English Grammar for Students of Russian:
The Study Guide for Those Learning Russian
2nd ed.
ISBN: 978-0-934034-21-0
Pp. 192
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Supplement your textbook with English Grammar for Students of Russian— learn the English grammatical terms your Russian textbook assumes you know.
You will learn: see the English Grammar for Students of Russian Table of Contents
Parts of speech — how to identify English and Russian nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions . . .
Question: Why learn English and Russian parts of speech?
So you'll choose the correct Russian equivalent
of an English word.
Example: play is играть if it’s a verb, but игра if it’s a noun.
Functions of words — how to identify English and Russian subjects, direct and indirect objects . . .
Question: Why learn the functions of English and Russian words?
So you'll choose the correct Russian equivalent
of an English word.
Example: her is её if it’s a direct object, but ей if it’s an indirect object.
Grammatical terms — explanation of English and Russian conjugation, case, declension, agreement . . .
Question: Why learn Russian grammatical terms?
So you’ll know which grammatical rules
to apply in Russian.
Example: "agreement" explains why this is этот when it points to a table, but эта when it points to a book.
Step-by-step analysis of examples — how to get from an English structure
to an equivalent Russian structure, see Chapter 16 of the O&H Russian Study Guide
Question: Why offer a step-by-step analysis of examples?
So you’ll know how to get from an English structure
to a Russian structure.
Example: I know the boy you wrote to.
Я знаю мальчика, которому ты писала.
(word-for-word: I know boy to whom you wrote)
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Each chapter of English Grammar for Students of Russian covers a grammar point
In English
- grammar explained as it relates to English, with examples
In Russian
- grammar explained as it relates to Russian
- examples with explanations of the
rules applied
English Grammar for Students of Russian also offers
Reviews — Test your comprehension of chapters by doing the short Reviews at the end of most chapters (with Answer key).