March 08, 2019

Understanding Spoken Russian – Learn Russian Ep. 8

35 minutes

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All

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Welcome to Episode 8. In the last episode we learned to pick out two important verb patterns in Russian…the first was for when a speaker is talking about themself in the present tense—like, я работаю я живу я смотрю …and we also learned to pick out when they’re talking about you.

Like:

Где ты работаешь? Где ты

живёшь? In today’s lesson we’ll add a new form.

But

first let’s review what we learned. All I want you to say is whether

Я or Ты is the

subject of the sentence…the one doing the action. Ready?

–

– –

Alright,

on to today’s main topic which is the “he/she” form of

verbs…again, in the present tense.

rules or conjugation charts…just a super easy pattern that we’ll

practice spotting. In the following exchanges, Katya is sitting with

Anton and some friends who don’t speak Russian. So, Katya will ask

Anton…for ex: Do you want pizza? And he’ll answer: No, Tony wants

pizza….each time, using a different name. Just listen…

–

– –

we had: Майкл работает, София

делает, Роберт знает, Джессика хочет,

Андрюша не может

Those

were the he and she forms of those verbs. And we heard an “et”

sound at the end of each one. Let’s do nearly the same thing, using

those same verbs, but this time it’ll go:

Does

Anton work…No, I work…

–

– –

Not

all he and she forms end with that “et” sound. It can be

ит…

…The

ending can also be ёт…

…but

there’s always that ‘T’ at the end. So in this first exercise, you

now need to choose between three

possible subjects. Are we hearing the Я form

of the verb, the Ты form, or the Он

Она-He/She form. Let’s give it a try…

–

– –

for that word ‘магазин’ …think

of the clip on a gun, which is called a magazine…it stores

bullets. магазин

= store

from all of that, the one phrase I want to be our official new word

of the day is this: Я

знаю.

We’ve

heard it quite a few times already in this episode, so let me give

you a few chances to use it in context. Imagine you’re outside with

some friends, and Sara slips away into a shoe store. Someone

asks…Эй…Где

Сара?

Say:

I know. She’s in the store.

Maybe

someone’s searching for the box of Halloween decorations you put in

the basement last year. Where are they? someone asks. Где

они?

Say:

I know. In the podval.

someone tells you something you already know, you can confirm without

saying “ya.” Just…

Да,

знаю.

Yeah,

I know.

It’s

probably more common used in the negative.

That is, saying: I don’t

know. Imagine you’ve just woken up and your roommate is searching for

something. He peeks in your room: Эй,

где мой телефон?

Shrug

your shoulders and tell him: I don’t know.

не знаю.

It’s

also a polite way of asking if they know something. For example, in

English we might say, “Hey, you wouldn’t happen to know where my

rucksack is?”

Russian, literally: You don’t know where my rucksack?

Ты

не знаешь где мой рюкзак?

Try

that again. Ask: You wouldn’t happen to know where my book is?

Alright,

so now…let’s try our all-Russian section. Someone will talk, and

then you answer the Yes or No questions that follow. If you don’t

know the answer, then say: I don’t know.

NOTE:

The Russian Immersion section has been deleted from this transcript.

This is because the entire focus of this course is listening and

understanding.

Do you know what a cognate is? If you’re going through my Russian Made Easy podcast, or my Russian Accelerator course, then you’ve heard me talk a lot about cognates. Apologies for the repetition, but it’s such a key strategy to employ. Cognates are words that sound very similar between two languages and have the same meanings. Can you tell what these are?

инженер

буррито

пикник

фетучини

интернет

виски

гараж

Why

are they so important? Well, when used properly, cognates let the

student focus on the other things within an unfamiliar Russian

phrase. You’re not stressing about the meaning…you already know it.

Instead, you can target the word endings and spot the patterns…so

you understand the word’s

function in the sentence.

Take

that word ‘engineer’. (инженер) How

is it being used in the following sentence?

дал планы инженеру.

gave the plans to the engineer. Engineer has that recipient marker

on the end..that U sound.

this example with the word client: клиент

сказала клиенту, что ты не знаешь его

адресс.

told the client that you don’t know his address.

