Week 6, Lesson 11, Monday
Say where you live and where things are
Где? asks where. The answer uses в, in, or на, on or at, and the place usually changes its ending to -е.
1Recap 5 minutes
Three questions from Week 5, before anything new.
2Goal 1 minute
I can say where I live and where things are, with в or на and the right ending.
3The lesson 20 minutes
Где? — в Москве́
Look at the street below before reading any rules. Three small words answer where? Notice which places get в, which get на, and the one that needs nothing at all.
After в and на, most places change their last letter. The arrows show the most common changes.
| Dictionary form | Where? |
|---|---|
| Москва́ | в Москве́ |
| го́род | в го́роде |
| парк | в па́рке |
| Росси́я | в Росси́и |
| Ме́ксика | в Ме́ксике |
| Ме́хико | в Ме́хико |
Most places add -е. Nouns in -ия switch to -ии. Foreign names in -о, like Ме́хико, never change.
в or на
The choice between в and на is mostly about space: inside or on top. A few words, like рабо́та and уро́к, simply take на; learn them as phrases.
| Use | Examples |
|---|---|
| в | в о́фисе, в шко́ле, в го́роде |
| на | на рабо́те, на у́лице, на уро́ке |
в is for being inside; на for open spaces, activities and a few fixed words. And one word needs no preposition at all: до́ма, at home.
жить: to live
жить is Pattern I, with one surprise: a в appears in every form.
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| я | живу́ |
| ты | живёшь |
| он, она́ | живёт |
| мы | живём |
| вы | живёте |
| они́ | живу́т |
Где вы живёте? — Я живу́ в Ме́хико.
4Listen and say 5 minutes
Sound of the lesson: Voiced sounds lose their voice
At the end of a word or before a voiceless sound, б, в, г, д, ж, з turn voiceless: в па́рке starts with an f.
- в па́рке [f PAR-kye]
- хлеб [khlyep] 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 живёте?Where do you live?
- Я живу́ в …I live in …
- Я сейча́с до́ма.I'm at home now.
- на рабо́теat work
Words to read aloud
Read each one aloud, then open it to check.
жить
в Москве́
in Moscow
в Росси́и
in Russia
в го́роде
in the city
в це́нтре
in the centre
на рабо́те
at work
на у́лице
outside, on the street
до́ма
6Class exercises 15 minutes
Checked instantly. Get one wrong and you can try it again.
7Your turn 5 minutes
Write where you, a friend and your phone are right now.
See a model answer
Я сейча́с до́ма. Мой друг на рабо́те. Мой телефо́н в су́мке.
Saved as you type. It goes to Екатерина together with Homework 11.
8Mini questionnaire required, 80% to pass
9Feedback 5 minutes
10Homework
Homework 11 on Tuesday: write where you, your family and your friends live.
I can say where I live and where things are, with в or на and the right ending.