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Deĺo v tom, hto v Rossií sli´wkom mno´go gaze´t.

The thing is that there are too many newspapers in Russia.

Proble´ma zakl[haétsq v tom, hto Rossi´q pere'ivaét

kriźis.

The problem consists in the fact that Russia is undergoing a crisis.

Words other than hto may follow the construction v tom: Deĺo v tom, kak dosta´t; deń;gi.

The thing is how to get the money.

Proble´ma v tom, kudaé´xat;.

The problem is where to go.

Exercise 7

Put to, hto in the correct case.

1 On govoriĺ o . . . svobo´da preśsy v Rossií v opaśnosti. 2 On vi´dit . . . ne vi´dqt drugié. 3 Q veŕ[ v . . . demokra´tiq pobedi´t.

4 On zakońhil svoj rasskaź . . . zadaĺ nam neśkol;ko voprośov.

5 Ona´ vsegda´ gordiĺas; . . . onaŕuśskaq. 6 On ne vinova´t v . . .

'urnaĺ byl zakry´t. 7 Beda´ v . . . v Rossií sli´wkom mno´go gaze´t. 8 L[

´ di somneva´[tsq v . . . oni´ poluha´[t ob#ekti´vnu[

informaći[,

Tot, kto / te, kto

Tot, kto and te, kto are used to mean ‘the one(s) who’: Tot, kto boĺ;we vsex rabo´taet polu´hit lu´hwu[ oceńku.

He who / the one who works hardest will receive the best mark.

The case of tot / te is decided by their role in the main clause and kto from its role in the subordinate clause:

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Q pomogu´ tem, komu´ tru´dno najti´ pra´vil;nyj otve´t.

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I will help those who have difficulty in finding the right answer.

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(tem – dative after pomogu´ and komu´ – dative before tru´dno).

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There are some examples in both the text and the dialogue: 6

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|to kanaĺ dlq tex, kto interesuétsq muźykoj.

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It is a channel for those who are interested in music.

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SMI zaviśqt ot tex, kto dae¨t im deń;gi.

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The media depend on the ones who give them money.

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After te, kto either the plural or the singular verb may occur: 3

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te, kto rabo´taet zdes;; te, kto rabo´ta[t zdes;

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those who work here

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Kto may be detached from tot and used to introduce a separate 8

clause:

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Kto ne rabo´taet, tot ne est.

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He who doesn’t work doesn’t eat.

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Exercise 8

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Put tot, kto and te, kto in the correct case.

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A

1 On obratiĺsq (to the one who) stoqĺa rq´dom. 2 Mne byĺo 8

'al; (the one to whom) onańapisaĺa pis;mo´. 3 Ona poznako´mila 9

menq´ (with the one who) uhiĺsq s nej. 4 (The one who) govori´t 30

\´to, q´vno glu´pyj helove´k. 5 Lu´hwe otda´t; kni´gu (to the one who) 1

onańra´vitsq.

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B

1 My (with those who) otstaívaet nezaviśimost; preśsy.

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2 |tot kanaĺ (for those who) nra´vqtsq myĺ;nye o´pery. 3 Preśsa 5

vsegdaźaviśit (from those who) finansiŕuet ee¨. 4 Bol;winstvo´

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(of those who) vystupaĺ po televi´deni[, byĺi poli´tikami. 5 My 7

poslaĺi priglaweńie (to those who) xo´het uhaśtvovat; v

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progra´mme. 6 (Among those who) smo´trit kanaĺ NTV mno´go 9

studeńtov. 7 (Those who) interesuét iskuśstvo, smo´trqt kanaĺ 40

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The mass media

Exercise 9

Study the different points of view regarding the number of channels on TV.

VLADIMIR POZNER, akademik Rossijskoj

akademii i televideniq, vedu]ij programmy na ORT

rynok>.

MIXAIL LEONT:EV, vedu]ij avtorskoj

programmy na ORT

soder'at;>.

OLEG DOBRODEEV, predsedatel;

Teleradiokomiteta

sistema cifrovoj texnologii: togda u nas budet ne west;

ob]enacional;nyx kanalov, kak sejhas, a dvadcat; – dvadcat; pqt;>.

Po materialam gazety , 2001