Chapter 11

Lesson 2

Prepared by Jeffrey Riggs

Reviewgrandmother husbandgrandfather wifeparents sonsister (older/younger) daughterbrother (older/younger) married (for two

persons)babyuncle auntchildren

ReviewGive the plurals of the following nouns

брат сын

сестра мать

муж дочь

жена

ребёнок

Review: genetive adjectivesAdjectives that describe masculine and neuter nouns :

-ого / -его Adjectives that describe feminine nouns:

-ой / -ейDemonstratives:

э́�та э́той.

э́тот э́того

э́то э́того

Practice:

У меня нет … (старший брат, младшая сестра, этот телефон, эта книга, любимый муж, любимая жена, дочь, мать…)

Grammar Comment 11-2Accusative singular for animate nouns

Animate nouns with a nominative form ending in -А/-Я, including those that refer to male persons, take the endings -У/-Ю in the accusative singular.

мама

маму

бабушка

бабушку

папа

папу

дядя

дядю

Grammar Comment 11-2Это мама. Я люблю маму.

This is (my) mother. I love my mother.

Как зовут бабушку?

What’s (your) grandmother’s name?

Вы знаете Катю и Ваню?

Do you know Katya and Vanya?

Masculine animate nouns Masculine animate nouns have the same

ending in the Accusative that they have in the Genitive:

Nom: братGen: братаAcc: брата

Grammar Comment 11-2Masculine animate nouns with a nominative form

ending in a hard consonant take the ending -A in the accusative singular.

братбрата

ИванИвана

коткота

от(е)цотца

Grammar Comment 11-2In nouns like отец with the suffix -ец the vowel -е-

drops out when endings are added.

Я люблю отца.

I love my father.

Я знаю американца.

I know theAmerican.

Masculine animate nouns with a nominative form ending in the soft sign (-ь) or the soft consonant -Й take the ending -Я in the accusative singular.

учительучителя

НиколайНиколая

СергейСергея

Ты знаешь Николая?Do you know Nikolai?

Feminine nouns that have a nominative singular form ending in a soft sign (-Ь) have the same form in the accusative singular.

матьмать

дочьдочь

Я знаю её мать.I know her mother.

Я люблю …мама

мамуотец

отцадочь

дочьжена

женусын

сынамой город

мой город

Я люблю …брат

братадедушка

дедушкумой университет

мой университетмой район

мой районмоя квартира

мою квартирубабушка

бабушкумоё общежитие

моё общежитие

Accusative case endings for masculine animate adjectives, possessives, and demonstratives.Again for MASCULINE animates, these are the same as for the

genitive. The demonstrative ЭТОТ and adjectives that describe animate masculine nouns in the accusative singular take the ending -ОГО.

Nominative Accusative (=Gen)этот этогостарый старогобольшой большогохороший хорошего*

*Spelling rule 2 applies here: After hushers (ж, ш, ч, щ) and ц, unstressed o > e

Masculine animate accusativeThe adjectives, like the nouns, have the same

endings as the genitive:

Анна Каренина не любит старого мужа.

Anna Karenina doesn’t love her old husband.

Ты знаешь этого американца?

Do you know that American?

Grammar Comment 11-2Possessives that describe animate masculine nouns the

accusative singular take the ending -его

Nominative Accusativeмой моеготвой твоегонаш нашеговаш вашего

Я знаю твоего брата.I know your brother.

PracticeЯ знаю … брат, отец, друг, сын

my yourhisherouryourtheiroldnewthis

Inanimate masculine and all neuter:Possessives that describe inanimate masculine and neuter nouns

in the accusative singular have the same ending as the nominative.

Это твой журнал. Я читаю твой журнал.It’s your magazine. I’m reading your magazine.

Это ваше письмо. Я читаю ваше письмо.It’s your letter. I’m reading your letter.

Remember that его, её and их never change form.

PracticeЯ люблю … брат, город, университет, друг,

дом, сын

my

your

his

her

our

your

their

Feminine accusative adjectivesAdjectives that describe feminine nouns, both

animate and inanimate, in the accusative singular take the ending -УЮ.

Я очень люблю старую бабушку.I love my old grandmother very much.

Grammar Comment 11-2Demonstratives and possessives that describe feminine

nouns take the same endings (-У/ -Ю) for both animate and inanimate nouns.

Я знаю эту красивую женщину.I know that beautiful woman.

Я люблю мою дочь.I love my daughter.

Я люблю мою школу! I love my school.

Practice Я люблю… This pretty woman

Our sonYour (f.) dogYour (inf.) catMy wifeThis penMashaOur auntHis uncleOur universityThis personHer daughterYour (f.) classroomThis magazine

ExercisesExercise 11-7: Read the sentences, circle the words

in the accusative case and explain the endings.Exercise 11-8: Take turns asking and answering the

questions. Remember the new accusative case endings!

Exercise 11-9: Read the sentences and give English equivalents. Circle the words in the genitive case and underline the words in the accusative case.

Grammar comment 11-3Accusative case forms for personal pronounsNominative Accusativeкто когоя меняты тебяонегооно егоона еёмы насвы васони их

DrillProvide the correct accusative case form:ктоятыононоонамывыони

DrillProvide the correct nominative case formкогоменятебяегоеёнасвасих

ExercisesExercise 11-10: 1) Read the sentences and fill in the blanks. 2) Read

the sentences and figure out what the underlined words answer.Exercise 11-11: 1) Listen to the list of professions and mark the ones

you hear. 2) Match the English and the Russian. Link to 11-11 3) Fill in the chart.

Exercise 11-12: Listen to the conversations and circle the words you hear. Then practice the conversations using your personal information. Link to 11-12

Exercise 11-13: Listen to the conversation and fill in the blanks. Link to 11-13

Exercise 11-14: Listen to the interviews in 11-1. Summarize them in Russian and answer the questions given in the form of a narrative. Link to both interviews

ReviewЯ люблю (this woman).Ты любишь (this big person).Он любит (her).Маша знает (your inf. brother).Анна знает (our father).Мы любим (your pl. mother).Сергей любит (Angelina).Ангелина любит (Sergei).Они любят (you pl.).Вы любите (us).Вы знаете (them).Они знают (you inf.).

Почему ты не любишь (me)?

Митя любит (Masha).

Ты любишь (him)?

Вы любите (this American)?

Мы любим (our mother).

Они знают (our older daughter).

Мы знаем (your old grandfather).

Дима знает (Lena).

Лена знает (Dima).

Я знаю (her).

Вы знаете (me).