CONTENTS
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Actootledgoments
LEARNING TO READ RUSSIAN Alphabet and
‘Pronunciation: Tranter: See Sins
RUSSIAN HANDWRITING; MORE ON PRONUNCIATION
EVERYDAY PHRASES; BASIC GRAMMAR
"Naming Things: Basic Gra Gender Map of Ras
DOING THINGS - VERBS; PERSONAL PRONOUNS
Preset Tense: Conjogtions: Word Sze Nous and Cass,
Conversation nthe Mere
[ASKING QUESTIONS: THE PREPOSITIONAL CASE
Incecinable Now Diaiognet
POSSESSION: GOING PLACES; THE ACCUSATIVE
(CASE. Rusin Penenl Names Diclopnes
DESCRIBING THINGS: ADJECTIVES Masclie Feninine
sn Newer Adjecives: "What Kind of... 7: "Ti nd That
Prepouonl an Accotive Cates of Adjectives, Adve
Mancow Sret ap
PLURALS: SPELLING RULES; BUYING THINGS
‘Spelling ales Thee. Spelling Ral 2 Mapf arape
NUMBERS; THE GENITIVE CASE. 1-S:00: Genitive
‘Singular and Paral; Quamites:Roubes and Dar: Beying Tings
Sweet Malet
“TO HAVE": MORE ON THE GENITIVE Geitie Pronouns:
“Ther: Prepositions Taking the Gentine: Geniive of Adjectives,
“Whether Diaioues|
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wr“THE PAST; REFLEXIVE VERBS. The Founding of
SePovrsbrs
‘THE FUTURE; ASPECT; THE DATIVE CASE
Impertecive and Perfecive “To Wan’ Dative: To Give
"To Please’ Speling Roles 3 and: Prepositions Pal;
Inthe Rear Vsting Friends
[ASPECT IN THE PAST: USE OF TENSES | Aspectof
‘he infintive: Rep Specks More about Whether’ Dialogue
[ASPECT IN THE FUTURE; IMPERSONAL
CONSTRUCTIONS Dialogne
[REQUESTS AND THE IMPERATIVE Summary of
[Apes ie, To Lest Tourist, Phnin Berea
"THE INSTRUMENTAL CASE _Srer nd ér:Deceson of
Sumames A Furl at Home; olod ond he KGB
‘TIME, DATE, AGE: ORDINAL NUMBERS. Monts
‘Years: Fhe Day Lf of Chika Thao)
“THE COMPARATIVE: SUPERLATIVES: RELATIVE
CLAUSES WITH KOTOPBIA (Who ‘Which’: Vicor
Want Mec Mary, Siberian Seperinives: Map of Seria
‘THE CONDITIONAL; OBLIGATION (10:0KEH):
PREFIXES Mary Seeks an Absent Mindd Profesor
VERBS OF MOTION: GOING. RUNNING, BRINGING
“Tavling Around: Tania in Motion
POSSESSION (CROR); PURPOSE (HTOBKD)
Mr ThorthwateDoem' ike His Hoe: Was Targeney
@Rovoionary?
FUN WITH NUMBERS Decension of Nebers "Bo
Collective Nomenks Fractions, Soviet Dire Suites
‘TIME EXPRESSIONS “When “How Lng: Vadim ond
va: Mr Kizneso and Mr Pope
NEGATION: PLACE OF HE _Nashing, Nobody, Never
‘cae, iar, ter A Pineaple bu No Bananas
‘DIMINUTIVES; PROPER NAMES: POLITENESS
"The Fexand he Rolling Pi
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: WORD ORDER:
(WRITING LETTERS. 4 Laerto Mrs Pope
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28 VERBAL ADVERBS Peer the Great: A Recipe for
Mushroom Solio
29 "BOOKISH’ STYLE: ACTIVE PARTICIPLES:
PUNCTUATION; SHORT-FORM ADJECTIVES
laivesto The Winer Place
30 ABBREVIATIONS: NAMES OF RUSSIAN LETTERS;
PARTICLES —A Conplete Chekhov Story: Tésen w 16m
(aan Toe)
Grammatical Tables
The Four Spling Roles
‘assion-Exalih Vocabalary
Englsh-Russon Vocabulary
Key Exrctes ond Translation of Tete
Glosary of Grammatical Terms
Index
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INTRODUCTION
Like its Penguin prdeceso, the New Penguin Russian Cows isa gruamar
‘of Russian for adults which aims to take the reader tothe equivalent of
Aclevel standard. I is designed primarily as selfutor for all thse who
intend o study this important language without a waher. This means that
there is plemy of explanation. a concer for completeness, a key 1 ll
cexeriss and English tanltions ofall the Racsian texte. can this also
serve as reference work for students and others who are following &
‘more communicatively based classroom course but want 10 know the
sramenar in deta ticles all the basic stroctures of the language,
fait large vocabulary of over 1.500 words, a varity of exercises, and &
‘good number of texts (including conversations) intended both 1 state
the use ofthe language and also give information about ie in Rissa.
Unie its predecessor, the NPRC emphasizes functional and communi
ative aspects of language learning. in tune with current developments in
language teaching. Exercises involving translation from English into
Russian incl only things the learner might actually need to say (or
‘write in Russian. Futhemore, the lessons try 10 dintinguish material
hich is essential for basic competence in Russian from less imporant
pins (marked EXTRA). which can safely be ignored by those in a hurry.
‘The grammar is presented in an oer which inthe author's experience,
works wel with university stents. The overall itetion i that all the
‘esi grammar of Russian should be covered, but the main concer is we
fulness for the foreign lamer, The examples and exercises concentrate on
‘he hind and level of Rusia which ean reasonably be atained hy serous
students who wish to make themselves understood and to speak coretly
‘but who ae not necessarily aiming to become master spies OF ass them-
selves off as Russians. The Rosin inthe texts, which has all been writen