But

you have to use the right cognates. Because a lot of cognates—since

they were borrowed from other languages–don’t follow standard

Russian patterns. Their word endings often don’t change. That can

lead to confusion. So in this course—in all my courses—I’m using

plenty of cognates, but believe me, they are carefully chosen. Not so

much a tip, I suppose, but an insider’s view into the making of an

effective language course.

end tip>>

Next,

let’s listen to clips from the Russian version of SAM & CAT..the

show that made Ariana Grande famous. And I should add…like the

Thunderman’s episodes we’ve listened to, I’m not cherry picking

here. What I mean is, this is literally the first episode of SAM and

CAT I came across. And yet there’s plenty here you can grasp. So in

this episode, Sam and Cat learn that their friend is a bodyguard for

their favorite rock star, Dell DeVille. Just listen and see what you

can pick out…

Мне

не видно! (ВИД! there it is again)

Да….Я

не могу рассказать потому что это секрет.

Серёзно! Я не могу говорить о работе.

Новая

работа?

Кто

тебе сказал что я работаю телохранителем?!

Ты

телохранитель?

Кто

тебе ДАЛ эту информацию?

Ok,

so…Cat has a blanket over her head, which is why she says…”Мне

не видно.”

Lit:

“For me not visible.” In normal English: “I can’t

see.” And of course, our core word from Episode 5 was there: вид

their goofy friend says, “I cant tell because it’s a secret.”

“Seriously.

I cant talk about work.”

The

kid says: “New job?”

Goofball

says: “Who told you that I work as a bodyguard?”

“You’re

a bodyguard?”

“Who

gave you this information?” ‘Giving’

information counts as doing something to it, so эта

информация changed to эту

информацию

they learn he’s the bodyguard to Dell Deville. Listen…

(kid)

Ты работаешь на Делла-ДиВилла?

(Cat)

Я люблю Делла-ДиВилла!

(Goomer)

Нет. Я не могу этого сделать!

There

were three present tense verbs in there from today’s podcast.

Listen again…

the kid said…You work for Dell DeVille?

Then

Cat says: I love Dell DeVille.

And

their friend says…No, I can’t do this.

they try to meet this Dell DeVille guy at his favorite Burrito stand

and Cat is standing with a big balloon.

Off of Sam’s annoyed glance, Cat explains,…

люблю шарики.

love balloons…then she looks around and says….

Стоп!

А где Гумер?

Stop!

So, where’s Goomer?

Then

they show Goomer searching for the rock star guy. What does Goomer

say?

Дэл!

Я купил тебе бурито!

Dell!

I bought for you a burrito!

series of misfortunes and the rock star ends up in their home. Sam

comes out and sees this massive breakfast that Cat made. And Cat

tells her…

Смотри!

Я сделала завтрак для Делла-ДиВилла.

вижу.

Remember,

Я смотрел баскетбол? I was

watching basketball? Well, смотри is

the command form. So she’s telling her,

Look!

And

what does Sam say?

вижу. I see.

Sam

comes over to free Dell’s hand. They have him temporarily restrained.

He asks…

Что

ты делаешь?

What

are you doing?

She

brought him coffee, but he insults her and so she leaves his hands

locked…and the coffee just out of reach.

Я….Я

не могу дотянуться.

He’s

reaching as far as he can…I…I can’t дотянуться..I

cant reach it.

Listen

to him as she walks away:

нет

нет нет стой стой стой…Я хочу латте!

no no….stay stay stay….I want a latte!

know, they all speak really fast in these clips, but that’s the

point. I’m trying to get you used to hearing real speech, right from

the beginning. So hang in there. As we progress, you’ll get more and

more comfortable with the way native speakers really talk.

–

– –

Before

our final exam of this episode, let’s do a little speaking practice

with words we’ve officially learned. Try to say…

–

– –

Alright,

enough pressure for today. Now just sit back and see if you can

translate the gist of these phrases. Remember, if there’s a word you

don’t know…no biggie. Just toss it into your translation.

Like…Папа

купил мне галстук. Just say….Dad bought for

me a galstuk. Ready?

