Russian 1: Welcome!

Order of Events: 1. Syllabus 3. Familiarization with the textbook 2. Homework Where to find http://www.russian.ucla.edu/beginnersrussian/student/home.htm 3. Familiarization with the textbook

Moscow

Letters: Group 1 Consonants: М, м as in “Man” П, п as in “Pan” Т, т as in “Title” К, к as in “Kind” Handwriting: http://www.russian.ucla.edu/beginnersrussian/student/CH1/Group1/index.html Vowels: А, а as in “fAther” О, о as in “fOr” Э, э as in “Enter”

Putting it Together: м + а = ма м + о = мо м + э = мэ Do exc. 1-2, p. 4

!Note! 1. Russian, unlike English, does NOT have articles a, an, or the… 2. The present tense form of the verb “to be” is usually omitted. 3. Unstressed “o” or “a” at the end of а word is pronounced as “uh” 4. Memorize Russian stress!

New Vocab: Do exc. 1-3, p. 4 1. **Это ма́ма. 2. **Это па́па. 3. **Это Том. 4. **Это кот. **note: remember that at the end of a word unstressed “o” is pronounced as “uh”

Кто э́то? Do exc. 1-7 1. Кто э́то? Это кот. 2. Кто э́то? Это ма́ма. 1. Кто э́то? Это кот. 2. Кто э́то? Это ма́ма. 3. Кто э́то? Это па́па. 4. Кто э́то? Это Том. 5. Кто э́то? Это Эмма. 6. Кто э́то? Это То́ма. Do exc. 1-4; 1-5; 1-6 http://russian.ucla.edu/beginnersrussian/student/CH1/Ch1MP3files/Ch1-6.MP3 Do exc. 1-7

Let’s Practice: Do exc. 1-9; 1-10 http://russian.ucla.edu/beginnersrussian/student/CH1/Ch1MP3files/Ch1-10.MP3

Let’s Review: Consonants: M, м П, п Т, т К, к Vowels: А, а О, о Э, э

!Some rules to remember! 1. Russian, unlike English, does NOT have articles a, an, or the… 2. The present tense form of the verb “to be” is usually omitted. 3. Unstressed “o” or “a” at the end of а word is pronounced as “uh”

Let’s Make Some Sounds: ма, мо, мэ, ам, ом, эм па, по, пэ, ап, оп, эп та, то, тэ, ат, от, эт ка, ко, кэ, ак, ок, эк