Russians do not, as a general rule, print. Fortunately, Russian cursive script has many features in common with English cursive script and with Russian block letters, Nevertheless, developing good Russian cursive handwriting takes practice. The following pages provide hints on how to form Russian letters in cursive script. The arrows indicate the direction in which you should move your pen or pencil when you make the capital letters, ‘A. Fillthe lines below as you practice writing the cursive forms of Russian capital and lowercase leters. Say the names ofthe letters aloud in Russian each time you write them. ‘M,at begin with a small hook just above the line (even in the middle of a word). This hook is very small; it does not look like the letter The small «is half the height of the capital K. Do not make a loop or extend the small letter above the middle, or dotted, line The capital T requires four strokes (three vertical Sometimes a line is written above it :nd one top horizontal). The small is like the English script m. Some Russians prefer an alternate form of the cursive lower case If you choose to write with this variant, be sure that the ris only a half space high (the same height as an a or 0) and that the stem comes straight down and does not curve to the right. ZA 2 Ypox 1, acts nepoanName Dee. Class. G0 ‘Now practice writing the following words, Russians do not write stress marks, but your instructor may have you write them for practice. Kax, xax Ko, «ro Masta, scina ‘The left bar of the small p extends straight below the line and the part of the letter above the line does not close (contrast this to the cursive small-leter p in English. Ypor 1, acre nepnas 3‘The final stroke of the capital ¥ remains on the line and turns to the left and stops. It does not extend below the line, asthe smally does, QV, wy Most Russian letters connect from the baseline to the following leter. As you can see in the examples below, this connecting stroke is drawn to about half the height of the next letter, Practice writing the following words, rw Sf baeceoyg ie. Kyprea, xyprxa CY B. As you practice writing cursive forms of the capital and small leters, continue to say the names of the letters aloud in Russian each time you write them. Make the B with three strokes:a vertical downstroke, a horizontal cross stake, and a looping stroke, The small 6 looks somewhat like the English cursive d but terminates by trailing off to the top right. 4 Ypox 1, Yacrs nepaaeName Date as The top of the small r must be rounded, Do not make it angular or flat like the English cursive The next leter looks like the numeral 10 with bar in between, Uf, ut should not be made to look like the English cursive We, The middle stroke is the same height as the frst and last strokes, and the last stroke returas all the way down to the line and bends to the right, Sometimes the small mis underlined to help it stand ouz. Ypor I, Macro nepsat 5‘The capital 3 is indented on the right side, very much like the numeral 3. Make it in one stroke, VT 9,9 [Now make a series of the upper- and lowercase 3,9, and E, one after the other, Remember the distinctive features of \ Spewaa Ee Now practice writing some words and phrases with these letters. 6} Ypox 1, Saers nepaanName Date lass. He anit, Don't forget the hooks before st, and a! Tepseinmi Mpnanain 1 Awepika Kax re6si s0nj? Meus 2onjr Kax nena? Yypox 1, Yacre mepran 7Nopoins, cnacsi6o, : z 2 & 2 = Kax? ers 8 Ypox 1, acre nepaan(Nate eee Die ee Cage Kita Kro Sra? Her, 510 me Tana, sro Ka.Casual greetings and introductions T. Write out in Russian what you would say when 1 you greta friend on the street you ask your friend the name of a man in your Russian class. ‘you want to learn the name of the person youre talking with you introduce yourself to someone. vou teil your friend the name (Arma) of a woman in your class. Ypox I, acts nepaanName Date_____ Clas UACTb BTOPAA PABOTA JIOMA (Homework) TIHICbMO (Written exercises) New letters and sounds: Group B [A._Fillthe ines below as you practice writing the cursive forms of Russian capital and lowercase letters. Say the names ofthe lters aloud in fussan cach time yu write them Note carefully the strokes used to make 2K, 2 pied area ame 1 always have the “half-moon over them. Its never omitted. Ti what distinguishes the consonant from the vowel‘The final stroke of Y, 4 must turn to the right. It never goes below the line The w (stirxaet axax [soft sign]) has no sound ofits own, It never starts a word, so there is no capital letter for it in cursive script. 1B. Write the following words in cursive sript. Pay close attention to how you join the letters, Say the words aloud and remind yourself oftheir meaning. SapSncrayiire 16 Ypor 1, Macro propasName Date las. Ovens npr ro 410? Cracii6o. Toxdayttera B, The following Russian words are new to you, but they sound similar to their English counterparts. Match the ‘words on the left with the corresponding pictures. ° we 1h some i Ypox I,Macre eropan 17