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Things around me: review
Russian A1 · Unit 8
GoalName things, say their gender and number, and use this and that.
New words
компью́тер (kompʹyúter) · computerла́мпа (lámpa) · lampцвето́к (tsvetók) · flowerписьмо́ (pisʹmó) · letterжурна́л (zhurnál) · magazine
Explanation
Now use everything: gender, э́то, э́тот and plurals. Find the gender from the ending, choose э́тот, э́та or э́то, and make the plural when you need it. The noun цвето́к (flower) is masculine and its plural is цветы́. Письмо́ (letter) is neuter and its plural is пи́сьма. Remember the stress mark on every word.
| One | Many |
|---|---|
| компью́тер | компью́теры |
| ла́мпа | ла́мпы |
| цвето́к | цветы́ |
| письмо́ | пи́сьма |
| журна́л | журна́лы |
Worked examples
Ма́ша
Что э́то?
Анва́р
Э́то компью́тер. А э́то ла́мпа.
Ма́ша
Э́та ла́мпа твоя́?
Анва́р
Да, моя́.
A flower, many flowers. Listen.
A letter is neuter: э́то письмо́.
Class activity
Walk through your home with a pen and write the Russian name of ten things on small notes, with the stress mark. Under each note write the gender (m, f, n). Then write the plural of five of the nouns. Stick the notes on the things.
Practice
1
Press Listen. Is this word masculine, feminine or neuter?
…
Neuter: мо́ре (móre), “sea”. It ends in -е.
2
Choose э́тот, э́та or э́то: … компью́тер.
э́тот компью́тер.
3
The picture shows a flower. Say “This is a flower.”
Э́то цвето́к.
4
Say the plural of ла́мпа.
ла́мпы.
5
Read the phrase aloud. What does it say?
“These books.”