–

– –

My email is Mark @ understandingspokenrussian com I hope to hear from you, and how you’re doing with all this. And in the meantime, I’ll see you in Podcast #9.

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March 08, 2019

Understanding Spoken Russian – Learn Russian Ep. 8

35 minutes

Full Episode Audio

Exercises Only Audio

Download Full Episode (right click save-as)

Download Exercises

NOTE *

All

phrases intended for translating/listening practice have been

deleted.

Like:

Где ты работаешь? Где ты

живёшь? In today’s lesson we’ll add a new form.

But

first let’s review what we learned. All I want you to say is whether

Я or Ты is the

subject of the sentence…the one doing the action. Ready?

–

– –

Alright,

on to today’s main topic which is the “he/she” form of

verbs…again, in the present tense.

rules or conjugation charts…just a super easy pattern that we’ll

practice spotting. In the following exchanges, Katya is sitting with

Anton and some friends who don’t speak Russian. So, Katya will ask

Anton…for ex: Do you want pizza? And he’ll answer: No, Tony wants

pizza….each time, using a different name. Just listen…

–

– –

we had: Майкл работает, София

делает, Роберт знает, Джессика хочет,

Андрюша не может

Those

were the he and she forms of those verbs. And we heard an “et”

sound at the end of each one. Let’s do nearly the same thing, using

those same verbs, but this time it’ll go:

Does

Anton work…No, I work…

–

– –

Not

all he and she forms end with that “et” sound. It can be

ит…

…The

ending can also be ёт…

…but

there’s always that ‘T’ at the end. So in this first exercise, you

now need to choose between three

possible subjects. Are we hearing the Я form

of the verb, the Ты form, or the Он

Она-He/She form. Let’s give it a try…

–

– –

for that word ‘магазин’ …think

of the clip on a gun, which is called a magazine…it stores

bullets. магазин

= store

from all of that, the one phrase I want to be our official new word

of the day is this: Я

знаю.

We’ve

heard it quite a few times already in this episode, so let me give

you a few chances to use it in context. Imagine you’re outside with

some friends, and Sara slips away into a shoe store. Someone

asks…Эй…Где

Сара?

Say:

I know. She’s in the store.

Maybe

someone’s searching for the box of Halloween decorations you put in

the basement last year. Where are they? someone asks. Где

они?

Say:

I know. In the podval.

someone tells you something you already know, you can confirm without

saying “ya.” Just…

Да,

знаю.

Yeah,

I know.

It’s

probably more common used in the negative.

That is, saying: I don’t

know. Imagine you’ve just woken up and your roommate is searching for

something. He peeks in your room: Эй,

где мой телефон?

Shrug

your shoulders and tell him: I don’t know.

не знаю.

It’s

also a polite way of asking if they know something. For example, in

English we might say, “Hey, you wouldn’t happen to know where my

rucksack is?”

Russian, literally: You don’t know where my rucksack?

Ты

не знаешь где мой рюкзак?

Try

that again. Ask: You wouldn’t happen to know where my book is?

Alright,

so now…let’s try our all-Russian section. Someone will talk, and

then you answer the Yes or No questions that follow. If you don’t

know the answer, then say: I don’t know.

NOTE:

The Russian Immersion section has been deleted from this transcript.

This is because the entire focus of this course is listening and

understanding.

инженер

буррито

пикник

фетучини

интернет

виски

гараж

Why

are they so important? Well, when used properly, cognates let the

student focus on the other things within an unfamiliar Russian

phrase. You’re not stressing about the meaning…you already know it.

Instead, you can target the word endings and spot the patterns…so

you understand the word’s

function in the sentence.

Take

that word ‘engineer’. (инженер) How

is it being used in the following sentence?

дал планы инженеру.

gave the plans to the engineer. Engineer has that recipient marker

on the end..that U sound.

this example with the word client: клиент

сказала клиенту, что ты не знаешь его

адресс.

told the client that you don’t know his address.

