Da! a Practical Guide to Russian Grammar (Arnold Concise Grammars)

Da! A Practical Guide to Russian Grammar is a concise and contemporary combined reference grammar and workbook for intermediate-level students, and is ideal for use both in the classroom and for self-study.

The book contains clear explanations of the core areas of Russian grammar. Each point is illustrated with examples of contemporary language usage showing you how grammar works in practice while at the same time enhancing your vocabulary and cultural knowledge. Every chapter ends with a variety of exercises to test your progress and consolidate your understanding.

With free access to online, interactive exercises with audio that give you practice listening and pronouncing Russian, Da! A Practical Guide to Russian Grammar is one of the most comprehensive resources for Russian grammar available.

Dr. Tatiana Filosofova, Language Tutor in Russian, University of Glasgow, is a published journals author in Russian literature, folklore and poetry.

Marion Sporing, Senior Lecturer in Applied Language Studies, Communication and Language Studies, School of Humanities, University of Dundee.

Acknowledgments

How to use this book

Glossary of grammatical terms

1 Introduction

2 Nouns: animate and inanimate nouns, and gender

3 Nouns: number

4 Nouns: the concept of cases and the principle of noun declension

5 Nouns: nominative case

6 Nouns: accusative case

7 Nouns: genitive case

8 Nouns: dative case

9 Nouns: instrumental case

10 Nouns: prepositional case

11 Adjectives

12 Adjectives: comparative, superlative and short- and long-form adjectives

13 Adverbs

14 Pronouns

15 Numbers

16 Verbs

17 Verbs: present tense

18 Verbs: past tense

19 Verbs: future tense

20 Verbs: verbal aspect

21 Verbs: transitive and intransitive verbs, active and passive voice

22 Verbs: mood

23 Reflexive verbs

24 Verbs of motion: introduction; verbs of motion without prefixes

25 Verbs of motion: verbs of motion with prefixes

26 Participles

27 Gerunds

28 Prepositions

29 Conjunctions and particles

30 Impersonal sentences

31 Essentials of syntax

Bibliography

Key to exercises

Index