Lesson 3Урок третий

What we will learn today:

• Practice Russian alphabet • Reading Russian• Number and gender of the nouns practice• Days of the week practice• My name is…• Food and drinks• Colors• Months• Family members• Numbers• Russian money• DO’s and DON’Ts in Russia

Russian Alphabet Table

Practice Russian letters

Ж Щ О М Ы

Я З П Ю Л

Б Г Д А К

Practice Russian letters

Ш Е У В И

Н Р С Т Ф

Х Ц Ч Ь Й

The number of nouns

Noun type Ending for plural     Example    

masculine ending in a hard consonant;

feminine ending in -a-ы стол - столы

улица - улицы

any nouns ending in -ь, -й, -я -и двeрь - двериземля - земли

masculine and feminine with the stem ending in -к, -г, -x, -ч, -

щ, -ж, -ш,-и ноЖ - ножи

ноГа - ноги

neuter ending in -o -a окно - окнa

neuter ending in -e -я мoре - моря

1. Идея2. Дерево3. Стакан4. Хлеб5. Небо6. Склон7. Рубль8. Доллар9. Глаз10. Одежда11. Минута12. Таблетка13. Мороз

14. Точка15. Сон16. Календарь17. Война18. Баня19. Машина20. Мужчина21. Туман22. Развод23. Тетрадь24. Файл25. Любовь26. Копейка

Days of the week

Какой сегодня день? What day is it today?

kah-KOI see-VOHD-nyah dyehn'

Russian word   English translation   Pronunciation

понедельник Monday puh-nee-DYEHL'-neek

вторник Tuesday FTOHR-neek

среда Wednesday sree-DAH

четверг Thursday cheet-VYEHRK

пятница Friday PYAHT-nee-tsuh

суббота Saturday soo-BOH-tuh

воскресенье Sunday vuhs-kree-SYEHN'-yeh

My name is…

Как тебя зовут?

Как Вас зовут?

What’s your name? (informal)

What’s your name? (formal, polite)

Меня зовут... My name is…

Я... I’m…

Kak tebya zavut?

Kak vas zovut?

Menia zavut…

Ya…

Fruits - Фрукты

Colors - Цвета

Red is КРАСНЫЙGreen is ЗЕЛЕНЫЙBlue is ГОЛУБОЙBlack is ЧЕРНЫЙYellow is ЖЕЛТЫЙPurple is ФИОЛЕТОВЫЙBrown is КОРИЧНЕВЫЙ

Kakoy eto tsvet? What color this is?

Months - Месяцы

February 23, 2013In US: 02/23/2013In Russia: 23/02/2013

Grandfather – дедушкаGrandmother – бабушкаGreat-grandfather – прадедушкаGreat-grandmother – прабабушкаParents – родителиFather – папа / отецMother – мама / матьChildren – детиSon – сын

Daughter – дочьGrandchildrens – внукиGrandson – внукGranddaughter – внучкаWife – женаHusband – мужBrother – братSister – сестраUncle – дядяAunt – тетяNephew – племянникNiece – племянница

Family members – члены семьи

Numbers

1  один a'deen

2 два dva

3 три tri

4  четыре chetyre

5 пять pyat'

6 шесть shest

7 семь sem'

8 восемь vosem'

9 девять devyat'

10  десять 'desyat'

Numbers

11 одиннадцать o'dinnatdsat'

12  двенадцать dve'nadtsat

13  тринадцать tri'nadsat'

14 четырнадцать che'tyrnadsat'

15  пятнадцать pyat'nadtsat'

16  шестнадцать shet'nadtsat'

17  семнадцать sem'nadtsat'

18  восемьнадцать vosem'nadtsat'

19  девятнадцать devyat'nadtsat'

20  двадцать d'vadtsat'

Numbers

21  двадцать один dvadsat' odeen

25 двадцать пять dvadstat' pyat

30 тридцать t'ridtsat'

32 тридцать два tridtsat' dva

40  сорок sorok

50 пятьдесят pyatdesyat

60 шестьдесят shestdesyat

70  семьдесят 'semdesyat

80 восемьдесят vosemdesyat

90 девяносто devyanosto

100 сто sto

Numbers

108 сто восемь sto vosem'

115  сто пятнадцать sto pyatnadsat'

121  сто двадцать один sto dvadsat' odeen

147  сто сорок семь sto sorok sem'

200  двести dvesti

300  триста treesta

400 четыреста chetyresta

500 пятьсот pyat'sot

600  шестьсот shestsot

700 семьсот sem'sot

800 восемьсот vosemsot

900 девятьсот devyatsot

1000  тысяча tysyacha

Numbers

2000  две тысячи dve tysyachi

3000 три тысячи tri tysyachi

5000 пять тысяч pyat tysyach

6000 шесть тысяч shest' tysyach

9000  девять тысяч devyat tysyach

Russian money – русские деньги

• The Russian Ruble is the currency in Russian Federation. The Russian Ruble is also known as the Russian Rouble. The symbol for RUB can be written R.

