Learn how to talk about nationalities
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| 3-Minute Russian Season 1, Lesson 9 - Talking about Nationalities |
| Introduction |
| Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Russian Season 1, Lesson 9 - Talking about Nationalities. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use nouns to describe where you are from in simple sentences in Russian. |
| Body |
| Becky: Here's the way a male speaker would say 'I am Korean.' in Russian. |
| Elena: [Normal] Я кореец.(Ya kareyets.) |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Elena: [Normal] я [Slow] я (ya) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'Korean' |
| Elena: [Normal] кореец [Slow] кореец(kareyets) |
| Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I am Korean.' |
| Elena: [Slow] Я кореец. [Normal] Я кореец. |
| Becky: Ok, now let's take a look at the way a female speaker would say 'I am Korean.' |
| Elena: [Normal] Я кореянка.(Ya kareyanka.) |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Elena: [Normal] я [Slow] я (ya) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'Korean' |
| Elena: [Normal] кореянка [Slow] кореянка(kareyanka) |
| Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I am Korean.' |
| Elena: [Slow] Я кореянка. [Normal] Я кореянка. |
| Becky: Next up is the way to say 'We are American.' |
| Elena: [Normal] Мы американцы.(My amerikantsy.) |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'we' |
| Elena: [Normal] мы [Slow] мы(my) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'American' |
| Elena: [Normal] американцы [Slow] американцы(amerikantsy) |
| Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'We are American.' |
| Elena: [Slow] Мы американцы. [Normal] Мы американцы. |
| Becky: Finally, here is a way to say 'You are Chinese. ' |
| Elena: [Normal] Ты китаец.(Ty kitayets.) |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'you' |
| Elena: [Normal] ты [Slow] ты(ty) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'Chinese' |
| Elena: [Normal] китаец [Slow] китаец(kitayets) |
| Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'You are Chinese.' |
| Elena: [Slow] Ты китаец. [Normal] Ты китаец. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Elena: Russia is considered to be home to people belonging to over 160 ethnic groups. Along with Russian, there are 35 different official languages in various regions of Russia. |
Outro |
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| Becky: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
| Elena: Пока. |
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