Russian · TORFL Band 1 (A1) · Chapter 24
МестаPlaces
Place vocabulary: место (place), банк (bank), аптека (pharmacy), больница (hospital), школа (school), вокзал (station), справа (on the right), слева (on the left), впереди (ahead), сзади (behind). Key grammar: where something is — answer with a place ADVERB (as in ch14), and the noun stays in its base form: "Банк справа", "Аптека слева". WITHOUT the verb "есть": English speakers insert it ("The bank IS on the right") — "Банк есть справа" ✗ → "Банк справа" ✓. The prepositions "в/на" + case (в банке, на вокзале) are Book 2; here adverbs are enough. Reading corner: "вокзал", "больница".
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Банк есть справа? Банк справа?
- IvanМайк,гдебанк?Mike, where is the bank?
- MikeБанкестьсправа.The bank is on the right. (slip: location needs no "есть" → "Банк справа")
- IvanБез«есть»:«Банксправа».Как«Гдетуалет?—Вонтам»(глава14).Without "есть": "Банк справа". Like "Где туалет? — Вон там" (ch14).
- MikeА,банксправа.Иаптекаслева.Ah, the bank is on the right. And the pharmacy on the left.
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Где аптека?— Where is the pharmacy?
- MikeЗдравствуйте!Гдеаптека?Hello! Where is the pharmacy?
- AnyaАптекасправа.The pharmacy is on the right.
- MikeАбольница?And the hospital?
- AnyaБольницаслева,авокзалвпереди.The hospital is on the left, and the station is ahead.
- MikeСпасибо!Аптекаблизко?Thank you! Is the pharmacy near?
- AnyaДа,оченьблизко.Yes, very near.
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- место
nounplace
- банк
nounbank
- аптека
nounpharmacy
- больница
nounhospital
- школа
nounschool
- вокзал
nounstation (railway)
- справа
adverbon the right
- слева
adverbon the left
- впереди
adverbahead, in front
- сзади
adverbbehind
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Где? — справа, слева (adverbs, no "есть")
Explanation
As in ch14, "где?" is answered briefly — with a place ADVERB, no verb. New adverbs: справа (on the right), слева (on the left), впереди (ahead), сзади (behind); already familiar: рядом (nearby), близко (close), далеко (far). "Где банк? — Банк справа". "Аптека слева, а больница справа". The noun stays in its base form — it does NOT change (the prepositions "в/на" with a case — в банке, на вокзале — are Book 2). Do NOT insert "есть": in English "The bank IS on the right", but Russian needs no linking verb — "Банк есть справа" ✗ → "Банк справа" ✓. (Compare ch25: справа/слева is LOCATION; направо/налево is DIRECTION of movement.)
Examples
- Где банк? — Банк справа.Where is the bank? — The bank is on the right.
- Аптека слева, а больница справа.The pharmacy is on the left, and the hospital on the right.
- Школа впереди, вокзал сзади.The school is ahead, the station behind.
- Магазин рядом, а рынок далеко.The shop is nearby, but the market is far.
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Читаем места: «вокзал», «больница»— Reading places: "вокзал", "больница"
The place words drill two skills. First — voicing: in "вокзал" the voiceless "к" before the voiced "з" sounds like "g": "va-GZÁL" (plus unstressed о → "a", ch21). Second — the soft sign together with "ц": "больница" = "bal-NÍ-tsa" (soft "l", "ц" = "ts", unstressed о → "a"). In "аптека" the consonants "пт" are read clearly in a row. In "справа" the cluster "спр" is also in a row, with no vowel between. Read the place words aloud.
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