LESSON 3: TO MARRY
In Russian, there are different verbs for “to get married”. Again, it depends on who you are talking about: a man, a woman or a couple.
- a woman → “выйти замуж + за + Accusative case”
1. Моя сестра хочет выйти замуж.
My sister wants to get married.
2. Она вышла замуж за Антона.
She married Anton.
- a man → “жениться + на + Prepositional case”
1. Мой брат женился в прошлом году.
My brother got married last year.
2. Он женился на актрисе.
He married an actress.
- a couple → ‘жениться’ (imperfective) / ‘пожениться’ (perfective)
1. Мои друзья женятся в это воскресенье.
My friends are getting married this Sunday.
2. Они поженились в июле.
They got married in July.
Test: MatchTextDialog
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Test: ListenAndWriteDialog
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Task 3: Watch the video & take the true or false quiz. Choose ‘верно’ (‘true’) or ‘неверно’ (‘false’).
Two babushka neighbours Petrovna and Nikitichna are sitting on a bench and talking.
Vocabulary:
- Петровна / Никитична – a familiar form of address for an older woman whose father’s name is Peter / Nikita
- Не в деньгах счастье – Money can't buy happiness
- скоро – soon
- выходить замуж – to marry (female, imperfective)
- Как быстро время летит! – How time flies!
- старуха – old woman (used as a rude or humorous definition, depending on the context)
- сделать карьеру – make/build a career
- жизнь – life
- правнуки – great-grandchildren
- встречаться – to date
- расстаться – to break up
- разные - different
Test: ChooseCorrect
Watch the same video with subtitles