• BASIC GRAMMATIC FEATURES:

BASIC GRAMMATIC FEATURES:
· There are three persons, I am.-Я-Ya . He is- Он -On . She is- Она- Ona

· Two numbers (singular and plural), A book- КнИга- kneegа. BookS- КнИги - knEEgее

· There are three genders: masculine He is- Он -On , feminine She is- Она- anA and neutral It- Оно-Ono

· There is no article

· Nouns, adjectives, pronouns, numerals, participles do decline

· There are 6 cases: Nominative, Genitive (the so-called Genitive-II is used with some nouns), Dative, Accusative, Instrumental and Prepositional (Prepositional-II is used with some nouns, though not with the same ones as Genitive-II) (Russian lacks Vocative case which is present in Ukrainian and in many other Slavic languages).

· There are 3 classes of noun declension

· Adjectives decline according to case, gender and number and agree with nouns in case, gender and number .

· There are short adjectives that do not decline .

· Verbs conjugate according to person, number, tense, voice and mood .

· There are two classes of conjugation, 3 tenses (Past, Present and Future) and 3 moods (Indicative, Subjunctive and Imperative) .

· Verbs have two aspects: Imperfective and Perfective, similar to English Present and Perfect infinitives, e.g. to do - to have done, to go - to have gone, but these two forms in Russian both consist of one word .

· Participles exist in 4 forms: Present Active, Past Active, Present Passive and Past Passive.

· There are short participles corresponding to two Passive forms of regular participles that like short adjectives do not decline .

· There are adverbial participles that do not decline and exist in Present and Past forms .

· Word order is free, moreover, by changing the word order any word in a sentence can be emphasized .


WARNING!

pryedoopryezhdYEnee-ya/ предупреждение.

Hey!-Look out!-Watch out!- astarOzhna! - Осторожно!

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MIND-

pryedoopryezhdYEnee-ya предупреждение.

Mind the steps!- astarOzhna stoopYEn'kee! ( n-very soft)- Осторожно ступеньки!

Mind the head- nye oodAr'tye gOlavoo ( r'-very soft)- Не ударьте голову

Be careful!- bOOd'tye astarOzhnay (d'-very soft)- Будьте осторожны!

You 'll be sorry- Way ab Etam pazhalYEyetye-(W-like in Moscow)-Вы об этом пожалеете!

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The Answer for some this question -ответы на вопросы

No- nyet- Нет

What do you want?- sthO way hatEEtye?- Что Вы хотите?

Yes- dA- Да

Yes?- dA?- Дa?

Yes? What is is?- da, shtO takOye?- Да, что такое?

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By all means marry; (zhyenEEs' v lyubOm slOOcha-ye) Женись в любом случае

If you get a good wife,( yеsly papadYOtsa harOshaya zhyenA ) Если попадеться хорошая жена,

You'll become happy; ( bOOdyesh schAstleef ) Будешь Счастлив;

If you get a bad one, ( YEslee plahA-ya) Если плохая,

You'll become a philosopher. ( stAnyesh feelOsafam) Станешь философом
(Socrates)

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