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Traveling in a foreign country such as Russia suddenly becomes a
lot more exciting when you can engage in elegant small talk with
the locals. Russian Phrases For Dummies is your handy guide
to everyday words and phrases you can start using immediately to
make your visit more rewarding and a whole lot easier.
This user-friendly phrasebook will jump-start your comprehension
and have you speaking basic Russian in no time. Its quick-and-easy
approach gives you language fundamentals up front, the Words to
Know section helps you find the right word fast, and the
easy-to-use pronunciation key helps other people understand what
you're trying to say. You'll learn how to:
Get directions, shop, and eat out
Talk numbers, dates, and time
Chat about family and work
Discuss sports and the weather
Deal with problems and emergencies
Pronounce familiar English words and phrases in Russian and
English
Beware of words that sound to English but don't mean the same
thing
Read signs that use the Russian alphabet
Follow the conventions of Russian pronunciation
Use basic Russian grammar correctly
Keep ten commonly used Russian phrases on the tip of your
tongue
Use basic telephone vocabulary and send letters, emails, and
faxes
Don't have time to study the language before you get to Russia?
No worries. Just flip through Russian Phrases For Dummies,
find the section that fits your needs, and start talking!
Auteur
Andrew Kaufman, PhD, is currently a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Virginia. He holds a PhD in Slavic Languages and Literatures from Stanford University, and he has recognized success as both a published scholar and an innovative, award-winning teacher of Russian language, literature, and culture at some of the country's top universities. To learn more about Dr. Kaufman, please visit his website at www.professorandy.com.
Serafima Gettys, PhD, earned her doctorate degree in Foreign Language Education from Gertzen State Pedagogical University, Leningrad, USSR. She is currently a Coordinator of the Foreign Language Program at Lewis University, where she also teaches Russian. Prior to coming to Lewis University, she taught Russian at Stanford University. Gettys is also a member of a number of professional language associations.
Nina Wieda is a doctoral student in Slavic Languages and Literatures at Northwestern University in Chicago. A trained linguist with an MA in Social Sciences, Nina also has a book of poetry published in Russian, and a number of scholarly articles on Chekhov and contemporary drama published in English.
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Résumé
Traveling in a foreign country such as Russia suddenly becomes a lot more exciting when you can engage in elegant small talk with the locals. Russian Phrases For Dummies is your handy guide to everyday words and phrases you can start using immediately to make your visit more rewarding and a whole lot easier.
This user-friendly phrasebook will jump-start your comprehension and have you speaking basic Russian in no time. Its quick-and-easy approach gives you language fundamentals up front, the Words to Know section helps you find the right word fast, and the easy-to-use pronunciation key helps other people understand what you're trying to say. You'll learn how to:
Contenu
Introduction 1
About This Book 1
Conventions Used in This Book 2
Foolish Assumptions 2
Icons Used in This Book 3
Where to Go from Here 4
Chapter 1: I Say It How? Speaking Russian 5
Looking at the Russian Alphabet 5
From A to Ya: Making sense of Cyrillic 5
I know you! Familiar-looking, same-sounding letters 10
Playing tricks: Familiar-looking, different-sounding letters 10
How bizarre: Weird-looking letters 11
Sounding Like a Real Russian with Proper Pronunciation 12
Understanding the one-letter/one-sound principle 12
Giving voice to vowels 12
Enunciating consonants correctly 15
Surveying sticky sounds 17
Chapter 2: Grammar on a Diet: Just the Basics 21
Making the Russian Cases 22
Nominative case 22
Genitive case 22
Accusative case 22
Dative case 23
Instrumental case 23
Prepositional case 23
Building Your Grammar Base with Nouns and Pronouns 24
Getting the lowdown on the gender of nouns 24
Checking out cases for nouns 24
Putting plurals into their cases 27
Picking out pronouns 34
Decorating Your Speech with Adjectives 39
Always consenting: Adjective-noun agreement 39
A lot in common: Putting adjectives into other cases 41
Nowhere to be found: The lack of articles in Russian 43
Adding Action with Verbs 43
Spotting infinitives 43
Living in the present tense 43
Keep it simple: Forming the past tense 44
Past again: Perfective or imperfective? 45
Planning for the future tense 46
Using the unusual verb byt' (to be) 47
Chapter 3: Numerical Gumbo: Counting of All Kinds 49
Counting in Russian 49
Numbers 0 through 9 50
Numbers 10 through 19 51
First, Second: Ordinal Numbers 51
The Clock's Ticking: Telling Time 52
Counting the hours 52
Marking the minutes 54
Asking for the time 56
Knowing the times of the day 56
Monday, Tuesday: Weekdays 57
Talking about time relative to the present 58
Checking Your Calendar 59
Recognizing the names of the months 59
Saying the year 60
Surveying the seasons 61
Money, Money, Money 62
Changing money 62
Heading to the ATM 62
Spending money 63
Paying with credit cards 64
Chapter 4: Making New Friends and Enjoying Small Talk 65
To Whom Am I Speaking? Being Informal or Formal 65
Comings and Goings: Saying Hello and Goodbye 66
Saying hello to different people 66
Handling How are you? 67
Taking your leave 68
Break the Ice: Making Introductions 68
Getting acquainted 68
Asking for people's names and introducing yourself 69
Introducing your friends and family 70
Let Me Tell You Something: Talking about Yourself 71
Stating where you're from 71
Telling your age 72
Talking about Family 73
Beginning with basic terms for family members 73
Talking about family members with the verb to have 74
Where Do You Work? 75
Let's Get Together: Giving and Receiving Contact Information 78
I'm Sorry! I Don't Understand 79
Chapter 5: Enjoying a Drink and a Snack (or a Meal!) 81
Focusing on Food Basics 81
Eating up 81
Drinking up 83
Using utensils and tableware 85
Enjoying Different Mea…