2nd Edition

Intermediate Russian A Grammar and Workbook

By John Murray, Sarah Smyth Copyright 2013
    288 Pages
    by Routledge

    288 Pages
    by Routledge

    Intermediate Russian provides a reference grammar and related exercises in one volume. Varied texts from Russian sources give an insight into contemporary Russian society and culture. Features include:
    * texts and exercises reflecting contemporary Russian
    * concise grammar explanations
    * full exercise key
    * detailed index.
    Intermediate Russian, and its sister volume, Basic Russian, are ideal both for independent study and use in class. Together the books provide a compendium of the essentials of Russian grammar.

    I. Interacting: 1. Naming, greetings, congratulating 2. Thanking, apologising, requesting and advising 3. Possession, desire and making suggestions 5. Seeking and giving clarification 5. Identifying and describing people 6. Going places II. Narrating: 7. Keeping a diary 8. Memoirs 9. Anecdote 10. Biographical sketch 11. News items 12. Narratives in the future III. Describing: 13. Adjectives 14. Pronouns 15. Compound nouns and imperfective gerund 16. Aspects and perfective gerund 17. Negation and numerals 18. Participles

    Biography

    John Murray and Sarah Smyth are Lecturers in Russian at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.