But

you have to use the right cognates. Because a lot of cognates—since

they were borrowed from other languages–don’t follow standard

Russian patterns. Their word endings often don’t change. That can

lead to confusion. So in this course—in all my courses—I’m using

plenty of cognates, but believe me, they are carefully chosen. Not so

much a tip, I suppose, but an insider’s view into the making of an

effective language course.

end tip>>

Next,

let’s listen to clips from the Russian version of SAM & CAT..the

show that made Ariana Grande famous. And I should add…like the

Thunderman’s episodes we’ve listened to, I’m not cherry picking

here. What I mean is, this is literally the first episode of SAM and

CAT I came across. And yet there’s plenty here you can grasp. So in

this episode, Sam and Cat learn that their friend is a bodyguard for

their favorite rock star, Dell DeVille. Just listen and see what you

can pick out…

Мне

не видно! (ВИД! there it is again)

Да….Я

не могу рассказать потому что это секрет.

Серёзно! Я не могу говорить о работе.

Новая

работа?

Кто

тебе сказал что я работаю телохранителем?!

Ты

телохранитель?

Кто

тебе ДАЛ эту информацию?

Ok,

so…Cat has a blanket over her head, which is why she says…”Мне

не видно.”

Lit:

“For me not visible.” In normal English: “I can’t

see.” And of course, our core word from Episode 5 was there: вид

their goofy friend says, “I cant tell because it’s a secret.”

“Seriously.

I cant talk about work.”

The

kid says: “New job?”

Goofball

says: “Who told you that I work as a bodyguard?”

“You’re

a bodyguard?”

“Who

gave you this information?” ‘Giving’

information counts as doing something to it, so эта

информация changed to эту

информацию

they learn he’s the bodyguard to Dell Deville. Listen…

(kid)

Ты работаешь на Делла-ДиВилла?

(Cat)

Я люблю Делла-ДиВилла!

(Goomer)

Нет. Я не могу этого сделать!

There

were three present tense verbs in there from today’s podcast.

Listen again…

the kid said…You work for Dell DeVille?

Then

Cat says: I love Dell DeVille.

And

their friend says…No, I can’t do this.

they try to meet this Dell DeVille guy at his favorite Burrito stand

and Cat is standing with a big balloon.

Off of Sam’s annoyed glance, Cat explains,…

люблю шарики.

love balloons…then she looks around and says….

Стоп!

А где Гумер?

Stop!

So, where’s Goomer?

Then

they show Goomer searching for the rock star guy. What does Goomer

say?

Дэл!

Я купил тебе бурито!

Dell!

I bought for you a burrito!

series of misfortunes and the rock star ends up in their home. Sam

comes out and sees this massive breakfast that Cat made. And Cat

tells her…

Смотри!

Я сделала завтрак для Делла-ДиВилла.

вижу.

Remember,

Я смотрел баскетбол? I was

watching basketball? Well, смотри is

the command form. So she’s telling her,

Look!

And

what does Sam say?

вижу. I see.

Sam

comes over to free Dell’s hand. They have him temporarily restrained.

He asks…

Что

ты делаешь?

What

are you doing?

She

brought him coffee, but he insults her and so she leaves his hands

locked…and the coffee just out of reach.

Я….Я

не могу дотянуться.

He’s

reaching as far as he can…I…I can’t дотянуться..I

cant reach it.

Listen

to him as she walks away:

нет

нет нет стой стой стой…Я хочу латте!

no no….stay stay stay….I want a latte!

know, they all speak really fast in these clips, but that’s the

point. I’m trying to get you used to hearing real speech, right from

the beginning. So hang in there. As we progress, you’ll get more and

more comfortable with the way native speakers really talk.

–

– –

Before

our final exam of this episode, let’s do a little speaking practice

with words we’ve officially learned. Try to say…

–

– –

Alright,

enough pressure for today. Now just sit back and see if you can

translate the gist of these phrases. Remember, if there’s a word you

don’t know…no biggie. Just toss it into your translation.

Like…Папа

купил мне галстук. Just say….Dad bought for

me a galstuk. Ready?

–

– –

My email is Mark @ understandingspokenrussian com I hope to hear from you, and how you’re doing with all this. And in the meantime, I’ll see you in Podcast #9.

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