The New Penguin Russian Course: A Complete Course for Beginners (Penguin Handbooks)

This version of the pdf differs from the files uploaded to date in so far as: (i) it has the missing pages, (ii) bookmarks have been included, (iii) a mixed EN/RU OCR searchable text layer has been added via Tesseract (not perfect but enough for most searches). Front Cover......Page 1 Author biography ......Page 3 Title Page ......Page 5 Printer's Imprint ......Page 6 Dedication ......Page 7 CONTENTS ......Page 9 Notes on Russian Prices ......Page 12 Introduction ......Page 13 Acknowledgements ......Page 16 1. Learning To Read Russian ......Page 17 2. Russian Handwriting: More On Pronunciation ......Page 28 3. Everyday Phrases; Basic Grammar ......Page 40 4. Doing Things - Verbs; Personal Pronouns ......Page 52 PLATE: Map of Russia ......Page 50 5. Asking Questions; The Prepositional Case ......Page 62 6. Possession; Going Places; The Accusative Case ......Page 72 7. Describing Things: Adjectives ......Page 84 PLATE: Map of Moscow City Centre ......Page 94 8. Plurals; Spelling Rules; Buying Things ......Page 97 PLATE: Map of Europe ......Page 106 9. Numbers; The Genitive Case ......Page 108 10. 'To Have'; More On The Genitive ......Page 123 11. The Past; Reflexive Verbs ......Page 138 12. The Future; Aspect; The Dative Case ......Page 149 13. Aspect In The Past; Use Of Tenses ......Page 165 14. Aspect In The Future; Impersonal Constructions ......Page 178 15. Requests And The Imperative ......Page 187 16. The Instrumental Case ......Page 204 17. Time, Date, Age; Ordinal Numbers ......Page 217 18. The Comparative; Superlatives; Relative Clauses with КОТОРЫЙ ......Page 231 PLATE: Map of Siberia ......Page 244 19. The Conditional; Obligation (ДОЛЖЕН); Prefixes ......Page 246 20. Verbs Of Motion: Going, Running, Bringing ......Page 256 21. Possession (СВОЙ)); Purpose ((ЧТОБЫ) ......Page 273 22. Fun With Numbers ......Page 285 23. Time Expressions ......Page 299 24. Negation; Place of _HE_ ......Page 310 25. Diminutives; Proper Names; Politeness ......Page 321 26. Indefinite Pronouns; Word Order; Writing Letters ......Page 336 27. Participles: Types And Stress ......Page 348 28. Verbal Adverbs ......Page 359 29. ‘Bookish’ Style; Active Participles; Punctuation; Short-Form Adjectives ......Page 371 30. Abbreviations; Names Of Russian Letters; Particles ......Page 384 Grammatical Tables ......Page 394 The Four Spelling Rules ......Page 403 Russian-English Vocabulary ......Page 404 English-Russian Vocabulary ......Page 444 Key to Exercises And Translation Of Texts ......Page 469 Glossary Of Grammatical Terms ......Page 519 Index ......Page 524 Rear Cover ......Page 532 Whether youre learning alone or attending classes, youll find this complete Russian language course for beginners both accessible and indispensable. Designed to provide the student with an excellent command of basic Russian (the equivalent of A level standard) the book features thirty lessons punctuated by revision exercises to ensure you have fully understood what you have learned. The emphasis is on acquiring vocabulary, experiencing conversational language and learning useful grammar. The book also includes a vocabulary of 1,500 words and a glossary of grammatical terms. Features a Russian language course for beginners. This book is designed to provide the student with an excellent command of basic Russian (the equivalent of A level standard). It features thirty lessons punctuated by revision exercises. It places an emphasis on acquiring vocabulary, experiencing conversational language and learning useful grammar. This updated version of the Penguin Russian Course introduces the learner, through translation extracts, to the culture and life of the modern (post Glasnost) Soviet Union that was, as well as to the Russian language