Russian Grammar Unit 4: Transitivity, -ся Verbs, and Studying in Russian, Slides of Russian Language

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• Unit
• November 1,

Outline

• Transitivity
• Verbs in –ся
• What about reflexivity?
• The 8-letter spelling rule
• Prepositional case
• Verbs for studying
• Rock music in Russia

- ся Verbs

• Often called reflexive, but this is really a misnomer
• What all – ся verbs have in common is that they are intransitive
• Not all – ся verbs denote reflexive action
• True reflexive
• Semi-reflexive
• Other meanings/uses

Conjugation of – ся verbs

• Much easier than they might look
• Conjugate verb in normal fashion
• Use –ся after consonants and –сь after vowels
• In present tense: я and вы forms have the soft sign ending
• For past tense: она́ and вы́ forms have the soft sign ending

The 8-Letter Spelling Rule

After к, г, ш, щ, ж, ч, ц, х:

• Write -у instead of -ю
• Write -а instead of -я
• This comes up in verb учи́ться (они́ form)

My brother and I…

• Мы́ с бра́том.
• Мы́ с ва́ми.
• Мы́ с ни́м.
• Мы́ с Ви́ктором.

Different Verbs for “to study”

• учи́ться
  • To be enrolled in school
  • Most often answers question «где?» but could also be «как?»
  • No direct object (intransitive)
• изуча́ть
  • To take a subject in school
  • Area of study is in accusative case
  • Must have direct object
• занима́ться
  • To prepare for classes (studying, doing homework)
  • Do not use a direct object
  • Can have an object (not direct) but we have not learned this case

The University System in Russia

• Quite different from our university system
• Intense competition (ко́нкурс) for spots
• Five instead of four years (ку́рс ≠ course)
• слу́шать ле́кцию (ку́рс)
• Organization of universities:
  • факульте́ты
  • ка́федры
• Higher learning institutions:
  • ВУ�З (вы́сшее уче́бное заведе́ние)
  • ко́лледжи and вы́сшие шко́лы

Kino and Russian Rock

• First album released in 1982
• Noticed by another famous rock band аква́риум
• Headed by Korean-Russian musician Ви́ктор Цо́й
• Цо́й an icon in Russian pop culture but always kept his job as boiler repair man
• Died in tragic car accident in 1990
• At least 65 adolescents committed suicide upon his death
• www.mirkino.net www.boshetunmay.com/distort/kino/

Final Notes

• Please review numbers in the teens as you continue to learn more numbers
• Remember you do not yet know how to count (needs genitive case)
• David will not be holding his office hours today