102.14.1 - Middlebury

Chapter 14:
Какие мы?
In this chapter you will learn:
- personality traits
- what kind of people you like
- pronouncing ы at the end of words
- discussing people
- expressing agreement and disagreement
- adverbs derived from adjectives
- impersonal constructions
- expressing possibility, prohibition, and necessity
Новые слова
весёлые - (-ая,-ое, -ые) cheerful, good, natured
умный - (-ая, -ые) smart, clever
характер - personality
Practice
cheerful; good-natured
smart, clever
personality
Интервью
Listen to the interviews and summarize them in
English
Exercise 14-1, Interview 1
Exercise 14-1, Interview 2
Произношение
Pronouncing ы at the end of words.
Exercise 14-2
Лексика и грамматика!
Прилагательные. Adjectives.
Exercise14-3.
активный - active
весёлый - cheerful
внимательный – attentive
добрый - kind
интересный - interesting
серьёзный - serious
сильный - strong
скучный - boring
смелый - daring
спокойный - calm
талантливый - talented
умный - smart
честный - honest
Повторение - мать учения!
active
good-natured, cheerful
attentive
strong
boring
daring, willing to take risks
interesting
calm
serious
kind
Какой он/она человек?
Exercise 14-4
Listen, read, and give English equivalents.
Exercise 14-5
Choose the statements that apply to you.
Adjectives. Прилагательные.
Question word: Какой? (Какая? Какое? Какие?)
хороший (-ая, -ее, -ие)
плохой (-ая, -ое, -ие)
нормальный (-ая, -ое, -ые)
интересный (-ая, -ое, -ые)
Grammar comment 14-1
Adjectives are used to describe nouns.
Они хорошие студенты.
They are good students.
The word good is an adjective and it answers the question
“What kind of?” (Какой, Какая, Какое, Какие? in
Russian).
*Adjectives ALWAYS agree in gender, number, and case with
the noun they describe
Adverbs. Наречия.
Question word: Kaк?
хорошо
плохо
нормально
интересно
Grammar Comment 14-1
Adverbs are used to describe verbs.
Я хорошо говорю по-русски.
I speak Russian well
The word well is an adverb and it answers the question
How? (Как? in Russian)
Прилагательные
Наречия
Прилагательные
Какой?
хороший
плохой
нормальный
интересный
Наречия
Как?
хорошо
плохо
нормально
интересно
Grammar comment 14-1
You can form adverbs from many adjectives by
dropping the adjectival ending (-ый, -ое, -ая, -ые) and
replacing it with -o.
xорош|ий------хорош------хорошо
плох|ой--------плох---------плохо
Grammar comment 14-1
. the subject of the sentence is это,
When
always use the adverb in -o as a predicate.
Это трудно.
That’s hard./That’s difficult.
Всё было легко.
Everything was easy.
Наречия. Adverbs.
Exercise 14-6.
Form adverbs form the adjectives. Then say them
aloud and give English equivalents.
Exercise 14-7.
Read the sentences and circle the correct word.
Explain whether the question is Как? or
Какой? (Какая, Какое, Какие?).
Review
active
good-natured, cheerful
attentive
strong
boring
daring, willing to take risks
interesting
calm
serious
kind
Review
Make the following adjectives into adverbs:
хороший
плохой
трудный
лёгкий
весёлый
спокойный
честный
интересный
активный
серьёзный