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6 - шесть |
6 - (chèsst') |
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7 - семь |
7 - (s'èm') |
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Третий (3-й) урок |
(tretiy urok) |
Third lesson |
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УРОК НОМЕР ТРИ (№3) |
(oorock nommĕr tree) |
Lesson number three (# 3) |
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Извините, вы русский? |
eezveeneet'ĕ, vy roôskee'
(oô is a long oo, as in moon)
(русский,
with final ий
[iy] is either a noun or an adjective,
whereas по-русски
[(in the) Russian (way)] is an adverbial phrase.) |
Excuse (me), (are) you (pl. or polite) Russian? |
2 |
Нет, я француз. |
n'ĕt, ia frantsooz. |
No, I (am a) Frenchman. |
3 |
Но вы говорите по-русски? |
no(r) vy gòvòreet'ĕ
pò-rooskee.
(Notice that но
means but, whereas no is
нет.) |
But you speak Russian? |
4 |
Нет, я только начинаю. |
N'ĕt, ia tol'ko natchinnă'oo.
(толь
- tol': say tol as if you
were going to say : toli[ac] and stopped before ac.)
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No, I only begin. |
5 |
Что вы желаете? |
Shtaw vy (d)jĕLă'ĕt'ĕ.
(Mind the hard — or vibrated L. See page XI,
note 1.) |
What (do) you (pl. or polite) want? |
6 |
Я желаю знать, где здесь госпиталь. |
ia (d)jĕLă'oo znăt' g´d'ĕ
zd'ĕss' gospeetäl' .
(The soft sign ь,
represented by ' (znă't', zd'ĕss', gospeetäl')
indicates that the preceding consonant must be slightly slurred,
as if
you began to say znat'[ac] .)
(The ä represents an obscure ă, nearly a
mute e .) |
I want to know where (is) here (the) hospital. |
7 |
Я не знаю, но вот мой брат знает. |
ia n'ĕ znă'oo, no(r) vot moy brrăt znă'ĕt.
(We note brrăt with two rr to remind you that the
r must be rolled.) |
I (do) not know, but here is my brother (who) knows. |
8 |
Всё прямо;
госпиталь не очень далеко. |
vssio(r) prr'ăimo; gospeetäl'
n'ĕ otchĕgn dal'ĕko.
(Do not say pree-amo, but ia in one sound,
as in kayak. ) |
Straight on [all straight]; (the) hospital (is) not very
far. |
9 |
Спасибо; до
свидания. |
spasseebo; do sveedănn'ĕ
(after the stressed syllable
да, the
ния has an indistinct sound,
rather n'ĕ than nia.) |
Thank-you ; good bye. |
10 |
Я начинаю, вы начинаете, он (она)
начинает. |
ia natcheenă'oo, vy natcheenă'ĕt'ĕ,
on (annă) natcheenă'ĕt. |
I begin, you begin, he (she) begins. |
11 |
Я желаю, вы желаете, он (она) желает. |
ia (d)jĕLă'oo, vy (d)jeLă'ĕt'ĕ, on (annă)
(d)jeLă'ĕt . |
I want, you want, he (she) wants. |
12 |
Всё; но;
только; вот; здесь. |
vssio(r); no(r); tol'kö; vot; zd'ĕss'. |
All; but; only; here is; here. |
13 |
Мой брат;
спасибо; до свидания. |
moy brrat; spasseebö; do(r)sveedănn'ĕ. |
My brother; thank you; good bye. |
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EXERCISE. |
1 |
Я не говорю по-французски. |
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I (do) not speak French. |
2 |
Вы знаете, где мой брат. |
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You know where my brother (is). |
3 |
Извините, я не знаю. |
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Excuse (me), I (do) not know. |
4 |
Я знаю, что он не далеко. |
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I know that he (is) not far. |
5 |
Вот он! - Вот она!.. |
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Here he (is); here she (is). |
6 |
Он ничего не желает. |
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He wants nothing [he nothing not wants]. |