Russian Beginner 2, Unit 2: Past Tense and Storytelling. Vocabulary and common phrases a beginner 2 student meets for this unit, building on prior units without repeating them. Front: the term in Cyrillic with a transliteration. Back: English meaning.
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- Я говорил (Ya govoril)
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I spoke (past tense, male speaker)
- Ты говорил (Ty govoril)
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You spoke (past tense, informal, male)
- Он говорил (On govoril)
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He spoke (past tense)
- Она говорила (Ona govorila)
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She spoke (past tense)
- Я ел (Ya yel)
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I ate (past tense, male speaker)
- Я жил (Ya zhil)
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I lived (past tense, male speaker)
- Я был (Ya byl)
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I was (past tense, male speaker)
- Я делал (Ya delal)
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I did / was doing (past tense, male speaker)
- Я сказал (Ya skazal)
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I said (past tense, completed action, male speaker)
- Я видел (Ya videl)
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I saw (past tense, male speaker)
- Что означает совершенный вид? (Chto oznachayet sovershennyy vid?)
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What does the perfective aspect mean?
- совершенный вид (sovershennyy vid)
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the perfective aspect (a completed action)
- несовершенный вид (nesovershennyy vid)
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the imperfective aspect (an ongoing or repeated action)
- Однажды (Odnazhdy)
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Once / one day
- Вчера вечером (Vchera vecherom)
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Last night