Week 6, Lesson 12, Friday
Describe your working day
Two verbs carry most small talk about your week: работать, to work, and учиться, to study. The second one ends in -ся, a small tail you will meet often.
1Recap 5 minutes
Three questions from Monday, before anything new.
2Goal 1 minute
I can say where and what I study and work, and describe my weekday.
3The lesson 20 minutes
In this lesson
- работать: you know this one
- учиться: to study
- учиться or изучать?
- Your weekday
работать: you know this one
Two colleagues meet at a coffee machine. Read their exchange, and notice that two different verbs both mean study.
| Russian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Где вы работаете? | Where do you work? |
| Я работаю в офисе. | I work in an office. |
| Я работаю дома. | I work at home. |
Pattern I, like читать.
учиться: to study
учиться is Pattern II with a small tail: -ся after a consonant, -сь after a vowel. The tail stays on every form.
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| я | учусь |
| ты | учишься |
| он, она | учится |
| мы | учимся |
| вы | учитесь |
| они | учатся |
Pattern II with a tail: -ся after a consonant, -сь after a vowel. The stress moves back after the я form.
учиться or изучать?
| Russian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Я учусь в университете. | I study at university. (where) |
| Я изучаю русский язык. | I am studying Russian. (what) |
учиться says where you are a student; изучать takes the subject. Your sentence: Я изучаю русский язык.
Your weekday
Put the week together with the time words from Lesson 10. Notice how а moves from one part of the day to the next.
| Russian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Утром я работаю. | In the morning I work. |
| Днём я работаю дома. | In the afternoon I work at home. |
| Вечером я изучаю русский. | In the evening I study Russian. |
4Listen and say 5 minutes
Sound of the lesson: -ться and -тся sound the same
учи́ться and у́чится are spelled differently but both end in the same sound: tsa.
- учи́ться [u-CHI-tsa] Hear it on Forvo (opens in a new tab)
- у́чится [U-chi-tsa] Hear it on Forvo (opens in a new tab)
Listen to the textbook
The book's own recordings for this topic, free on the publisher's site. Listen once for the gist, then again with the book open.
5Phrases and words 5 minutes
Phrases to learn whole
Learn each one as a single unit, the way you would learn a word. They come back in your Daily 10.
- Где вы рабо́таете?Where do you work?
- Я изуча́ю ру́сский язы́к.I'm studying Russian.
- Что вы де́лаете ве́чером?What do you do in the evening?
- Я учу́сь в университе́те.I study at university.
Words to read aloud
Read each one aloud, then open it to check.
рабо́тать
учи́ться
to study, be a student
Hear it on Forvo (opens in a new tab)изуча́ть
to study a subject
Hear it on Forvo (opens in a new tab)университе́т
university
Hear it on Forvo (opens in a new tab)о́фис
язы́к
ру́сский язы́к
the Russian language
что вы де́лаете?
what do you do?
6Class exercises 15 minutes
Checked instantly. Get one wrong and you can try it again.
Role-play
Take one card each. Swap roles for a second round.
You
- Describe your weekday from morning to evening.
Ника
- Ask where you work or study, and what you do in the evening.
7Your turn 5 minutes
Write your weekday in three sentences: утром, днём and вечером.
See a model answer
Утром я работаю. Днём я работаю дома. Вечером я изучаю русский язык.
Saved as you type. It goes to Ника together with Homework 12.
8Mini questionnaire required, 80% to pass
9Feedback 5 minutes
10Check your goal 1 minute
I can say where and what I study and work, and describe my weekday.
Can you do this now? Be honest: the answer decides your next step.
11Homework
Homework 12 on Monday: describe a normal weekday, and ask Ника two questions about hers.
I can say where and what I study and work, and describe my weekday.