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Friends and School

Talk about your friends, your teachers and a normal school day.

  • Define and explain Friends and School in your own words
  • Use key terms such as друг (drug) — friend accurately
  • Apply what you have learned to new examples and questions
  • Avoid the common mistakes learners make with this topic

This lesson focuses on Friends and School: talk about your friends, your teachers and a normal school day.

Definition: Friends and School

Talk about your friends, your teachers and a normal school day.

Key ideas

В школе: the prepositional case

To say where something happens, Russian uses the prepositional case after в (in): школа (shkóla — school) becomes в школе (f shkolé — at school). Feminine nouns ending in -а change -а to -е: Я учусь в школе (ya uchús' f shkolé — I study at school).

Мой, моя, моё: possessives agree

The word for 'my' changes to match the noun: мой брат (moy brat — my brother, masculine), моя сестра (moyá sestrá — my sister, feminine), моё хобби (moyó khóbbi — my hobby, neuter). Get the gender right and the possessive follows automatically.

Key term — друг (drug) — friend: A masculine noun for a male friend; a female friend is подруга (podrúga). The plural друзья (druz'yá — friends) is irregular — worth memorising.

Worked example: Friends and School

What is the plural of друг?

Друзья (druz'yá — friends).

Answer: Друзья (druz'yá — friends).

Common mistakes
  • Forgetting the prepositional ending in в школе It is в школе (f shkolé — at school), not в школа. The -а changes to -е after в.
  • Using друг for a female friend Друг (drug) is a male friend; a female friend is подруга (podrúga). Mixing them up will confuse your listener.

Practice

Complete: Я учусь ___ школе.
В takes the prepositional case: -а becomes -е.

Я учусь в школе (ya uchús' f shkolé — I study at school).

How do you say 'my sister' in Russian?
Сестра is feminine, so 'my' needs its feminine form.

Моя сестра (moyá sestrá).

Translate 'I love music' into Russian.
Use я люблю + музыку (the accusative of музыка).

Я люблю музыку (ya lyublyú múzyku).

How do you say 'my hobby' (хобби is neuter)?
Neuter 'my' ends in -ё.

Моё хобби (moyó khóbbi).

Quick check

Friends and School — quick check

Which of these best defines "друг (drug) — friend"?

A masculine noun for a male friend; a female friend is подруга (podrúga). The plural друзья (druz'yá — friends) is irregular — worth memorising.

Translate 'She loves sport' into Russian.

Она любит спорт (oná lyúbit sport).
Key takeaways
  • Friends and School: talk about your friends, your teachers and a normal school day.
  • В школе: the prepositional case: To say where something happens, Russian uses the prepositional case after в (in): школа (shkóla — school) becomes в школе (f shkolé — at school).
  • мама (máma) — mum: The word for mother.
  • Watch out for: forgetting the prepositional ending in в школе
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