Thread: Grammar and Vocabulary Corrections.

I have tried to formulate some basic sentences. Please correct them. What verbs should I use, prepositions, . etc. Thanks!!

Я хожу в театр раз в месяц.
I go to theatre once a month.

Ты часто ходишь в кино?
Do you often go to the movies?

Жизнь – коротка.
Life is short.

Мы гуляли через Хайд Парк.
We walked through Hyde Park.

Когда ты ложишься?
When do you (use to) og to bed?

Мой друг любит учить в школе.
My friend loves to go to school.

Мы жили в Савойе (?).
We lived at Savoy.

Северное Море – важно для нас.
The North Sea is important for us.

Она ходит на работу четыре раза в неделю.
She goes to work four times a week.

Теперь мы идём в кино.
Now we are going to the movies.

Originally Posted by jz12

I have tried to formulate some basic sentences. Please correct them. What verbs should I use, prepositions, . etc. Thanks!!

Мой друг любит учить в школе.
My friend loves to go to school.

I think this may be wrong

Мы жили в Савое (?).
We stayed at [color=red]The Savoy (it's a hotel I believe).

Северное Море важно для нас. (No hyphen, I think)
The North Sea is important for us.

Сейчас мы идём в кино.
Now we are going to the movies.

Originally Posted by TATY

Originally Posted by jz12

I have tried to formulate some basic sentences. Please correct them. What verbs should I use, prepositions, . etc. Thanks!!

Мой друг любит учить в школе.
My friend loves to go to school.

Мы жили в Савое (?).
We stayed at [color=red]The Savoy (it's a hotel I believe).

Thanks. I wasn't sure since it would behave as a loan word, i thought it might be в Савое. I'm sorry my lack of English knowledge

Originally Posted by jz12

Теперь мы идём в кино.
Now we are going to the movies.

correct me if i'm wrong, but..."Теперь мы идём в кино" is more like "Now we go to the movies(we used to not go)" rather than "right now we're going to the movies".

Originally Posted by jz12

Я хожу в театр раз в месяц. "Раз в месяц я иду в театр." sounds good too.
I go to theatre once a month.

Жизнь_ коротка.(without "–")
Life is short.

Мы гуляли по Хайд-Парку.
We walked through Hyde Park.

Когда ты ложишься? Better: "Когда ты ложишься спать?"
When do you (use to) og to bed?

Мой друг любит учиться в школе. Better: "Моему другу нравится учиться в школе." OR "Мой друг любит ходить в школу."
My friend loves to go to school.

Мы жили в Савойе (?). "Савойе" - it's ok. If "Савойа" is a hotel, then - в "Савойе", with commas.
We lived at Savoy.

Северное Море – важно для нас. Это звучит не по-русски :)
The North Sea is important for us.

sounds good too

For some reason, "sounds well" doesn't work in English.

Originally Posted by basurero

sounds good too

For some reason, "sounds well" doesn't work in English.

Спасибо

Спасибо большое!
This will help me a lot!!

Мы жили в Савойе (?). "Савойе" - it's ok. If "Савойа" is a hotel, then - в "Савойе", with commas.
We lived at Savoy.

The hotel is called Савой.
http://www.savoy.ru/

But yes it is в Савойе.

Originally Posted by TATY

The hotel is called Савой.
http://www.savoy.ru/

Еще есть такая область во Франции - Савойя.

Originally Posted by zomby_pengy

Originally Posted by jz12

Теперь мы идём в кино.
Now we are going to the movies.

correct me if i'm wrong, but..."Теперь мы идём в кино" is more like "Now we go to the movies(we used to not go)" rather than "right now we're going to the movies".

No, that would be "теперь мы будем ходить в кино". "Теперь мы идём в кино" emphasizes that before we were doing or have done something else, for example: мы сделали уроки и теперь идем в кино - we've done our homeworks and now we are going to the movies

Originally Posted by Friendy

No, that would be "теперь мы будем ходить в кино". "Теперь мы идём в кино" emphasizes that before we were doing or did something else, for example: мы сделали уроки и теперь идем в кино - we've done our homework_ and now we are going to the movies

Thank you, basurero.

Originally Posted by basurero

our homework_

Is it singular even when they are in different schools and have different homeworks?

Originally Posted by Friendy

Thank you, basurero.

Originally Posted by basurero

our homework_

Is it singular even when they are in different schools and have different homeworks?

Yes. I can't think of any situation where "homework" can be plural.

Thank you, Darobat.

"Homework" is just an uncountable noun (неисчислимое существительное).

Another Q:

I thought adverbials should "always" precede a noun.

Is one of these sentences odd, or are both of them perfectly equal?
Я очень хорошо спал. / Я спал очень хорошо.

Same Q about SVO/SOV with personal pronouns in Acc:

Я вижу её. / Я её вижу.
Я терпеть не могу его. / Я его терпеть не могу.
Я понимаю тебя. / Я тебя понимаю.

When should I pay attention to word order in basic sentences structures like SVO/SOV? I know these are grammatically correct, but I want to know which of the structures is commonly used and does not sound odd.

Спасибо

In Russian the most important thing is inflexion of voice.

These sentences are equal.
You can say: Я очень хорошо спал. (This means: you slept, and your sleep was good )

But you can say: Я очень хорошо спал! (This can be an answer to: "How did you sleep?")

So you can say "Я спал очень хорошо" or "Я спал очень хорошо" or "Я спал очень хорошо!" etc.

Originally Posted by Оля

You can say: Я очень хорошо спал. (This means: you slept, and your sleep was good )