• The Russian Ruble is divided into 100 kopeеk.

РУБЛЬ КОПЕЙКА

1$ = 30.17 RUB

Russian money – русские деньги

Brief history of Russian money

• Russian Ruble is the official currency of Russian Federation. It is also used as a medium of exchange in many former soviet republics. Russian ruble is one of the world's oldest currencies. It appeared in 15th century during the so-called Silver Bum. At the time, Russian coins were made of silver. Soaring demand for silver across continental Europe resulted in growth of value of Russian silver coin to a point when they were no longer useful for purchases. People started splitting coins in halves. Russian word for "split" or "cut" is rubit'' and the half coins were called rubles. Even though Russian coins no longer come in halves, the name stuck on.

• During the czar rule Russian rubles were one of the worlds highly valued currencies as they were backed by serious stockpiles of gold. During the Bolshevik revolution, most of that gold was shipped out of Russia, so the Soviet ruble's did not have much value.

From Soviet Ruble to Russian Ruble

• Democratic revolution of 1991 led to abandonment of price fixing. "The shock therapy" resulted in immediate plunge of national currency as former soviet republics continued to print Russian rubles and exchange them for Russian goods creating inflation in Russia and devaluing its currency. Inflation was as high as 1000% per year! By mid 90s Russian authorities announced that they would no longer allow now formally independent countries to print Russian national currency. Russian ruble grew steadily until 1998 when the Asian financial crisis moved on to Russia. Value of ruble dropped four times overnight and has not changed ever since.

Russian money – русские деньги

• Exchange offices are typically located in the city center and around tourist areas. Rates at different currency exchange booths vary somewhat, usually within a fifty-kopeeck range, so unless you plan on exchanging thousands there's little point in running around looking for the best rate, though after-hours and weekend exchanges tend to offer lower rates.

• Whenever you hand hard currency over to someone, it is quite common for the bills to be checked for authenticity individually by a variety of techniques. Don't take this as an insult as counterfeit money has proliferated in the country over the last couple of years. Torn, well-worn, heavily written on, or faded currency gets turned down in almost all cases. Exchange booths are very often located in shops selling pricier items (electronics, fashion clothes, cars) as well as the hotels.

Russian money – русские деньги

• Both banks and exchange booths will change most major currencies into rubles at the posted rates of exchange. Fees and commissions are often posted at the exchange window. There is a 0.5% tax on all currency exchanges.

• In order to exchange money you are supposed to present your passport (a photocopy will do) or some other form of identification, although having nothing to show is not usually a problem. You will be given a slip recording the transaction which you should keep with your customs declaration just in case some customs officer decides to actually check how much money you are taking out.

ОДНА КОПЕЙКА

ПЯТЬ КОПЕЕК

ДЕСЯТЬ КОПЕЕК

ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ КОПЕЕК

ОДИН РУБЛЬ

ДВА РУБЛЯ

ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ

ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ

ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ

ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ

ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ

~ $1.7

СТО РУБЛЕЙ

~ $3.5

ПЯТЬСОТ РУБЛЕЙ

~ $16

ТЫСЯЧА РУБЛЕЙ

~ $32

ПЯТЬ ТЫСЯЧ РУБЛЕЙ

~ $160

DO’s and DON’Ts in Russia

1. DO not smile at random people on the streets…They’ll get you wrong! Russians smile and laugh a lot with the people they know…You’ll send a wrong message if you start smiling at them while you are on the bus, walking, etc. Smiling while you are making purchases is good though!

2. DON’T get a taxi alone after going out…make sure that you have a ride with your friends or get a taxi with them together!

3. DO bring some simple medications with you – tablets from headache etc. Even though it’s very easy to buy a medicine in Russia, it’s always good to have some in case of emergency…be careful though, TSA requires a prescription for most of the drugs! Check out their website to be sure.