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Lesson 10

	Russian Русский	Pronunciation & Comments Произношение и комментарии	English Английский
	23 - двадцать три	23 - (dvadcăt' tri)	twenty three
	24 - двадцать четыре	24 - (dvadcăt' chetyre)	twenty four
	25 - двадцать пять	25 - (dvadcăt' p'at')	twenty five
	26 - двадцать шесть	26 - (dvadcăt' shest')	twenty six
	27 - двадцать семь	27 - (dvadcăt' sem')	twenty seven

	Десятый (10-й) урок	(des'atiy urok)	Tenth lesson

	УРОК НОМЕР ДЕСЯТЬ (№10)	(oorock nommĕr des'at')	Lesson number ten (#10)

	Мне некогда (1)		I have not the time [for-me (there is) no when]
			AK: This means "I have no time" некогда means /state of absence of free time/, /state of someone's hurrying/

1	У меня дома есть письмо для вас;		At my house [with me at home] there is (a) letter for you;
			AK: Word by word it is "On/at me home is/be letter for you (pl.)." Compare: "with me at home" would be "со мной дома"

2	хотите-ли вы его (2) сейчас?		do you want it immediately?
			AK: This means "Do you (pl.) want it now?"
	хотите ли вы его взять?		Use this phrase (mind modern orthography) in a normal conversation. "Do you want to take it?"

3	Я сейчас не могу итти (3) к вам (4); мне некогда.		I cannot go to your house [to you] immediately ; I have not the time.
			AK: итти (old spelling) = идти (to go or to be walking) мне некогда = I have no free time

4	Ничего, я завтра...		It does not matter [(it is) nothing] ; to-morrow I...
			AK: It's not clear, what will be "tomorrow" and/or who's speaking. So here're two alternatives:
	Ничего, я зайду завтра...		"It's nothing, I'll drop-in tomorrow..."
	Ничего, я отдам вам завтра...		"It's nothing, I'll give (it, letter) to you tomorrow..."

5	А как раз Иван Иванович (5) идёт к вам;		But precisely [for once] Ivan Ivanovitch goes to your house;
			AK : как раз [kak-raz] means here "at this moment when it's exactly appropriate"

6	дайте ему (6) письмо для меня, пожалуйста.		give him (the) letter for me, please.
	отдайте ему моё письмо		AK: "hand-in him my letter", to speak without theatrics.

7	Хорошо. Я как раз хочу ему что-то сказать.		(Very) well. Precisely I want to tell him something [I want to-him something tell].

8	Вы знаете, что он хочет играть в футбол?		(Do) you know that he wants to play [in] football.
	(Written "футболь" in the original book.)		AK: футболь (old spelling and/or error) = футбол футболь! = "kick it here, as if you are playing football!" - a slangish command and/or joke

9	Это возможно (7); он так любит спорт;		This (is) possible; he likes sport so much;

10	сам играю в теннис; а вы?		I myself play [in] tennis; and you?
11	Я никогда не играю; но извините, мне некогда.		I never [not] play; but excuse (me); I have not the time.
			мне некогда = "I have no time", "I'm in hurry"

12	я хочу; вы хотите; он хочет (8).		I want; you want; he wants.
13	я иду; вы идёте; он идёт.		I go; you go; he goes.
14	я играю; вы играете; он играет.		I play; you play; he plays.
15	для вас, для меня; у вас, у меня; к вам, ко (4) мне.		for you, for me; at your house, at my house; to your house, to my house.
16	возможно; итти (идти); играть.		(it is) possible; to go; to play.

	УПРАЖНЕНИЕ	(oopra(d)jniĕniĕ)	EXERCISE.
1	Возможно-ли, что он сам здесь?		(Is it) possible that he himself (should be) here?
			AK: It's not clear what is it all about. Compare:
	Он сам здесь? / Он здесь сам?		He himself here? Is he here alone?

2	Она хочет итти (идти) к вам сегодня или завтра.		She wants to go to your house to-day or to-morrow.
			AK: This means "She wants to go to you (to your pl. place) today or tomorrow.'

3	Знаете-ли вы, болен-ли он ещё?		(Do) you know (if) he (is) still ill?
	Знаете ли вы, болен ли он ещё?		AK: It's written this way now. болен ли = "ill /whether?/"

4	Он не может итти (идти) к вам.		He cannot go to your house.
	Он не может пойти к вам.		AK: Use this instead, in a real conversation "He cannot go to you."

5	Он сейчас у меня.		He (is) now at my house.
			AK: "у меня' means, in this particular phrase, "where I'm now, near me". And not necessarily "at my house" - it can be anywhere where "I" am.

	NOTES.	AK-NOTE
1	Мне некогда : to me no when (no time).	-> there's no time, I have no time
2	Его : a neuter (письмо (letter) is neuter) accusative, similar to the masculine one.	Его - him / it - a neuter accusative - "I accuse him / it" письмо - letter - is a neuter-case word ("it") Compare: его письмо - his (man's) letter дай его - give it
3	Here is an exceptional verb ; the infinitive does not end in : -ть ; moreover it is irregular : итти (eetee) to go; я иду, вы идёте (ееd'оtt'ĕ), он идёт (eed'ot) : I go, you (pl.) go, he goes Итти is also spelt идти.	-> a verb with an exception It's идти now, not итти.
4	У (вас) implies immobility; к (вам) motion. Он у вас: he is at your home. Он идёт к вам: he goes to your house. Whereas у requires the genitive, к is always followed by the dative. It takes a euphonic о (ко) before мне. Она у меня: she is at my home; она идёт ко мне: she goes to my house.	У вас - at your place, you have к вам - (to go) to your place Он у вас - he's with you now (in this particular case, when no other words present) Он идёт к вам - he goes to you (pl.), he goes to your (pl.) place
5	The ending ovitch after a Christian name means son of : Иванович, son of Ivan.
	It is more usual to call oneself so than use one's surname.	-> Иванов Иван Иванович - Surname, Name, Patronymic It is more usual to call someone so (Иванович), than to use his surname (Иванов).
6	Ему : to him, dative of он, he, whose accusative is его, him.	-> to accuse him - обвинять его
7	Возможно, possible; remember можно, one may; он может, he may; может быть, may-be.
8	One more irregular verb : я хочу, вы хотите, он хочет I want, you pl. want, he wants.	хотеть - to want, to wish

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