Russian Online with Acy – Part 1 – Lesson 4
ДОБРЫЙ ДЕНЬ!
“Good afternoon!”, reading [dobryi-den’], the letters we learn:
Ы [y]
Й [i]
Н [n]
Ь [no sound]
Let’s read and remember:
ДОБРЫЙ ДЕНЬ [dobryi-den’] Good afternoon!
Ы [i] like in ‘it is’
Й [i] like in the word ‘yellow’
Н [n] like in the word ‘now’
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Ь [no sound] – the soft sign which indicated that the previous consonant is pronounced softly:
ИНЬ [in’] – yin
ДЕНЬ [den’] – the day
ХОРОШИЙ [haroshyi] – the day
КРАСИВЫЙ [krasivyi] – the day
ВХОД / ВЫХОД [vhod / vyhad] – entrance / exit
ПЛАТНЫЙ / БЕСПЛАТНЫЙ [platnyi / besplatnyi] – for fee / free of charge
СВОБОДНЫЙ [svabodnyi] – free
ВХОД СВОБОДНЫЙ [vhod svabodnyi] – free entrance
Exercise 1. We read and learn new words.
РЫБА [ryba] – fish
СОЛЬ [sol’] – salt
ДА / НЕТ [da / net] – yes / no
ДОБРЫЙ [dobryi] – kind
НЕДОБРЫЙ [nedobryi] – unkind
ХОРОШИЙ / НЕ ХОРОШИЙ [haroshyi / ne-haroshyi] – good / not good
ПЛОХОЙ / НЕ ПЛОХОЙ [plahoi / ne-plahoi] – bad / not bad
КРАСИВЫЙ / НЕ КРАСИВЫЙ [krasivyi / ne-krasivyi] – beautiful, pretty, nice / not beautiful
ШИКАРНЫЙ / НЕ ШИКАРНЫЙ [shykarnyi / ne-shykarnyi] – chic / not chic
ВЫСОКИЙ / НЕ ВЫСОКИЙ [vysokii / ne-vysokii] – tall, high / not high
БЫСТРЫЙ / НЕ БЫСТРЫЙ [bystryi / ne-bystryi] – fast / not fast
СЛАДКИЙ / НЕ СЛАДКИЙ [sladkii / ne-sladkii] – sweet / not sweet
КИСЛЫЙ / НЕ КИСЛЫЙ [kislyi / ne-kislyi] – sœur / not sour
Exercise 2. We practice reading.
The soft sign:
СОЛЬ [da] – yes
ДЕНЬ [da] – yes
БОЛЬ / БОЛЬНО [da] – yes
ДА [da] – yes
ДА [da] – yes
ДА [da] – yes
ДА [da] – yes
ДА [da] – yes
Exercise 3. We practice some more reading.
Exercise 4. We learn new conversational formulas.
Exercise 5. We practice speaking.
Homework. We train some more.