Learn how to ask and answer the question, "Where did you learn Russian?"
Now Playing: Lesson Audio
Get a breakdown of the dialogue and translations instantly with the Premium line-by-line Audio. Sign up for your Free Lifetime Account Now and get 7 Days of Premium Access including this feature.
Get this lesson’s key vocab, their translations and pronunciations. Sign up for your Free Lifetime Account Now and get 7 Days of Premium Access including this feature.
Unlock Lesson Notes and Transcripts for every single lesson. Sign Up for a Free Lifetime Account and Get 7 Days of Premium Access.
| Yura: Top 25 Russian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 7: Where did you learn 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 "Where did you learn Russian?" In Russian this is |
| Svetlana: где ты изучал русский язык? |
| The first word in the question is |
| Svetlana: где |
| Yura: meaning "where" in English. |
| Svetlana: (Slow, by syllable) где |
| Yura: Listen again and repeat. |
| Svetlana: где |
| {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. |
| Svetlana: (Slow, by syllable) ты |
| Yura: Now repeat. |
| Svetlana: ты |
| {Pause} |
| Yura: Listen to the the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| Svetlana: где ты |
| {pause} |
| Yura: And next |
| Svetlana: изучал |
| Yura: meaning learn. |
| Svetlana: (Slow, by syllable) изучал |
| Yura: Now repeat. |
| Svetlana: изучал |
| {Pause} |
| Yura: Listen to the first 3 words of the question and repeat. |
| Svetlana: где ты изучал |
| {pause} |
| Yura: And next |
| Svetlana: русский |
| Yura: meaning Russian. |
| Svetlana: (Slow, by syllable) русский |
| Yura: Now repeat. |
| Svetlana: русский |
| {Pause} |
| Yura: Listen to the first 4 words of the question and repeat. |
| Svetlana: где ты изучал русский |
| {pause} |
| Yura: And next |
| Svetlana: язык |
| Yura: meaning language. |
| Svetlana: (Slow, by syllable) язык |
| Yura: Now repeat. |
| Svetlana: язык |
| {Pause} |
| Yura: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Svetlana: где ты изучал русский язык |
| {pause} |
| Yura: You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies. Master the following pattern and responses to the question Where did you learn Russian?? |
| Svetlana: я изучал его в школе |
| Yura: "I learned it in school." Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Svetlana: (Slow) я изучал его в школе |
| {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: Next is |
| Svetlana: изучал |
| meaning learned. |
| Svetlana: (Slow, by syllable) изучал |
| Yura: Now repeat. |
| Svetlana: изучал |
| {Pause} |
| Yura: And next |
| Svetlana: его |
| meaning something like it. |
| Svetlana: (Slow, by syllable) его |
| Yura: Now repeat. |
| Svetlana: его |
| {Pause} |
| Yura: And next |
| Svetlana: в |
| Yura: meaning in. |
| Svetlana: (Slow, by syllable) в |
| Yura: Now repeat. |
| Svetlana: в |
| {Pause} |
| Yura: And after that |
| Svetlana: школе |
| meaning school. |
| Svetlana: (Slow, by syllable) школе |
| Yura: Now repeat. |
| Svetlana: школе |
| {Pause} |
| Yura: Listen to the speaker say, I learned it in school., and then repeat. |
| Svetlana: я изучал его в школе |
| {pause} |
| Yura: To make another phrase, replace in school with by myself. |
| Svetlana: сам |
| Yura: by myself |
| Svetlana: (slow) сам (regular) сам |
| Yura: Listen to the phrase again, this time with by myself |
| Svetlana: я изучал его сам |
| Yura: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace in school. Say I learned it by myself. |
| {pause} |
| Svetlana: я изучал его сам |
| Yura: To use a different phrase, replace by myself with at home. |
| Svetlana: дома |
| Yura: at home |
| Svetlana: (slow) дома (regular) дома |
| Yura: Listen to the phrase again, this time with at home |
| Svetlana: я изучал его дома |
| Yura: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for by myself. Say I learned it at home. |
| {pause} |
| Svetlana: я изучал его дома |
| Yura: To expand on the pattern, replace at home with in Russia. |
| Svetlana: в России |
| Yura: in Russia |
| Svetlana: (slow) в России (regular) в России |
| Yura: Listen to the phrase again, this time with in Russia. |
| Svetlana: я изучал его в России |
| Yura: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for at home. Say I learned it in Russia. |
| {pause} |
| Svetlana: я изучал его в России |
| Yura: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Russia and someone asks you where you learned Russian. You learned Russian in school. Respond to the question. |
| Svetlana: где ты изучал русский язык? (five seconds) я изучал его в школе |
| Yura: Now, imagine you learned it by myself. Respond to the question. |
| Svetlana: где ты изучал русский язык? (five seconds) я изучал его сам |
| Yura: Imagine you learned it at home. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Svetlana: где ты изучал русский язык? (five seconds) я изучал его дома |
| Yura: Imagine you learned it at in Russia. Respond to the question. |
| Svetlana: где ты изучал русский язык? (five seconds) я изучал его в России |
| Yura: Now you want to ask someone where they learned Russian. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Svetlana: где ты изучал русский язык? |
| {pause} |
| Yura: This is the end of Lesson 7. |
Comments
Hide