Thread: Pimsleur Progress

Originally Posted by fortheether

Позже_ у меня будет меньше работы (not a verb!), чем сейчас. - Later I will have less work than now.

Originally Posted by fortheether

Мне (d.c.) скоро нужно быть там. - I soon need to be there.
Мы (n.c.) скоро должны приехать? - Are we soon supposed to arrive?

мне нужно = I need (or more literally "it is needed by me")
мы должны = we should, we are supposed to

Some verbs in Russian are backwards.
For example:
I like books = мне нравятся книги (literally "books are pleasant to me")
I feel like drinking = мне хочется пить ("drinking is desired by me")

Don't ask why. Russian is a backward language.
I will pm you a list of backward verbs when I find it.

PS. You will get more responses if your posts were shorter.

Originally Posted by fortheether

Hello,

Мне (d.c.) скоро нужно быть там. - I soon need to be there.
Мы (n.c.) скоро должны приехать? - Are we soon supposed to arrive?

Help!!! I don't understand why two sentences above uses d.c. but the sentence above uses n.c. - can someone please explain it to me?

I don't really know why, but we can also swap these two sentences:

Я скоро должен быть там.
Нам скоро нужно приехать? (better: "Как скоро нам нужно приехать?")

I think, there are a stable statements "мне/тебе/ему/вам... нужно/надо" and "я/ты/он... должен". You just have to memorise it.

"Мы скоро должны приехать" не обязательно означает, что мы обязаны скоро приехать. Это просто значит, что мы уже скоро приедем. Например:
Он уже закончил все дела и скоро должен быть дома.
Электричка идет очень быстро, почти без остановок, и мы уже скоро должны приехать.

Originally Posted by Оля

"Мы скоро должны приехать" не обязательно означает, что мы обязаны скоро приехать.

То же самое есть в английском: must не всегда должен/обязан. He must've studied for years. His Russian is highly impressive.

Originally Posted by shadow1

Originally Posted by fortheether

Мне (d.c.) скоро нужно быть там. - I soon need to be there.
Мы (n.c.) скоро должны приехать? - Are we soon supposed to arrive?

мне нужно = I need (or more literally "it is needed by me")
мы должны = we should, we are supposed to

Some verbs in Russian are backwards.
For example:
I like books = мне нравятся книги (literally "books are pleasant to me")
I feel like drinking = мне хочется пить ("drinking is desired by me")

Don't ask why. Russian is a backward language.
I will pm you a list of backward verbs when I find it.

PS. You will get more responses if your posts were shorter.

I'll try to make the posts shorter but it depends on the material that is contained in that lesson.

Thank you for the lesson it really helped!

Originally Posted by Guin

Originally Posted by fortheether

Hello,

Мне (d.c.) скоро нужно быть там. - I soon need to be there.
Мы (n.c.) скоро должны приехать? - Are we soon supposed to arrive?

Help!!! I don't understand why two sentences above uses d.c. but the sentence above uses n.c. - can someone please explain it to me?

I don't really know why, but we can also swap these two sentences:

Я скоро должен быть там.
Нам скоро нужно приехать? (better: "Как скоро нам нужно приехать?")

I think, there are a stable statements "мне/тебе/ему/вам... нужно/надо" and "я/ты/он... должен". You just have to memorise it.

Thank you for the lesson it really helped!

Оля,
As always, thank you very much for the help!

Scott

Originally Posted by Lampada

Originally Posted by Оля

"Мы скоро должны приехать" не обязательно означает, что мы обязаны скоро приехать.

То же самое есть в английском: must не всегда должен/обязан. He must've studied for years. His Russian is highly impressive.

Whose Russian is highly impressive?

Originally Posted by fortheether

Originally Posted by Lampada

Originally Posted by Оля

"Мы скоро должны приехать" не обязательно означает, что мы обязаны скоро приехать.

То же самое есть в английском: must не всегда должен/обязан. He must've studied for years. His Russian is highly impressive.

Whose Russian is highly impressive?

Not yours, don't worry
That sentence was just an example, a context.

Originally Posted by Vadim84

Originally Posted by fortheether

Originally Posted by Lampada

Originally Posted by Оля

"Мы скоро должны приехать" не обязательно означает, что мы обязаны скоро приехать.

То же самое есть в английском: must не всегда должен/обязан. He must've studied for years. His Russian is highly impressive.

Whose Russian is highly impressive?

Not yours, don't worry
That sentence was just an example, a context.

Believe me, I wasn't worried. I know I am a beginner.

Originally Posted by fortheether

I'll try to make the posts shorter but it depends on the material that is contained in that lesson.

