Cognate
Name an example of three cognates
aeroport (ah-eh-rah-pohrt; airport) ? akadyemiya (uh-kuh-dye-mee-ye; academy) ? algyebra (ahl-geeb-ruh; algebra) ? amyerikanyets (ah-mee-ree-kah-neets; American man) ? astronomiya (uhs-trah-noh-mee-ye; astronomy) ? bank (bahnk; bank) ? biologiya (bee-ah-loh-gee-ye; biology) ? biznyes (beez-nehs; business) ? biznyesmyen (beez-nehs-mehn; businessman) ? boks (bohks; boxing) ? dyemokrat (dee-mah-kraht; democrat) ? diryektor (dee-ryek-tuhr; director) ? doktor (dohk-tuhr; doctor) ? dokumyent (duh-koo-myent; document) ? effyektivnyi
Name of the Russian Alphabet?
Cyrillic
What are two types of letters in Russian alphabet?
Vowel and Consonant
Try to read the word with correct stress: Za'mok
Za'mok
Name an example of false cognate word
simpatichniy (seem-puh-teech-nihy; good-looking) — This word doesn’t mean “sympathetic,” so be careful who you say it to! ? normal’no (nahr-mahl’-nuh; okay, fine) — This word doesn’t mean “normally”! ? klass (klahs; classroom) — This word is the room where a class takes place but doesn’t refer to the academic course itself. It also indicates a group of kids in the same grade. ? banda (bahn-duh; band of gangsters) — This word has nothing to do with a musical band, so be careful when you use it! ? magazin (muh-guh-zeen; store) — This word doesn’t mean “magazine,” but you can buy one there! ? familiya (fuh-mee-lee-ye; last name) — This word isn’t your family, but your family
How many letters are in Russian alphabet?
33
Name an example of familiar-looking and same-sounding letters
? Aa ? Kk ? Mm ? Oo ? Tt
Try to read the word with correct stress: Zamo'k
Zamo'k
What is cognate?
Words that have a common ancestry are called cognates. Cognates are like foreign political refugees or immigrants. They settle down in their new country and start to adapt to their new life, and even begin to look and behave like native words of their new country.
Who exactly was Cyril?
One of the brothers, Cyril, came up with an ingenious idea: create a Slavic alphabet from a mishmash of Greek, Hebrew, and old Latin
words and sounds.
Name an example of familiar-looking, different-sounding letters
Vv: It looks like English Bb, at least the capital letter does, but it’s pronounced like the sound v as in victor or vase. ? Ee: This one’s a constant annoyance for English speakers, who want to pronounce it like ee, as in the English word geese. In Russian, it’s pronounced that way only if it appears in an unstressed syllable. Otherwise, if it appears in a stressed syllable, it is pronounced like ye as in yes. ? |\: Don’t confuse this with the letter Ee. When two dots appear over the Ee, it’s considered a different letter, and it is pronounced like yo as in yoke. ? Nn: It’s not the English Hh. It just looks like it. Actually, it’s pronounced like n as in Nick. ? Rr: In Russian it’s pronounced like a trilled r and not like the English letter p as in Peter. ? Ss: This letter is always pronounced like s as in sun and never like k as in victor. ? Uu: This letter is pronounced like oo as in shoot and never like y as in yes. ? Xx: Never pronounce this letter like z or ks as in the word Xerox. In Russian the sound it represents is a coarse-sounding, guttural kh, similar to the German ch. (See “Surveying sticky sounds,” later in this chapter, for info on pronouncing this sound.)
Name Weird-looking letters
Й З Я Ю
Ц Ф Ч Ъ
Ш Ы И
Щ Э Ь