of the town. The shop assistant finds and shows some post cards to the tourist. The tourists also liked a souvenir. He decided to take this souvenir and 10 post cards.

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b) Listen and repeat the dialogues phrase by phrase

II. Useful phrases

a) Find the translation of Russian phrases

Listen to the phrases. Drag the English phrases from the list below
and drop them into the corresponding fields.

Phrase 1
Phrase 2
Phrase 3
Phrase 4
Phrase 5
Phrase 6
Phrase 7
Phrase 8
Phrase 9
Phrase 10
Phrase 11
Phrase 12

3It makes 340 roubles. 11I like it. 8We sell it with a discount. 12I'll take this souvenir.	5Can I help you? 4Thanks for your purchase! 10I'm looking for a grey suit. 7Your change is 60 roubles.
2Could you please help me? 1There are post cards with views of the town. 6Have you got post cards with views of the town? 9Could you please show this souvenir as well?

Vocabulary

Here you can learn words and expressions of the lesson.

I. I'm looking for a grey suit.

a) Learn Russian words:

Transcription
свитер [sviter]	sweater
куртка [koortka]	jacket
брюки [bryooki]	trousers
туфли [toofli]	shoes
юбка [yoopka]	skirt
платье [platye]	dress
футболка [foodbolka]	T-shirt
шорты [shorti]	shorts
костюм [kastyoom]	suit
шапка [shapka]	cap
бейсболка [biyzbolka]	baseball cap
рубашка [roobashka]	shirt

b) Translate phrases from English into Russian

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II. Have you got post cards?

a) Learn Russian words:

Transcription
брелок [brilok]	trinket
игрушка [igrooshka]	toy
открытка [atkritka]	post card
сувенир [soovinir]	souvenir
сумка [soomka]	bag
фигурка [figoorka]	figurine
картина [kartina]	picture

b) Listen and repeat the examples::

Revising words мой and ваш

Depending on the grammatical gender and the number of the following noun, the words мой (my) and Ваш (your) may change:

- "мой" [moy] and "Ваш" [vash] for masculine
- "моя" [maya] and "Ваша" [vasha] for faminine
- "моё" [mayo] and "Ваше" [vashe] for neuter
- "мои" [mai] and "Ваши" [vashi] for plural

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c) Give a positive answer to the questions:

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III. Goods

a) Listen and find the corresponding English word:

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IV. Russian numerals

a) Learn Russian numerals higher than 1000:

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одна тысяча [adna tisicha]	one thousand
две тысячи [dvye tisichi]	two thousand
три тысячи [tri tisichi]	three thousand
четыре тысячи [chitiri tisichi]	four thousand
пять тысяч [pyat tisich]	five thousand
шесть тысяч [shest tisich]	six thousand
семь тысяч [syem tisich]	seven thousand
десять тысяч [dyesit tisich]	ten thousand

Look at the following examples:

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b) Listen to the Russian numeral and write it (with figures 1, 2, 3 etc.) in the text area:

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Practice

Here you can learn grammar and lexical rules of the lesson.

I. What are you looking for?

Construction Мне нужен

In the dialogue above you have seen the following construction:

Мне нужен серый костюм.
[mnye noojin syeriy kastyoom]

I'm looking for a grey suit.

The expression "мне нужен" which may mean "I need (something)" or "I'm looking for" (something) changes depending on the grammatical gender and the number of the following noun as follows:

- "мне нужен" [mnye noojin] for masculine
- "мне нужна" [mnye noojna] for faminine
- "мне нужно" [mnye noojna] for neuter
- "мне нужны" [mnye noojni] for plural

We remind that most Russian nouns finish in masculine with a consonant, in feminine with "-a", and in neuter with "о" or "е". In plural, most nouns finish with "-и" or "-ы".

a) Look, listen and reapeat the examples:

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b) Build phrases in Russian:

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c) Translate phrases from English into Russian

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II. Can you show me this souvenir?

Particularities of Russian sentences

You have already seen in our course the word "этот" (this). Depending on the grammatical gender and the number of the following noun, this word will change as follows:

- "этот" [etat] for masculine
- "эта" [eta] for faminine
- "это" [eta] for neuter
- "эти" [eti] for plural

a) Give a positive answer following the model to the questions:

Model

Вам нужен этот костюм?
[vam noojin etat kastyoom]

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Да, мне нужен этот костюм.
[da, mnye noojin etat kastyoom]

Do you need this suit? -Yes, I need this suit.

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b) Translate phrases from English into Russian

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III. I like it!

Construction Мне нравится...

In the dialogue you could see the following construction:

I like it.

Мне он нравится.
[mnye on nravitsa]

If you like something, you can say that using the expression:

Мне нравится ...
[mnye nravitsa]

I like ....

If you want to say that you like several objects, you can say that using the expression:

Мне нравятся ...
[mnye nravyatsa]

I like ... (sevral objects)

a) Give a positive answer following the model to the questions:

Model

Вам нравится этот костюм?
[vam nravitsa etat kastyoom?]

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Да, мне нравится этот костюм.
[da, mnye nravitsa etat kastyoom]

Do you like this suit? - Yes, I like this suit.

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b) Give a negative answer following the model to the questions:

Model

Вам нравится этот сувенир?
[vam nravitsa etat soovinir?]

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Нет, мне не нравится этот сувенир.
[nyet, mnye ni nravitsa etat soovinir]

Do you like this souvenir? - No, I don't like this souvenir.

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c) Build phrases in Russian:

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Revision

Revise materials from this lesson

Revise this lesson's materials

a) Listen and find the corresponding English phrases:

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In this lesson you have learned

- Words and expressions on the topic "Shopping".

- An expression that you can use to say that you need something or you are looking for something:

Мне нужен костюм.

- Forms of the pronoun "этот":

Мне нужен этот костюм.
Мне нужна эта открытка.

- An expression that will help you to say that you like something:

Мне нравится эта футболка.
Мне нравятся эти игрушки.

- Numerals higher than 1000.

In order to make sure you have understood all the material of the lesson and to get some additional information, we recommend you to visit the following pages:

Pages of Shopping section:
- Outdoor clothing
- Shoes
- Perfumery
- Accessories and others
Numerals more than 100

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Dialogues

I. Shopping

II. Useful phrases

Vocabulary

I. I'm looking for a grey suit.

II. Have you got post cards?

III. Goods

IV. Russian numerals

Practice

I. What are you looking for?

II. Can you show me this souvenir?

Model

III. I like it!

Model

Model

Revision

Revise this lesson's materials