Russian Online with Acy – Part 1 – Lesson 2
КАК ДЕЛА?
“How is it going?” reading as [kak-dela], The letters we learn:
К-Д-Л [k-d-l]
the О [o] stressed
the О [a] unstressed
Let’s read and remember “КАК ДЕЛА” [kak-dela] (how is it going?):
К [k]
Д [d]
Л [l] +
O [o] – under stress is always [o] otherwise it sounds like [a] as if it was the letter A:
ПИВО [peeva] – beer
ВОДА [vada] – water
ПОКА [paka] – Bye, informal
Exercise 1. We read and learn new words.
ДА [da] – yes
ВОДА [vada] – water
ВОДКА [vodka] – vodka
ДОКТОР [doktar] – a doctor
ВЛАД [vlad] – Vlad (short name from Vladimir)
ВИКТОР [viktar] – Victor
Note: in the Russian language we do not have any articles!
ВИЛКА / ВИЛКИ [vilka / vilki] – a fork / forks
ТАРЕЛКА / ТАРЕЛКИ [tarelka / tarelki] – a plate / plates
РЕКА [reka] – a river
КРЕВЕТКА / КРЕВЕТКИ [krevetka / krevetki] – a shrimp / shrimps
ЛИТР [litr] – a liter
КОД [kod] – a code
КВАРТИРА [kvartira] – an apartment
ПРИВЕТ – ПОКА [preevet-paka] – Hello – Bye, informal
Exercise 2. We practice reading.
The ‘O’ stressed is always [о]:
КОД [kod] – the code
ЛОЛА [lola] – Lola
КОКА-КОЛА [kokakola] – Coca-Cola
ТОРТ [tort] – the cake
РОТ [rot] – the mouth
ВОТ… [vot] – here (is)…
ВОТ ТОРТ [vot-tort] – here is the cake
ВОТ КОД [vot-kod] – here is the code
The ‘O’ not stressed is always [а]:
ПОКА [paka] – bye, bye-bye
ПОДАРОК / ПОДАРКИ [padarak / padarki] – a present / presents
ВОДА [vada] – the water
ДОКТОР [doktar] – a doctor
ВИКТОР [viktar] – Victor
ПИВО [piva] – the beer
Exercise 3. We practice some more reading.
Exercise 4. We learn new conversational formulas.
ВОТ…
ВОТ ВОДА. – Вот вода.
ВОТ КОД.
ВОТ КВАРТИРА.
ВОТ ВИЛКА. / ВОТ ВИЛКИ.
ВОТ ТАРЕЛКА. / ВОТ ТАРЕЛКИ.
ВОТ ПАПА И ВЛАД.
Exercise 5. We practice speaking.
Homework. We train some more.
