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up to and including 1st May

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each

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with numerals, especially 2, 3, 4

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po dva stola´

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two tables each

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po + dative is used with nouns

My poluhiĺi po pis;mu´.

We received a letter each.

numerals above five take accusative or dative with the noun in the genitive plural:

po pqt; / po pqti´ haso´v

five hours each

Po + prepositional

on, at the time of, after

po smeŕti, po prieźde, po vozvra]eńii

on the death of, on arrival, on return

po okonhańii kuŕsa, po poluheńii viźy

on finishing the course, on receipt of visa

Exercise 11

Put the nouns in the appropriate case after po.

1 U'e´ west; haso´v po (moi´ hasy´). 2 My plyve¨m vniz po (reka´).

3 Oniśideĺi po (po´qs) v vode´. 4 Ka´'dyj poluhiĺ po (podaŕok). 5 Po (poluheńie) paśporta on peree´xal v Ameŕiku.

6 Konfereńciq sostoi´tsq s peŕvogo po (tre´t;e) fevralq´.

Exercise 12

Study the chart (on page 195) showing the growth of higher educational institutions in Russia. What changes have occurred since 1993?

Obrazovanie

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Kоличество высших

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334

302

учебных заведений

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в Pоссии

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78

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573

578

580

548

553

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494

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государственные

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150

негосударственные

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годы

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1917

1980/81

93/94

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95/96

96/97

97/98

98/99

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По данным Госкомстата

Подготовил Сергей MAKCИМОBИЧ

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No 16, 2001.

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N.B. po dańnym Goskomsta´ta – according to the data of the State Committee 7

of statistics

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Language points ♦

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Stress

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Present and future perfective of verbs

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Fixed stress: where the infinitive is stressed on the stem the present 5

or future perfective is stressed throughout on the same syllable: 6

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sta´vit;

– sta´vl[, sta´viw;, sta´vit, sta´vim, sta´vite,

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sta´vqt

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e´xat;

– e´du, e´dew;, e´det, e´dem, e´dete, e´dut

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Generally verbs with monosyllabic infinitives have fixed stress, but 2

this may be on the ending or the stem:

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byt;

– bu´du, bu´dew;, bu´det, bu´dem, bu´dete, bu´dut

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vzqt;

– voz;mu´, vozme¨w;, voz;me¨t, voz;me¨m, voz;me¨te,

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voz;mu´t

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The exception is moh; – see below.

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will be stressed on the ending. In some verbs the stress then remains 1