LESSON NOTES

Beginner S2 #4
Where Did You Learn to Talk like
That...in Russia?

CONTENTS
2 Russian
2 Romanization
2 English
3 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences
5 Grammar
7 Cultural Insight

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 RUSSIAN

1. НЕВЕЗУЧИЙ Вот мой посадочный талон! Я нашёл его!

КЕВИН:

2. Дежурный по посадке: Куда Вы летите?

3. НЕВЕЗУЧИЙ В Москву.
КЕВИН:

4. Дежурный по посадке: К сожалению, посадка на Ваш самолёт уже окончена.

Следующий завтра утром.

ROMANIZATION

1. NEVEZUCHIY Vot moy posadochnyy talon! Ya nashyol ego!

KEVIN:

2. DEJURNYY PO Kuda vy letite?

POSADKE:

3. NEVEWUCHIY V Moskvu.
KEVIN:

4. DEJURNYY PO K sozhaleniyu, posadka na vash samolyot uzhe okonchena.

POSADKE: Sleduyuchshiy zavtra utrom.

ENGLISH

1. UNLUCKY KEVIN: Here is my boarding pass! I've found it!

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2. BOARDING Where are you flying?
DESK
ASSISTANT:

3. UNLUCKY KEVIN: Moscow.

4. BOARDING I'm afraid the boarding for your flight has already finished. The next
DESK one is tomorrow morning.
ASSISTANT:

VOCABULARY

R ussian R omanization English C lass

куда kuda where (to) pronoun

найти nayti to find verb

посадочный талон posadochniy talon a boarding pass adjective + noun

лететь letet' to fly verb

unfortunately, I'm
к сожалению k sozhaleniyu afraid adverb

посадка posadka boarding, landing noun

уже uzhe already, yet adverb

okonchen,
okonchena, finished (masculine,
окончен, окончена,
okoncheno, feminine, neuter, past participle
окончено, окончены
okoncheny plural)

present participle,
следующий sleduyuschiy next adjective

SAMPLE SENTENCES

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Куда вы ездили вчера? Куда ты идёшь?
Kuda vy yezdili vchyera? Kuda ty idyosh'?

"Where did you go yesterday? (by car, etc.)" "Where are you going?"

Я нашла 100 рублей. Ты нашёл свой кошелёк?

Ya nashla 100 rublyey. Ty nashyol svoy koshyelyok?

"I found a hundred rubles." "Have you found your wallet?"

Ваш паспорт и посадочный талон, Вот ваш посадочный талон.

пожалуйста. Vot vash posadochnyy talon.

Vash pasport i posadochnyy talon, pozhaluysta.

"Here's your boarding pass."

"Can I see your passport and your boarding pass,

please?"

Птицы летят на юг. Самолёт летит в Токио.

Ptitsy lyetyat na yug. Samolyot lyetit v Tokio.

"The birds are flying to the south." "The plane is flying to Tokyo."

К сожалению, автобус уже ушёл. К сожалению, я не могу Вам помочь.

K sozhaleniyu, avtobus uzhe ushyol. K sozhalyeniyu, ya nye mogu Vam pomoch'.

"Unfortunately, the bus had gone already." "Unfortunately I can't help you."

Пристегните ремни перед посадкой. Посадка уже началась.

Pristyegnitye ryemni pyeryed posadkoy. Posadka uzhye nachalas'.

"Fasten your seat belts before the landing." "The boarding has already started."

Ты уже был в Париже? Ты уже была в Америке?

Ty uzhye byl v Parizhye? Ty uzhye byla v Amyerikye?

"Have you already been to Paris?" "Have you already been to America?"

Я уже написал письмо. Соревнование окончено.

Ya uzhye napisal pis'mo. Soryevnovaniye okonchyeno.

"I've already written the letter." "The competition is finished."

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Урок окончен. Когда следующий автобус?
Urok okonchyen. Kogda slyeduyuschiy avtobus?

"The lesson is over." "When is the next bus?"

Кто следующий? На следующий день мы пошли в кино.

Kto slyeduyuschiy? Na slyeduyuschiy dyen' my poshli v kino.

"Who's next?" "The next day, we went to a movie."

Следующий автобус в пять. Кто следующий?

Slyeduyuschiy avtobus v pyat'. Kto slyeduyuschiy?

"The next bus is at five." "Who's the next?"

В следующем году мы поедем в Америку.

V slyeduyuschyem godu my poyedyem v Amyeriku.

"Next year, we are going to America."

GRAMMAR

The Focus of This Lesson is Asking Questions that Begin with "Where"
Куд а вы ле т ит е ?
"Where are you flying?"

You probably know that to ask, "where do you live" you use гд е , as in, Где ты живёшь?
However, the boarding desk assistant doesn't ask Kevin, Где вы летите? Instead, she asks,
Куда вы летите? So what's the difference between "гд е " and "куд а?"

Compare these examples:

Russian "English"

Где вы работаете? "Where do you work?"

Где больница? "Where is the hospital?"

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Куда вы едете? "Where are you going?"

Куда он идёт? "Where is he going?"

As you can see, you use гд е to ask where something is situated. You use куд а to ask about
the direction of movement, and we usually use this word with verbs of movement (идти,
ехать, лететь, etc.).

The answer to где would be "in a place."

The answer to куда would be "to a place."

Please note: If you have где in the question, you use the prepositional case.

For example:

1. Где Катя? В магазине.

"Where's Kate? In a shop."

Just to remind you, we mainly use the prepositional case to say where something is located
(after the prepositions в and на). Singular nouns in the prepositional case usually end in -e.

For example:

1. Я работаю в школе.
"I work at school."

2. Я живу в Лондоне.
"I live in London."

If you have куда in the question, you use the accusative case.

For example:

1. Куда вы едете? В Москву.

"Where are you going? To Moscow."

To remind you:

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In the accusative case, the ending doesn't change for masculine, neuter, or plural nouns.
However, it does change for feminine nouns:

1. Feminine nouns ending in -a, change the -a into -y

2. Feminine nouns that end in -я, change the -я into -ю

Я еду в Россию. "I'm going to Russia."

Россия becomes Россию

Please, note that the rules are different for animate nouns (people or animals).

Sample Sentences

Russian "English"

Где Маша? Она в школе. "Where's Masha? She's at school."

"Where's Masha going? She's going to

Куда идёт Маша? Она идёт в школу. school."

Где живёт Сергей? Он живёт в Киеве. "Where does Sergey live? He lives in Kiev."

"Where is Sergey going? He's going to

Куда едет Сергей? Он едет в Киев. Kiev."

CULTURAL INSIGHT

Be On Time in Russia!

Like in many other countries, Russians consider being late for work or a meeting
unprofessional and impolite. However, people are often late to meet a date or friends. If
someone invites you to a party, you should try to come on time, unlike in the USA.

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