Lesson Transcript

Hi, everyone.
I am Anastasia Komarova.
Всем привет. (Vsem privet.)
Меня зовут Анастасия Комарова. (Menya zovut Anastasiya Komarova.)
Welcome to the Russian Whiteboard Lessons.
In this lesson, you will learn how to talk about your occupation in Russian.
Let's get started.
Поехали! (Poyekhali!)
Okay, let's look at the vocabulary.
Some words are very similar to English.
And the first word is студент. (student)
Студент. (Student)
That refers to a male student.
The word for a female student is студентка. (studentka)
Next word is инвестор. (investor)
Инвестор. (Investor)
Next word is исследователь. (issledovatel')
Исследователь. (Issledovatel')
That refers to a male researcher.
The word for a female researcher is исследовательница. (issledovatel'nitsa)
Next word is учитель. (uchitel')
Учитель. (Uchitel')
That refers to a male teacher.
The word for a female teacher is учительница. (uchitelnitsa)
Next word is инженер. (inzhener)
Инженер. (Inzhener)
Next word is водитель. (voditel')
Водитель. (Voditel')
Next word is врач. (vrach)
Врач. (Vrach)
Next word is бизнесмен. (biznesmen)
Бизнесмен. (Biznesmen)
Next word is актер. (akter)
Актер. (Akter)
That refers to an actor.
The word for an actress is актриса. (aktrisa)
Next word is рабочий. (rabochiy)
Worker.
Рабочий. (Rabochiy)
In Russian, some occupations have the same word for both genders.
For example, доктор, врач. (doktor, vrach)
However, some words will differ depending on gender.
In general, nouns that end in consonant tend to be a masculine, while nouns that end in ка, ница tend to be a feminine. (ka, nitsa)

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