Thank you for the lesson it really helped!

Don't make'em TOO short, or it sort of defeats the purpose.

Originally Posted by RavinDave

Originally Posted by fortheether

I'll try to make the posts shorter but it depends on the material that is contained in that lesson.

Thank you for the lesson it really helped!

Don't make'em TOO short, or it sort of defeats the purpose.

I wasn't going to cut out material. Depending on the lesson I would post the first 10/15 minutes of the lesson. Then have another post(s) with the rest. Then on page 3 of this thread post the whole corrected lesson.

I was also thinking that when the Pimsleur lessons are all done, with the help of our native Russian speakers to continue on. They can add verbs, adjectives , vocabulary etc. to the current material. How does that sound?


Scott

Originally Posted by fortheether

...I was also thinking that when the Pimsleur lessons are all done, with the help of our native Russian speakers to continue on. They can add verbs, adjectives , vocabulary etc. to the current material. How does that sound?
Scott

Ты молодец!

Originally Posted by Lampada

Originally Posted by fortheether

...I was also thinking that when the Pimsleur lessons are all done, with the help of our native Russian speakers to continue on. They can add verbs, adjectives , vocabulary etc. to the current material. How does that sound?
Scott

Ты молодец!

Спасибо. Может быть, ты можешь помочь?

Originally Posted by fortheether

Originally Posted by Lampada

Originally Posted by fortheether

...I was also thinking that when the Pimsleur lessons are all done, with the help of our native Russian speakers to continue on. They can add verbs, adjectives , vocabulary etc. to the current material. How does that sound?
Scott

Ты молодец!

Спасибо. Может быть, ты можешь помочь?

Да, если меня другие не опередят.

Hello,
Please help me fix my many mistakes in the first fourteen minutes of the lesson.

Thank you,
Scott


Level 3 – Lesson 6

Вам (d.c.) будет нужно пойти направо. – You will need to go to the right.
Когда я приду (by foot) туда? - When will I arrive to there?
В воскресенье. - On Sunday.
Вы придёте туда через несколько минут. - You will arrive to there in a few minutes.

Help!!! How do you say «Where are you»? It sounds like Pimsleur says «Где а??? ты».

прости (stress on the «и») – forgive me.
прошлый (stress on the «о») раз. - the last time.
Когда ты был в Москве (p.c.) прошлый раз? - When were you in Moscow the last time?
Я не помню (stress on the «о») как найти ресторан. - I don't remember how to find the restaurant.
Lesson practice:
Near the hotel.
You need to be going straight.
If you look to the left it would be possible to see Gorky Park.
How much time will be necessary in order to arrive to there?
I for a long time wasn't able to find this restaurant.
I've never been there before (earlier).
It seems to me that we already traveled to there.

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Level 3 – Lesson 6

Вам (d.c.) будет нужно пойти направо. – You will need to go to the right.
Вам/тебе нужно будет свернуть (идти) направо.

Когда я приду (by foot) туда? - When will I arrive to there?
Когда я туда прибуду(если не пешком)?

В воскресенье. - On Sunday.

Вы придёте (прибудете) туда через несколько минут. - You will arrive to there in a few minutes.

Help!!! How do you say «Where are you»? It sounds like Pimsleur says «Где а??? ты». Где-е-е ты?
(Когда рот не растягивается как в cheese е звучит как что-то среднее между а и е)
прости меня(stress on the «и») – forgive me.

в прошлый (stress on the «о») раз. - the last time.

Когда ты был в Москве (p.c.) прошлый раз? - When were you in Moscow the last time?
Когда ты последний раз был в Москве?

Я не помню (stress on the «о») как найти ресторан. - I don't remember how to find the restaurant.
Я забыл, где находится этот ресторан. Я не знаю, где (в каком месте) находится этот ресторан.
Lesson practice:

Near the hotel.
You need to be going straight.
If you look to the left it would be possible to see Gorky Park.
How much time will be necessary in order to arrive to there?
I for a long time wasn't able to find this restaurant.
I've never been there before (earlier).
It seems to me that we already traveled to there.
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Do you need help with sentences of the Lesson practice?

Originally Posted by Lampada

Вам (d.c.) будет нужно пойти направо. – You will need to go to the right.
Вам/тебе нужно будет свернуть (идти) направо.

"Пойти направо" sounds ok.

Originally Posted by fortheether

Я не помню, как найти ресторан.

Originally Posted by Lampada

(Когда рот не растягивается как в cheese е звучит как что-то среднее между а и е)

I didn't understand that
We say "Где ты?" just so: "Gdeh tы?"