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Basic Russian
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ABSTRACT
Designed for students with a basic knowledge of Russian, this book provides an accessible reference grammar and related exercises in a single volume.
Across more than forty grammar topics it introduces the student to Russian people and culture through the medium of the language used today, covering the core material which the student would expect to encounter in their first year of learning Russian.
Complete with a full key to exercises and glossary, Basic Russian is a user-friendly reference grammar suitable for both independent study and class use.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part 1 Identifying and describing people, places and objects
chapter 6|5 pages
Revision Personal pronouns Contrast Animate and inanimate reference Agreement of adjectives and nouns Advertisement for a Moscow nightclub Advertisement for a holiday resort
part |2 pages
Part 2 Saying who does or did what
chapter 12|6 pages
Revision Past and present tense conjugations Infinitives Subjects and direct objects Word order
part |2 pages
Part 3 When, where and why we do things
part |2 pages
Part 4 Talking about people
chapter 24|7 pages
Revision Possession Absence, negation заниматься Likes and dislikes Interrogatives Brief texts about oneself and others
part |2 pages
Part 5 Going places
chapter 29|5 pages
Revision Possession Adverbials of place (location, motion, origin) Present tense Interrogatives
part |2 pages
Part 6 Responding to the world around us