Dictionary of Spoken Russian/Russian-English

PART II

Russian-English

GRAMMATICAL INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS

Abbreviations Used in Part II…215

§1. Sounds…215

§2. Russian Writing…217

§3. Alternation of Sounds…218

§4. Alternations of Sound and Spelling…220

§5. Inflection…221

§6. Nouns…221

§7. Nouns with пол-…223

§8. Abbreviated Nouns…223

§9. Variations of Sound and Spelling in Nouns…223

§10. Declension of Nouns…224

§11. Adjective Declension…225

§12. Irregular Adjectives…226

§13. Special Adjectives…226

§14. Pronominal Adjectives and Pronouns…227

§15. Possessive Adjectives…227

§16. один, сам, весь…227

§17. тот, этот…227

§18. он…227

§19. некий, сей…228

§20. кто, что…228

§21. Personal Pronouns…228

§22. Numerals…228

§23. Compounds of Question Words…229

§24. Verbs…230

§25. Regular Verbs…231

§26. Irregular Verbs…232

§27. Irregular Present…232

§28. Irregular Infinitive and Past…232

§29. Special Irregular Forms…233

§30. Durative and Punctual Aspect…233

§31. Prepositions…234

ABBREVIATIONS USED IN PART II

1,2,3 first, second, third person

a accusative

adv adverb

AF adjective in feminine form

AM adjective in masculine form

AN adjective in neuter form

AP adjective in plural form

ap accusative plural

as accusative singular

cp comparative

d dative

dls dative and locative singular

dp dative plural

ds dative singular

dur durative

F feminine

g genitive

gdh genitive, dative, locative singular

gp genitive plural

gr grammatical

gs genitive singular

i instrumental

imv imperative

indecl indeclinable

inf infinitive

ip instrumental plural

is instrumental singular

iter iterative

l locative

lp locative plural

ls locative singular

M masculine

N neuter

n nominative

np nominative plural

ns nominative singular

P plural

p past

pap past active participle

pct punctual

pger past gerund

pr present

prap present active participle

prger present gerund

prpp present passive participle

ppp past passive participle

refl reflexive

S singular

sh short adjective form