{"id":344,"date":"2022-03-21T04:21:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T04:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/declansoftware.com\/blog\/?p=344"},"modified":"2022-03-21T04:21:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T04:21:13","slug":"bootstrapping-russian-grammar-lesson-two-formality-in-russian-%d0%b2%d1%8b-and-%d1%82%d1%8b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.declansoftware.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/bootstrapping-russian-grammar-lesson-two-formality-in-russian-%d0%b2%d1%8b-and-%d1%82%d1%8b\/","title":{"rendered":"Bootstrapping Russian: Grammar Lesson Two: Formality in Russian: \u0412\u044b and \u0422\u044b"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Russian Grammar Lesson 2:\u00a0<strong>Formality in Russian<\/strong>: \u0412\u044b and \u0422\u044b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Russian word for &#8216;you&#8217; (the second person) depends on who is being addressed.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>\u0432\u044b<\/strong> is used when addressing someone formally or politely.<\/li><li><strong>\u0422\u044b<\/strong> is used when talking to friends and family.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Grammatically\u00a0<strong>\u0432\u044b<\/strong>\u00a0behaves just like the second person plural (&#8216;you guys&#8217;, &#8216;ya&#8217;ll&#8217;).<\/li><li>So when first using\u00a0<strong>\u0432\u044b<\/strong>\u00a0imagine you are talking to two people.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>EXAMPLES:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u0422\u044b \u0443\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c?<\/strong>&nbsp;(Are you (informal) a teacher?)<br>[\u0442\u044b is the informal &#8216;you&#8217;.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u0422\u044b \u0443\u0436\u0435 \u0437\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044c?<\/strong>&nbsp;(Are you (informal) here yet?)<br>[\u0442\u044b is the informal &#8216;you&#8217;; \u0443\u0436\u0435 means &#8216;yet&#8217; or &#8216;already&#8217;.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u0412\u044b \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0444\u0435\u0441\u0441\u043e\u0440?<\/strong>&nbsp;(Are you (formal) a\/the professor?)<br>[\u0432\u044b is the formal &#8216;you&#8217;.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u0412\u044b \u0440\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439?<\/strong>&nbsp;(Are you (formal) Russian (male)?)<br>[\u0432\u044b is the formal &#8216;you&#8217;; \u0440\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 is the male adjective for &#8216;Russian&#8217;.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u041a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u0432\u044b \u0434\u043e\u043c\u0430?<\/strong>&nbsp;(When are you (formal) at home?)<br>[\u0432\u044b is the formal &#8216;you&#8217;; \u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 means &#8216;when&#8217;.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u0412\u044b \u0432\u0441\u0435\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u0434\u043e\u043c\u0430.<\/strong>&nbsp;(You (formal) are always at home.)<br>[\u0432\u044b is the formal &#8216;you&#8217;; \u0432\u0441\u0435\u0433\u0434\u0430 means &#8216;always&#8217;.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u041a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u0442\u044b \u0437\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044c?<\/strong>&nbsp;(When are you (informal) here?)<br>[\u0442\u044b is the informal &#8216;you&#8217;; \u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 means &#8216;when&#8217;.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u0422\u044b \u043d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u0437\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044c.<\/strong>&nbsp;(You (informal) are never here.)<br>[\u0442\u044b is the informal &#8216;you&#8217;; \u043d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 means &#8216;never&#8217;.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u041f\u043e\u0447\u0435\u043c\u0443 \u0442\u044b \u0437\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044c?<\/strong>&nbsp;(Why are you (informal) here?)<br>[\u0442\u044b is the informal &#8216;you&#8217;; \u043f\u043e\u0447\u0435\u043c\u0443 means &#8216;why&#8217;.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u0412\u044b \u0438\u043d\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u0442\u0430\u043c?<\/strong>&nbsp;(Are you (formal) sometimes there?)<br>[\u0432\u044b is the formal &#8216;you&#8217;; \u0438\u043d\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 means &#8216;sometimes&#8217;.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u0412\u044b \u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u043e \u0442\u0430\u043c?<\/strong>&nbsp;(Are you often there?)<br>[\u0432\u044b is the formal &#8216;you&#8217;; \u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u043e means &#8216;often&#8217;.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian Grammar Lesson 2:\u00a0Formality in Russian: \u0412\u044b and \u0422\u044b The Russian word for &#8216;you&#8217; (the second person) depends on who is being addressed. \u0432\u044b is used when addressing someone formally or politely. \u0422\u044b is used when talking to friends and family. 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