понедельник, 30 ноября 2015 г.

Lesson 3: Members of the Family!

 For today's lesson, you are going to learn about the members of the family in Russian! Focus on the pronouncation chart provided, then by the end of today's lesson, you will be able to name all the members of your Family taught.

Happy learning! :)
Mother- мама (pr. mama) 
Father- папа (pr. papa)
Sister- сестра (pr. sestra)
Brother- брат (pr. brat)
Grandmother- бабушка (pr. babushka)
Grandfather- дедушка (pr. dedushka)
Auntie- тётя (pr. tyotya)
Uncle- дядя (pr. dyadya)
Cousin, female- двоюродная сестра (pr. dvoyurodnaya sestra)
Cousin, male- двоюродный брат (pr. dvoyurodniy brat)
Nephew- премяник (pr. plemyanik)
Niece- премяница (pr. plemyanitsya) 
Great, eg. greatgrandad or greatgrandma- про (pr. "pro". Use this prefix in front of word such as grandad etc. This will indicate that she or he is a greatgrandparent.)

The above lesson vocabulary are the basics. There will be a further set of vocabulary for extended knowledge about family and family members. In the next lesson there will also be a guideline about the use and sentence structure to talk about your family.

Pony-ti Languages' Russian course has two lessons every week. One on Friday, to focus on it for the weekend and one on Tuesday, for the remaining week. 
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The next lesson comes out on 1st December! 
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пятница, 1 мая 2015 г.

Pony-ti FREE online Russian language course ANNOUNCES... News of May 1st, 2015.

Dear students and speakers of Russian!
As of now on, we are going to create a vivid, everyday schedule for you! New workloads will be given on every Friday and Tuesday and be sure to visit your Pony-ti Russian course and gain new knowledge.
The Everyday Schedule is still hatching and is being produced, but we will inform you as soon as possible when it will be ready.
Thank you for your support and learning!
We are looking forward to hearing your feedback etc.

Happy learning! :)
~Yours Pony-ti Russian course team!

четверг, 2 апреля 2015 г.

Lesson 2: Russian names.

Girls' names


Любовь / Люба = Love (pr. Liubov or Liuba)
Оксана/ Ксения = Roxanne (pr. Oxana or Ksenia)
Варвара/ Варя = Barbara/ Barbie (pr. Varvara/ Varya)
Дарья / Даша = Darya or Dasha 
Алeна = Alena 
Мария/Маша = Maria
Анна/Аня = Anna (pr. Ana or Anna or Anya for short)
Ирина / Ира = Irina
Татьяна = Tatyana
Анастасия / Настя = Anastasia/Annie
Елена/Лена = Helen (pr. Elena or Lena)
Наталья/Наташа = Natalie/Natasha 
Светлана = Svetlana 
Ольга/Оля = Olga (pr. Oliga or Olya)
Александра/ Саша = Alex/ Alexandra/ Sasha 
Евгения/Женя = Eugenia (pr. Evgenia or Zhenia)
Алиса = Alice (pr. Alisa)
Валерия = Valeria 
Eва = Eve or Evie (pr. eva)
Юлия/Юля = Julia/Julie/Yulia/Yulya
София = Sophie (pr. Sofia)

Boys' names

Анатолий/ Толя = Anatole (pr. Anatoliy/ Tolya)
Борис / Боря = Boris or Borya
Александр/Саша = Alex/ Alexander
Йохан = Johann 
Игорь = Igor
Егор = Egor
Дмитрий/ Дима = Dmirtiy/ Dima
Федор/ Федя = Fedor/ Fedya
Даниил = Daniel (pr. Daniil)
Олег = Oleg
Алексей = Aleksey
Глеб = Gleb
Илья = Ilya
Андрей = Andrew (pr. andrey)
Евгений/ Женя = Eugene (pr. Evgeniy/ Zdjenia)
Семён = Simon / Simeon / Sem (pronounced Semyon)
Григорий = George or Gregory (pr. Grigoriy)
Валерий / Валера = Valeriy or Valera
Николай = Nick (pr. Nikolay)
Филипп = Philipp (pr. the same)
Тимур = Timur (pronounced the same)
Адам = Adam (same pronounciation) 
Константин / Костя = Constantin/ Costia/ Costa 
Сергей / Сережа = Sergey (pr. sergey or seryioza)
Иван/Ваня = Ivan or Vania 
Юрий / Юра = Yuriy/Yura
Юлий = Yuliy
Булат = Bulat
Тихон = Tihon
Антон = Anthony (pr. Anton)

If you have any questions, or you need the grammatically correct translation for a specific thing, then please comment below and your question will be answered as soon as possible!










Lesson 1: Greetings and farewells

The most common greetings and farewells in Russian for everyday use:

Hi (informal)                       =  Привет (privet)
Hello (formal or                 =  Здравствуйте (zdravstvuyte) 
How are you? (informal)   =  Как у тебя дела? (kak oo tebya dela?)
How are you? (formal / plural)     = Как у Вас / вас дела?* (kak oo vas dela?) 

*in Russian, when using formal language, word Вы (formal you) or Вас (formal you in different contexts, are used for both formal langauage and plural sayings. For kindness, when using the formal singular way, the 'В' in 'Вы' is always capital; in the plural version, it is not.)

What is your name? (informal) = Как тебя зовут? (kak tebya zovoot?)
What is your name? (formal / plural) = Как Вас/вас зовут? (kak vas zovoot?)
How old are you? (informal singular) = Сколько тебе лет? (skolko tebe let?**)
How old are you? (formal / plural) = Сколько вам лет? (skolko vam let?**)

**in Russian, to say 'сколько' (skolko) the 'l' has to be pronounced more like in 'skoliko'. This soft sound is represented with the soft symbol: 'ь'.

Bye (informal)  =  пока (poka)
Bye (formal / plural)  =  до свидания (do svidania).
See you soon = до скорой встречи (do skoroy vstrechi) or скоро увидимся (skoro oovidimsya)

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