Chapter 14: Какие мы? In this chapter you will learn: - personality traits - what kind of people you like - pronouncing ы at the end of words - discussing people - expressing agreement and disagreement - adverbs derived from adjectives - impersonal constructions - expressing possibility, prohibition, and necessity Новые слова весёлые - (-ая,-ое, -ые) cheerful, good, natured умный - (-ая, -ые) smart, clever характер - personality Practice cheerful; good-natured smart, clever personality Интервью Listen to the interviews and summarize them in English Exercise 14-1, Interview 1 Exercise 14-1, Interview 2 Произношение Pronouncing ы at the end of words. Exercise 14-2 Лексика и грамматика! Прилагательные. Adjectives. Exercise14-3. активный - active весёлый - cheerful внимательный – attentive добрый - kind интересный - interesting серьёзный - serious сильный - strong скучный - boring смелый - daring спокойный - calm талантливый - talented умный - smart честный - honest Повторение - мать учения! active good-natured, cheerful attentive strong boring daring, willing to take risks interesting calm serious kind Какой он/она человек? Exercise 14-4 Listen, read, and give English equivalents. Exercise 14-5 Choose the statements that apply to you. Adjectives. Прилагательные. Question word: Какой? (Какая? Какое? Какие?) хороший (-ая, -ее, -ие) плохой (-ая, -ое, -ие) нормальный (-ая, -ое, -ые) интересный (-ая, -ое, -ые) Grammar comment 14-1 Adjectives are used to describe nouns. Они хорошие студенты. They are good students. The word good is an adjective and it answers the question “What kind of?” (Какой, Какая, Какое, Какие? in Russian). *Adjectives ALWAYS agree in gender, number, and case with the noun they describe Adverbs. Наречия. Question word: Kaк? хорошо плохо нормально интересно Grammar Comment 14-1 Adverbs are used to describe verbs. Я хорошо говорю по-русски. I speak Russian well The word well is an adverb and it answers the question How? (Как? in Russian) Прилагательные Наречия Прилагательные Какой? хороший плохой нормальный интересный Наречия Как? хорошо плохо нормально интересно Grammar comment 14-1 You can form adverbs from many adjectives by dropping the adjectival ending (-ый, -ое, -ая, -ые) and replacing it with -o. xорош|ий------хорош------хорошо плох|ой--------плох---------плохо Grammar comment 14-1 . the subject of the sentence is это, When always use the adverb in -o as a predicate. Это трудно. That’s hard./That’s difficult. Всё было легко. Everything was easy. Наречия. Adverbs. Exercise 14-6. Form adverbs form the adjectives. Then say them aloud and give English equivalents. Exercise 14-7. Read the sentences and circle the correct word. Explain whether the question is Как? or Какой? (Какая, Какое, Какие?). Review active good-natured, cheerful attentive strong boring daring, willing to take risks interesting calm serious kind Review Make the following adjectives into adverbs: хороший плохой трудный лёгкий весёлый спокойный честный интересный активный серьёзный