| Let's look at the dialogue. |
| When I read, I want you to pay attention to the words showing the days of the week. |
| Find what these words are and see how they’re used in the dialogue. |
| Какой сегодня день? |
| (Kakoy segodnya den’?) |
| What day is it today? |
| Сегодня среда. |
| (Segodnya sreda.) |
| Today is Wednesday. |
| First |
| The question. |
| Какой сегодня день? |
| (Kakoy segodnya den’?) |
| What day is it today? |
| Then the answer. |
| Сегодня среда. |
| (Segodnya sreda.) |
| Today is wednesday. |
| Сегодня (Segodnya), Today |
| Какой день? |
| (Kakoy den’?) |
| What, day? |
| This question means, first of all, what day of the week is it today. |
| But it can also mean the weather and different characteristics of the day. |
| Now let's look at the sentence pattern. |
| This pattern will be the structure that all of our dialogues will follow. |
| Сегодня [day]. |
| (Segodnya [day].) |
| Today is [day]. |
| Now let's look at some speaking examples. |
| Сегодня понедельник. |
| (Segodnya ponedel’nik.) |
| Today is Monday. |
| Сегодня понедельник. |
| (Segodnya ponedel’nik.) |
| Сегодня пятница. |
| (Segodnya pyatnitsa.) |
| Today is Friday. |
| Сегодня пятница. |
| (Segodnya pyatnitsa.) |
| Сегодня воскресенье. |
| (Segodnya voskresen’ye.) |
| Today is Sunday. |
| Сегодня воскресенье. |
| (Segodnya voskresen’ye.) |
| In pre-Christian times in Russia Sunday was called “неделя” ("nedelya"). |
| Now the word “неделя” ("nedelya") means "week". |
| Аnd the word Sunday - “воскресенье” (“voskresen’ye”) |
| got its name from the resurrection of Christ. |
| In Russian it sounds the same - воскресение (“voskreseniye”). |
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