| Russian grammar and vocabulary. Unit 1 | Grammar Lesson 1
Gender of Nouns: Hard Stem. Personal pronouns он (he), она (she), оно (it). "The" and "a"."To be" in the Present tense | Grammar Lesson 2
Gender of Nouns: Hard and Soft Stems. Exceptions | Grammar Lesson 3
Nominative Plural of Nouns | Grammar Lesson 4
Personal Pronouns я, ты, он, она, оно, мы, вы, они. Ты vs. Вы | Phrasebook Topic 3
Professions | Phrasebook Topic 4
Learn Russian Names: Last Name, First Name and Patronimic | Quiz 5
Check what you have learned from Grammar Lessons 1-4 and Phrasebook Topics 3-4 with this 20 minute quiz. | Test 1
Check what you have learned from Russian Letters and Sound System section and Grammar Lessons 1-4 |
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Personal pronouns
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Memorize Russian personal pronouns:
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я
ты
он, она, оно
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I
you (singular)
he, she, it
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мы
вы
они
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we
you (plural)
they
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Study the usage of personal pronouns. Click the following statements to listen,
then read them aloud.
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1. - Я студент. А ты?
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1. - I am a student. And you?
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2. - Я тоже студент.
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2. - I am a student too.
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3. - Мы студенты. А вы?
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3. - We are students. And you?
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4. - Мы тоже студенты.
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4. - We are students too.
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5. - Он студент. А она?
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5. - He is a student. And she?
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6. - Она тоже студентка.
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6. - She is a student too.
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7. - Где письмо? - Вот оно!
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7. - Where is the letter? - Here it is!
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8. - Где студенты? - Вот они!
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8. - Where are students? - Here they are!
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Remember that the pronouns он and она are used to replace not
only animate nouns (such as a boy, a girl, a student, etc.), but also
inanimate (such as a house, a pencil, a pen
, etc.). Compare:
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9. - Где карандаш? - Вот он!
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9. - Where is the pencil? - Here it is!
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10. - Где ручка? - Вот она!
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10. - Where is the pen? - Here it is!
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Pronouns ты and вы
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In Russian there are two different words for you: ты and вы.
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Вы is used whenever you are speaking to more than one person, or as
a formal way of addressing one person. In a formal letter the pronoun Вы
is capitalized when used to address one person on formal/polite terms.
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Ты is used whenever you are speaking informally to one person only.
You would use ты to address a child or a friend.
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The younger generation prefer the less formal ты while older people
often feel more comfortable using Вы.
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Exercises Упражнения
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