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These expressions are also covered in Unit 12.

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Note the construction with the reflexive verb nra´vit;sq (po-) 6

‘to like’:

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Im ne nra´vilas; poli´tika Gorbahe¨va.

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policy was not pleasing to them.

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nu´'en / nu'na´/

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nu´'no / nu'ny

´ to translate ‘to need’:

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Emuńu'na´ byla´ po´mo];.

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He needed help.

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There are further examples of this construction in Unit 12.

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Endings in the dative case

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Nouns

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Masculine

Feminine

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Singular

Plural

Singular

Plural

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prezideńtu

prezideńtam

gaze´te

gaze´tam

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tramva´[

tramva´qm

nedeĺe

nedeĺqm

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kreml[

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kremlq´m

revol[

ćii

revol[

ćiqm

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vozmo´'nosti

vozmo´'nostqm

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Neuter

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Plural

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vinu´

vińam

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zdańi[

zdańiqm

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vre´meni

vremena´m

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Adjectives and pronouns

Masculine and Neuter

Feminine

Plural

intereśnomu

intereśnoj

intereśnym

dre´vnemu

dre´vnej

dre´vnim

moemu´

moe´j

moi´m

tvoemu´

tvoe´j

tvoi´m

na´wemu

na´wej

na´wim

va´wemu

va´wej

va´wim

\´tomu

\´toj

\´tim

tomu´

toj

tem

vsemu´

vsej

vsem

h;emu´

h;ej

h;im

Singular

Plural

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mne

my

nam

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tebe´

vy

vam

on / onoémuóniím

onaéj

kto

komu´

hto

hemu´

Exercise 7

Put the words in brackets into the dative.

Iz zapiśok 'urnaliśta

Te¨ploe a´vgustovskoe u´tro 1991 go´da. My e´dem po (Sado´voe kol;co´) k (Beĺyj dom). My u'eśly´wali iz pereda´h po (ra´dio), i po (televi´denie) o popy´tke perevoro´ta. Esli sudi´t; po (posle´dnie soob]eńiq) po (ra´dio), (solda´ty) ni´kto ne prikaźyval strelq´t; po (tolpa´). Voproś v tom, pomo´'et li aŕmiq (puthiśty) ili

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prisoedińitsq k (demokra´ty i El;cin), posle´du[t li solda´ty 2

(prikaźy) iz Kremlq´? V golove´ pronośqtsq raźnye myśli. Pohemu´

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\´to proizowlo´? Kto vinova´t? Neu'eĺi, Gorbahe¨v? (Puthiśty) ne 4

nra´vilas; poli´tika Gorbahe¨va? (Gorbahe¨v) na´do byĺo de´jstvovat; 5

rewi´tel;nee? Sejhaś (on) nu'na´ poddeŕ'ka vsex l[de´j. Tepeŕ; (vse 6

demokra´ty i El;cin) ugro'aét areśt? Vokru´g Beĺogo do´ma – toĺpy 7

naro´da. (My) pohtińevozmo´'no projti´ bli´'e k (zdańie) Beĺogo 8111

do´ma, no (my) tak xo´hetsq usly´wat; El;cina. On stoi´t na tańke i 9

obra]aétsq k (naro´d). Vse polny´ \ntuziaźma pomo´h; (on i ego´

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sora´tniki). K (obe´d) powe¨l do'd;, no niktońe xoteĺ uxodi´t;. (Vse) 1

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xoteĺos; byt; haśt;[ istoŕii.

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v golove´ pronośqtsq my

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thoughts run through (my) mind

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vinova´t

guilty, to blame

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de´jstvovat;

to act

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neu'eĺi

really? is it possible?

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obra]a´t;sq k

to address

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pereda´ha po televi´deni[

television broadcast

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posle´dnee soob]eńie

latest report

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prikaź / prikaźyvat;

order / to order

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prisoedini´t;sq k

to join

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strelq´t;

to shoot

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sudi´t; po

to judge by

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hast;

part

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Exercise 8

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Answer the questions in English.

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1 What was the weather like on the nineteenth of August?