Svetlana Flemming - Colloquial Russian - The Next Step in Language Learning

fisherman

morq´k

sailor

bibliote´kar;

librarian

sekretaŕwa

secretary

stolqŕ

joiner

perevo´dhik / perevo´dhica

interpreter, translator

gardero´b]ik / gardero´b]ica

cloakroom attendant

prodaveć / prodav]ića

sales assistant

reda´ktor

editor

a´vtor

author

Nationality, religion, citizenship

-anin, -anka ( f ), -qnin, -qnka ( f ), -ec, -ka ( f ), -ih, -ihka ( f ) anglihańin

Englishman

anglihańka

Englishwoman

xristiańin / xristiańka

Christian

krest;qńin / krest;qńka

peasant

amerikańec / amerikańka

American

moskvi´h / moskvi´hka

Muscovite

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Actions

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-anie, -enie, -;ba, -nq, -ka

3

4

pisańie

writing

5

povyweńie

increase

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xod;ba´

walking

7

begotnq´

running

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Qualities

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-ost;, -est;, -ota, -stvo

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2

moĺodost;

youth

3

sve´'est;

freshness

4

temnota´

darkness

5

mu´'estvo

bravery

6

bessty

´ dstvo

shamelessness

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Note that a large range of abstract nouns, not just denoting quali-8

ties, end in -stvo:

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ote´hestvo

fatherland

1

iskuśstvo

art

2

mno´'estvo

multitude

3

Diminutives

4

5

-ik, -ok, -e¨k, -hik -ka, -ohka, -uwka

6

do´mik

little house

7

gorodo´k

small town

8

ogone¨k

small light

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stakańhik

little glass

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re´hka

little river

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de´vohka

little girl

2

derevu´wka

small village

3

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Small animals

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-e¨nok, -onok

7

kote¨nok

kitten

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medve' ońok

bear cub

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rebe¨nok

child

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monly used in the sense of ‘lads, guys’).

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Exercise 5

What do you call a man who . . .

Example: uhi´t; ruśskomu qzyku´ – uhi´tel; ruśskogo qzyka´

pokupa´t; televiźory, prodava´t; komp;[

´ tery, perevodi´t; s

inostrańnogo qzyka´, rukovodi´t; zavo´dom, poĺ;zovat;sq komp;[