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On your first day of classes on a study abroad program in Sa…

On your first day of classes on a study abroad program in Saint-Petersburg, you meet your classmates  and you are playing a game to see if you can remember where they are from and where their cities are located. Form your answers as indicated below and fill in the blanks for each of your classmates. E.g. James is from New Orleans. It is a city in the east of America. 1.  Стефано – Милан – north of Italy [stefano] [iz] [milana]. [Yeto] [gorod] [na] [severe] [Italii]. 2. Дэн – Нью-Йорк – east of America [Den] [iz2] [Nyuiorka]. [Yeto2] [gorod2] [na2] [vostoke] [Ameriki]. 3.  Кэндис – Йоханнесбург – south of Africa [Kendis] [iz3] [Iohannesburga]. [Yeto3] [gorod3] [na3] [yuge] [Afriki]. 4. Мариса – Лиссабон – west of Europe [Marisa] [iz4] [Lissabona]. [Yeto4] [gorod4] [na4] [zapade] [Ewropy].

(14 points). While still on the study abroad program, you ar…

(14 points). While still on the study abroad program, you are writing an e-mail back to your Russian instructor from OSU. As you are writing the e-mail, you have to look up some of the verbs in a dictionary and you have to pick between the two forms (perfective and imperfective) that are cited there. Provide the right verb in each of the sentences below keeping aspect in mind. Вчера Света весь вечер [pisala] (to write) имейлы.   Старший брат Светы [poobedal] (to have lunch), а потом долго [chital] (to read) новый роман Прилепина. А вы [chitali] (to read) Прилепина?   Вчера я [smotrela] (to watch) старый советский фильм «Девчата». Я думаю, что это очень хороший фильм.

(12 points). For one of your Russian classes, you are asked…

(12 points). For one of your Russian classes, you are asked to talk about your education and the education of your family members. Complete the following sentences using the information in the prompts. Write out all the numbers. Я  [okonchu] [universitet] (will graduate from the university) [cherez] [deviat] [mesiacev] (after 9 months)   Моя мама [okonchila] [shkolu] (graduated from high school) [dvadcat] [tri] [goda] [nazad] (twenty three years ago).