Russian Language By: Alexis Adornetto
Photo courtesy of Wikipedia Introduction All around Russian Difficult to comprehend Benefit your understanding Photo courtesy of Wikipedia
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Alphabet 33 letters Transliterated with Latin alphabet Cyrillic alphabet http://upload.wikimedia.org /wikipedia/commons/2/24/Russian_ alphabet.ogg Photo courtesy of Wikimedia
Name Customs Formal Patronymic Informal First, Patronymic, Last Father’s first name + suffix Informal Younger people No patronymic Diminutive name (Mikhail --- Misha) Avdotya Romanovna Raskolnikov Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov Son of… Daughter of… -ovich or -evich -ovna or -evna
Telling Names Name of Character Root Word Meaning Svidrigailov (None) Historic criminal Negative character Razumikhin Razum Rationality, mind, intelligence Zametov Zametit To notice, realize Luzhin Luzha Puddle Marmeladov Marmelad Marmalade, jam Raskolnikov Raskol Schism or split
Telling Names, Telling Quotes Raskolnikov “what can I tell you? I have known Rodion for a year and a half: sullen, gloomy, arrogant, proud; recently (and maybe much earlier) insecure and hypochondriac. Magnamious and kind. Doesn’t like voicing his feelings, and would rather do something cruel than speak his heart out in words. At times, however, he’s not hypochondriac at all, but just inhumanely cold and callous, as if there really were two opposite characters in him, changing places with each other” (Dostoevsky 215). Svidrigailov “I only used the whip twice” (284). “What if I am fifty and she is not sixteen?” (482). “ For you (Dounia) could not complain afterwards” (497).
Conclusion Understand Dostoevsky’s literature hints Russian name customs Pronunciation General understanding Photo courtesy of Wikimedia
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