Countries is the forty-first (assuming read left to right) skill of the Russian language tree. It has a total of five lessons and teaches the words for various countries, their languages and their people.
Grammar Notes[]
Patterns in People and Places[]
People from various countries, as well as the language and the name of the place are inter-related:
| Country | Male Person | Female Person | Language/Adjective |
|---|---|---|---|
| Китай | китаец | китаянка | китайский |
| Америка | американец | американка | американский |
Note: as you can see, ethnicities and languages are not capitalized.
Simple Future (featuring perfectives)[]
If you are completing an action in the future, simply conjugating the perfective form is enough.
An American Writer[]
You can "double-up" ethnicities and jobs together like so:
- студент-художник = a student who is also an artist
A Russian Dictionary[]
If an object is written, spoken, etc. in a language, then use на + instrumental; if it is instead done in a certain language (including speaking a language), then use по- + dative.
Lessons[]
Lesson 1[]
- американец/американка = American
- карта = map
- Киев = Kiev
- понравиться = will like
- Италия = Italy
- приехать = to arrive (with a vehicle)
Lesson 2[]
- когда-нибудь = sometime
- Япония = Japan
- Китай = China
- японский = Japanese
- Казахстан = Kazakhstan
- почти = almost
- гора = mountain
Lesson 3[]
- японец/японка = Japanese
- француз = Frenchman
- французский = French
- спортсмен/спортсменка = male athlete/female athlete
- Канада = Canada
- Беларусь/Белоруссия = Belarus, Byelorussia
Lesson 4[]
- украинский = Ukrainian
- итальянский = Italian
- Испания = Spain
- Англия = England
- отдохнуть = to rest
- иностранный = foreign
Lesson 5[]
- Сибирь = Siberia
- добро пожаловать = Welcome
- Польша = Poland
- Лондон = London
References[]
Duolingo Lesson: www.duolingo.com/skill/ru/Countries-and-Places