Easy Russian 2 uncovers how Russians learn Russian language in Russia. It includes basic and advanced coverage of Russian phonetics, how Russian consonants and vowels behave in different situations. You will learn many useful action verbs such as TO BE, TO DO, TO GO, TO LISTEN, TO HEAR, TO SEE and an array of associated words and combinations. You will discover many similarities and differences between Russian and English which will make your learning much easier. After all, Russian is part of the same language family as English, so you might as well take advantage of this. You will be able to hear and more importantly understand live speech of Yuri Gagarin. You will listen to Chekhov story in the original and discover what Shakespeare sounds like in Russian. Each track represents self contained module with tuition, vocabulary, phraseology and Russian language content read by native speakers. Knowledge of other modules from Easy Russian 1 can be useful but is not a pre-requisite.
Track List / Table of Contents
01 Introduction
02 Understanding Russian Names
Russian naming system; Use of formal and informal names; Birthdays in Russia; Celebrating 2 birthdays; Unusual Names; Fun Names; Russian flying dragon Zmej Gorynych;
03 Learning Russian Like a Native
Phonetics: One letter one sound rule; Russian vowels; Stress in Russian words; How Russians learn Russian: root of words in Russian; use of prefixes in Russian;
TO DO& complete; create; what are you doing; what have you done; etc.
04 To Be Or Not To Be in Russian
TO BE& not to be: I will; I was; forget; arrive; extract etc.
TO LIVE& life; heal; survive; worry etc.
Practice: William Shakespeare's Hamlet in Russian
05 Speak Russian Like a Russian
Phonetics: Aspiration in English; Voicing / De-voicing in Russian; How Russians learn Russian: pairs of Russian consonants;
06 Talking About Our Planet Earth in Russian
Planet Earth; soil; land; to land; landing; human; man; woman; satellite; life partner; spaceship; countdown; ignition; take-off etc.
TO GO& move over; move to a new place; move around; stop by; set off; arrive etc.
Practice: 1) Yuri Gagarin about planet Earth in Russian; 2) Yuri Gagarin about his landing experience in Russian;
07 Reading Chekhov in Original
Phonetics: Reduction of vowels
TO LOOK / TO SEE& I am watching a film; look at something; consider etc.
TO LISTEN / TO HEAR& I am listening; hear; overhear; listen through etc.
Practice: Anton Chekhov, The Man in A Case Read in Russian
08 Gagarin About Planet Earth
Yuri Gagarin About his flight into space and fist impressions of planet Earth. Read in Russian.
09 Gagarin About Landing
Yuri Gagarin talking about his landing experience in 1961. Russian language.
10 Shakespeare in Russian
William Shakespeare, From Hamlet s monologue read in Russian
11 Chekhov in Russian
Anton Chekhov. From The Man in A Case story. Read in Russian.