Monday, November 9, 2015

Constants ,Vowles,Genders And personal pronouns In Russian Language.


Constants And vowels in Russian language.

 There are 21 consonant letters of the Russian alphabet б, в, г, д, ж, з, й, к, л, м, н, п, р, с, т, ф, х, ц, ч, ш, щ .

Soft and hard consonants

soft  means that your tongue should be arched against the roof of your mouth (called the soft palate) so that it "softens" the sound.

Voiced and voiceless consonants

Russian consonants come in pairs where one letter is pronounced voiced and another one is similar but voiceless. 
VoicedVoiceless
бп
вф
гк , х
дт
жш
зс 

vowels  

vowels in the Russian language я, е, ё, и, ю.The hard-vowels are а, э, ы, у, о. Russian soft vowels are  я, е, ё, ю, и.



Russian language have three genders yes its bit not usual but very interesting for Sure So lets see them now. 

Genders 

To determine the gender Please look at the last latter of the word.

1 Masculine 
2. Feminine 
3. Neuter 

Masculine Gender -  consonant, or “й”, the word is masculine.
Example  -  паспорт (passport), документ (document), брат (brother), Хлеб (bread).

Feminine - “а” or “я” it is feminine.
Example  газета (newspaper), Россия (Russia), Дочь (daughter) 


Neuter -“о” or “е” it is neuter.
Example - здание (building), радио (radio), письмо (letter) 

There are  few exceptions to role stated above.

Examples 
Дедушка - (Grandfather) - Is Masculine
Мужчина - (Man) - Is Masculine
Кофе - (Coffee) - Is Masculine
Yes even though they end on a or e they are still masculine.



Personal pronouns 

  • я (I)
  • мы (we)
  • ты (you - singular; thou*)
  • вы (you - plural)
  • он (he)
  • онá (she)
  • онó (it)
  • они (they).
Lets just keep it simple in next lesson we will continue in details . Thank you .


 

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