Table of Contents
Introduction and Review. Spelling rules. General remarks on nouns, pronouns, and adjectives. Verbs. Review of Russian handwriting. Transliteration of foreign words into Russian.
1. Let's Get Acquainted! Introducing and talking about yourself. Asking others questions about themselves. Writing letters. Nouns, adjectives, and verbs. The prepositional case. The accusative case. The genitive case. Russian names. University departments and subjects.
2. Our Pets and Us. Talking about your family and pets. Opening a conversation. Expressing your emotions. Nominative case. Dative case. Verbs. Professions. pets. Using you (familiar) vs. you (formal).
3. Monday's a Hard Day. Talking about your day. Talking about music. Using time expressions. Apologizing. Genitive case. Accusative case. Verbs. Verbs relating to sleeping and waking up. Musical instruments. Greeting people.
4. Days of Our Lives. Talking about your schedule. Talking about grades. Using numbers. Telling time. Genitive case. Verbs.
5. Where We Live. Talking about a home. Telling time. Dative case. Verbs. Names of rooms in a house. Name of farm animals. Using the telephone.
6. What Kind of a Person Are You? Talking about a person's appearance. Talking about a person's character. Talking about dating. Expressing possession.Instrumental case. Verbs. Superstitions. Verbs of studying, teaching, and learning.
7. Grammar for Reading. Verbal adjectives. Verbal adverbs. Complex sentences. Anna Karenina.
8. Around the World. Talking about travel. Talking about vacations. Writing business letters. Verbs. European countries. Asking someone to repeat themselves.
9. Urban Life. Talking about driving a car. Asking for and giving directions. Talking about a city. Verbs. Moscow and St. Petersburg. Expressing gratitude. Verbs with consonant alternation.
10. Nature and Us. Talking about the weather and natural calamities. Talking about clothing. Talking about illness. Words pertaining to clothing. Words pertaining to weather. Compliments.
11. Bon Appetit. Talking about food and how to prepare it. Inviting and receiving guests. Wishing someone Happy Birthday. Behavior at the dinner table. Asking someone to do something. A Russian menu. Different types of food. Invitations.
12. What Things Do We Enjoy. Sports, literature, movies, art. Real and unreal conditions: review of negative constructions. Russian and American history.
