| Now let's look at the sentence pattern. |
| This pattern will be the structure that all of our dialogues will follow. |
| Я из [place name]. |
| (Ya iz [place name].) |
| I’m from [place name]. |
| Usually city names are declined, |
| so in this context you can see a different ending. |
| Например. |
| (Naprimer). |
| For example. |
| Москва |
| (Moskva). |
| Москвы |
| (Moskvy). |
| Я из Москвы. |
| (Ya iz Moskvy). |
| Москвы |
| (Moskvy) |
| Now let's look at some speaking examples. |
| Where are you from? |
| Откуда ты? |
| (Otkuda ty?). |
| Я из Санкт-Петербурга. |
| (Ya iz Sankt-Peterburga). |
| I’m from Saint Petersburg. |
| Я из Санкт-Петербурга. |
| (Ya iz Sankt-Peterburga). |
| Я из Владивостока. |
| (Ya iz Vladivostoka). |
| I’m from Vladivostok. |
| Я из Владивостока. |
| (Ya iz Vladivostoka). |
| And if we speak about regions: |
| Я из Сибири. |
| (Ya iz Sibiri). |
| I’m from Siberia. |
| Я из Сибири. |
| (Ya iz Sibiri). |
| Санкт-Петербурга |
| (Sankt-Peterburga). |
| Владивостока |
| (Vladivostoka) |
| Сибири |
| (Sibiri.) |
| Russia is an incredibly huge country! |
| To cross Russia by train from west to east would take almost 7 days. |
| Therefore, Russia is divided into federal districts, such as the |
| Сибири |
| (Sibiri.) |
| Siberia. |
| Волга |
| (Volga) |
| Volga |
| Дальний Восток |
| (Dal’niy Vostok) |
| Far East |
| Сибирь |
| (Sibir’) |
| Дальний Восток |
| (Dal’niy Vostok) |
| Волга |
| (Volga) |
| Russia is also one of several countries that is located in two parts of the world |
| - Europe |
| Европа |
| (Yevropa) |
| and Asia |
| Азия |
| (Aziya). |
| The Ural Mountains are conventionally considered the border. |
Comments
Hide