Rodnaya rech'

Table of Contents
Table of Contents

Chapter 0: (Introduction)
Phonetics
Morphology
Grammar: parts of speech

Chapter 1: (How to describe people)
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o : (Parts of speech: adjectives and adverbs)
o (Adjectival endings)
o (Nuances of adjectival endings)
o (Superlative degree of adjectives)


Chapter 2: (How to talk about daily routine)
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(Verbs)
o (Infinitive)
o (Reflexive verbs)
o - (Spelling of the particle - in reflexive verbs)
(Tense)
o (Past tense)
o (Present tense and future tense)
o (Endings of conjugated verbs)
o (Consonant mutation)
(Tricky verbs)
o - - (Verbs with the -OBA- suffix)
o , (Verbs of the type )



Chapter 3: , , (How to describe past and future events)
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(Verbal aspect)
o (Imperfective/perfective forms of verbs)
( ) (Functions of verbal aspect)
(Verbal aspect and tense)
o (Verbal aspect and adverbs)
(Tricky aspectual pairs)



Chapter 4: (How to talk about family and friends)
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(Grammatical case)
(Genitive case)
o (Important nuances)
(Adjectives and possessive pronouns in the genitive case)
(Personal pronouns)
(Functions of the genitive case)
o : (Posession: expressing the idea of 'having')
o : ? (Expressing belonging: whose)
o ( ) (Attributive function)
o - (Insufficient amount of something, lack of something, or absence of something or somebody)



Chapter 5: e, (How to describe a community where I live)
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(Nouns in plural genitive case)
(Adjectives in plural genitive)
(Important details)
(Fill vowel)
(Exceptions)
: ë (Additional function of the genitive case: counting)



Chapter 6: ë (How to talk about university studies)
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(Accusative of nouns and adjectives: singular)
(Functions of the accusative case)
o 1: (Function 1: direct object)
o 2: (Function 2: direction and directionality)
o 3: (Function 3: accusative case with prepositions)
(Accusative of nouns and adjectives: plural)



Chapter 7: , (How to talk about trips and travel)
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(Verbs of motion)
(Directionality)
o : (Conveyance: on foot vs. via transportation)
o (Prefixed verbs of motion)
o (Generalized meaning of verbs of motion)
:
(Conjugation of Verbs of Motion)
(Direction and directionality)
(Review of accusative singular)
, (Verbs of positioning, self-positioning and location)
(Review of accusative plural)



Chapter 8: , (How to talk about feelings and emotions)
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- -


Chapter 9: , (How to talk about where people live)
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Chapter 10: (How to talk about people's interests)
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Chapter 11: (Review)


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Index