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Prefixes Article Count: 2
Russian Prefixes
Why don't we learn Russian prefixes now? Prefixes are used to change the meaning of a verb or noun. They can slightly or completely alter the meaning. That's why it is very important to know the most used ones and use them correctly. Enough said, let's study them!
Cases Article Count: 3
Numerals Article Count: 1
Grammar Article Count: 2
Nouns Article Count: 3
Russian Nouns
Now let's learn Russian Nouns, shall we? Nouns reflect objects and concepts around us: The people are running - ΠΡΠ΄ΠΈ Π±Π΅Π³Π°ΡΡ.
Nouns have the following grammatical categories: gender, number, case, and animation/unanimation.
Russian nouns are normally formed using the following suffixes: -ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ, -ΡΠΈΠΊ, -Π½ΠΈΠΊ, -ΠΎΡΡΡ etc.
In the sentence they are used as Subject or Object. Nouns denote objects like ΠΊΠ½ΠΈΠ³Π° (a book), ΡΠ΅Π°ΡΡ (a theater), parts of objects like ΠΊΡΡΡΠΊΠ° (a tip), live creatures like Π»ΠΈΡΠ° (a fox), as well as their actions and states like Π±ΠΎΠ»Π΅Π·Π½Ρ (an illness), ΡΠ°Π΄ΠΎΡΡΡ (gladness).
Verbs Article Count: 9
In this Grammar section we'll talk about Russian verbs. The verb is a part of speech that denotes an action or a process stage (physical movements in space, physical and mental states, alternations etc). It uses the categories of mood, time and person: ΠΏΡΠΈΠ΅Ρ Π°Π»ΠΈ, Π½Π°ΠΏΠΈΡΠ΅Ρ, Π½Π°ΡΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°Π» Π±Ρ, ΠΏΡΠΈΡ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΠ΅! (have arrived, will write, would have painted, come!). Every verb has all or some of these categories.Verbs also reflect grammatical gender and number but these are not verb-specific categories.
Adjectives Article Count: 5
Now why don't we learn Russian adjectives? Adjectives indicate attributes of objects (quality, characteristics, possesiveness): ΠΏΠ°ΠΏΠΈΠ½Π° ΠΌΠ°ΡΠΈΠ½Π° (a father's car), ΠΌΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΠΊ (a young man) and agree with the nouns they modify in gender, number, and case: ΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Π» ΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠ²ΡΡ Π΄Π΅Π²ΡΡΠΊΡ (saw a beautiful girl), Π·Π²ΠΎΠ½ΠΈΠ» ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠ½ΡΠΌ Π΄Π΅ΠΏΡΡΠ°ΡΠ°ΠΌ (called local deputies). In the Accusative case adjectives might have different forms depending on animation/inanimation of the noun: Π²Π΅Π΄Ρ Π½ΠΎΠ²ΡΠΉ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ΅ΠΊΡ, Π²ΠΈΠΆΡ Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΡΡΠ°ΡΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊΠ° (I manage a new project, see a new participant). Normally these affixes are used to form adjectives: -Π½-, -ΠΎΠ²Π°Ρ, -Π΅Π²Π°Ρ-, -ΠΈΡΡ-, -ΠΊ-, -ΡΠΊ- and others: Π²Π΅ΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΈΠΉ Π΄ΠΎΠΆΠ΄Ρ (spring rain), Π°ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠΈΠΊΠ°Π½ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ (americal). Sound interesting? Let's learn more
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