Week 49 of 76

Pushkin: the fisherman and the fish

Month 13 is about culture. This week: Pushkin's fairy tale of the fisherman and the golden fish, retold in simple Russian, and the idiom it gave the language.

This week you will be able to

I can read an adapted Pushkin fairy tale and follow what happens.
I can retell a story in order and use the idiom it gave Russian.

Пу́шкинan adapted story
Че́ховshort stories
Иску́сствоart and music
Экза́менthe Month 13 test

This week in pictures

One key picture from each lesson. Open the lesson for the rest.

The old man's reply is Pushkin's own line.

Three words carry any retelling.

This week

Lesson 97: Read a Pushkin fairy tale
Monday
Not started
Homework 97: the tale
Tuesday
Not started
Lesson 98: Retell the tale, and its idiom
Thursday
Not started
Homework 98: retell it
Friday
Not started
Week 49 review: Week 49 review
Saturday
Not started

Wednesday and Sunday are free.

Week 49 on one plate. Lesson 97: золотая рыбка; Старик поймал рыбку; новое корыто; стать царицей. Lesson 98: сначала, потом; в конце; у разбитого корыта; жадность. — The week on one plate. The same content follows as text.

Lesson 97, Monday: The tale

золота́я ры́бка: the golden fish.
Стари́к пойма́л ры́бку.: The old man caught a fish..
но́вое коры́то: a new washtub.
стать цари́цей: to become tsaritsa.

Lesson 98, Thursday: Retelling

снача́ла, пото́м: first, then.
в конце́: in the end.
у разби́того коры́та: with nothing left.
жа́дность: greed.