Lesson 4 - Alphabet and Words you Already Know

Published: Sept. 23, 2005, 7:41 p.m.

b'You\'ll be surprised how many words you would be able to recognize without studying any Russian. The words I am talking about are cognates - words borrowed from a foreign language that share a common pronunciation and meaning.The Russian version of an English word may look intimidating to you at first, but as you become familiar with the Russian characters you\'ll learn to recognize a cognate when you see it.
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\\n1. \\u0442\\u0435\\u043d\\u043d\\u0438\\u0441
\\n2. \\u0434\\u043e\\u043b\\u043b\\u0430\\u0440
\\n3. \\u0431\\u0430\\u0441\\u043a\\u0435\\u0442\\u0431\\u043e\\u043b
\\n4. \\u0434\\u043e\\u043a\\u0442\\u043e\\u0440
\\n5. \\u041d\\u044c\\u044e-\\u0419\\u043e\\u0440\\u043a
\\n6. \\u041a\\u0430\\u043b\\u0438\\u0444\\u043e\\u0440\\u043d\\u0438\\u044f
\\n7. \\u0431\\u0435\\u0439\\u0441\\u0431\\u043e\\u043b
\\n8. \\u0443\\u043d\\u0438\\u0432\\u0435\\u0440\\u0441\\u0438\\u0442\\u0435\\u0442
\\n9. \\u0430\\u0434\\u0440\\u0435\\u0441
\\n10. \\u043e\\u0444\\u0438\\u0441
\\n11. \\u0444\\u0443\\u0442\\u0431\\u043e\\u043b
\\n12. \\u0442\\u0435\\u043b\\u0435\\u0444\\u043e\\u043d
\\n13. \\u0431\\u0430\\u0440
\\n14. \\u0440\\u0435\\u0441\\u0442\\u043e\\u0440\\u0430\\u043d
\\n15. \\u0442\\u0430\\u043a\\u0441\\u0438
\\n16. \\u043c\\u0430\\u0444\\u0438\\u044f
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\\nThe song from the show is "Katyusha" recorded in 1938.
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\\n"\\u041a\\u0430\\u0442\\u044e\\u0448\\u0430"
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\\nHere\'s the translation for "\\u041a\\u0410\\u0422\\u042e\\u0428\\u0410" song. To find out more about the story behind the song, see this Wikipedia article I found to be very helpful.
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\\nThis lesson is a day premature, but with the hurricane in the area I\'d rather be safe than sorry:)'