Thread: писаришками?

Originally Posted by kvs

Вот ссылка возможно на слишком простые раcсказы, но все равно попробуйте
Детские рассказы

I looked at the link, and I don't think all of the stories are "too simple", from a foreigner's perspective -- some of them contain vocabulary that a Russian child would know from hearing it in speech, but that a non-Russian might be unfamiliar with. For example, in the very first paragraph of the story Одуванчики ("Dandelions"), we find the three nouns тополь, липа, and клён (which are specific types of tree: poplar, linden, and maple). On the other hand, the stories aren't very long, the grammar is simple, and they have straightforward plots, so this can be a good way to focus just on vocabulary acquisition.

Also, the same website has a page of extremely short stories (just one or two paragraphs) -- the purpose of these is to encourage kids to пересказать ("paraphrase") the story in their own words. These seem to me like they'd be very useful to reinforce already-learned vocabulary and grammar.

For example, the story Пингвины ("Penguins") has the sentence они не умеют летать, зато очень хорошо плавают ("they don't know how to fly, but they swim very well") -- so right there you've got a great illustration of how "indeterminate/multidirectional" Verbs Of Motion are used. (I.e., you say "Они хорошо плавают", not "Они хорошо плывут".)

Originally Posted by Throbert McGee

For example, the story Пингвины ("Penguins") has the sentence они не умеют летать, зато очень хорошо плавают ("they don't know how to fly, but they swim very well") -- so right there you've got a great illustration of how "indeterminate/multidirectional" Verbs Of Motion are used. (I.e., you say "Они хорошо плавают", not "Они хорошо плывут".)

probably "they can't fly, but swim very well" is more literal
I also realized that I don't know a lot about Russian verbs, even that I can speak Russian

Originally Posted by Throbert McGee

so right there you've got a great illustration of how "indeterminate/multidirectional" Verbs Of Motion are used. (I.e., you say "Они хорошо плавают", not "Они хорошо плывут".)

i wouldn't call it "indeterminate/multidirectional" as there's a quite clear philological definition of the distinction between these forms of the verb, namely imperfective and perfective forms which roughly correspond to present indefinite and present continuous tenses in English

Russian Verbs