Learn how to ask and answer the question, "What do you do?"
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| Yura: Top 25 Russian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 4: What do you do? in Russian (In each lesson of this 25 part series, you'll master a common question for Russian learners, and then learn how to answer it like a native. You'll learn how these key phrases work by breaking them down into each component. Then through repetition and new vocabulary, you'll expand your understanding of the question, its answers, and any variations.) |
| In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question "What do you do?" In Russian, this is |
| Svetlana: Чем ты занимаешься? |
| The first word in the question is |
| Svetlana: Чем |
| Yura: meaning “what" in English. |
| Svetlana: (Slow, by syllable) Чем |
| Yura: Listen again and repeat. |
| Svetlana: Чем |
| {Pause} |
| Yura: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the translation, breaking it down, and then giving it again at natural speed will be repeated throughout the series. Try to speak aloud as often as possible. The next word in the question is |
| Svetlana: ты |
| Yura: meaning “you" in English. |
| Svetlana: (Slow, by syllable) ты |
| Yura: Listen again and repeat. |
| Svetlana: ты |
| {Pause} |
| Yura: Listen to the the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| Svetlana: Чем ты |
| {pause} |
| Yura: Next is |
| Svetlana: занимаешься |
| Yura: meaning “do” in English. |
| Svetlana: (Slow, by syllable) занимаешься |
| Yura: Now repeat. |
| Svetlana: занимаешься |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Svetlana: Чем ты занимаешься? |
| {pause} |
| Yura: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question What do you do? |
| Svetlana: Я - учитель. |
| Yura: "I'm a teacher.” Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Svetlana: (Slow) Я - учитель. |
| {pause} |
| Yura: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| Svetlana: Я |
| Yura: meaning “I”. |
| Svetlana: (Slow, by syllable) Я |
| Yura: Now repeat |
| Svetlana: Я |
| {Pause} |
| Yura: And after that |
| Svetlana: учитель |
| Yura: meaning “teacher” |
| Svetlana: (Slow, by syllable) учитель |
| Yura: Now repeat. |
| Svetlana: учитель |
| Yura: Listen to the speaker say, I'm a teacher, and then repeat. |
| Svetlana: Я - учитель. |
| {pause} |
| Yura: To make another phrase, replace teacher with student. |
| Svetlana: студент |
| Yura: student |
| Svetlana: (slow) студент (regular) студент |
| Yura: Listen to the phrase again, this time with student. |
| Svetlana: Я - студент. |
| Yura: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace teacher. Say I'm a student. |
| {pause} |
| Svetlana: Я - студент. |
| Yura: To use a different phrase, replace student with doctor. |
| Svetlana: врач |
| Yura: doctor |
| Svetlana: (slow) врач (regular) врач |
| Yura: Listen to the phrase again, this time with doctor. |
| Svetlana: Я - врач. |
| Yura: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace student for doctor. Say I’m a doctor. |
| {pause} |
| Svetlana: Я - врач. |
| Yura: To expand on the pattern, replace doctor with singer. |
| Svetlana: певец |
| Yura: singer |
| Svetlana: (slow) певец (regular) певец |
| Yura: Listen to the phrase again, this time with singer |
| Svetlana: Я - певец. |
| Yura: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the doctor for singer. Say I’m a singer. |
| {pause} |
| Svetlana: Я - певец. |
| Yura: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Russia and someone asks you what do you do. You want to answer that you are a teacher. Respond to the question. |
| Svetlana: Чем ты занимаешься? (five seconds) Я - учитель. |
| Yura: Now you want to answer that you are a student. Respond to the question. |
| Svetlana: Чем ты занимаешься? (five seconds) Я - студент. |
| Yura: You want to answer that you are a doctor. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Svetlana: Чем ты занимаешься? (five seconds) Я - врач. |
| Yura: Now you want to answer that you are a singer. Respond to the question. |
| Svetlana: Чем ты занимаешься? (five seconds) Я - певец. |
| Yura: Now you want to know ask someone what do they do. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Svetlana: Чем ты занимаешься? |
| {pause} |
| Yura: Now it's time to answer the question with actual information about yourself. |
| Svetlana: Чем ты занимаешься? |
| {pause} |
| Yura: This is the end of Lesson 4 |
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