The Tale of Benjamin Bunny — Page 1

Vocabulary

Иллюстрация

Illyustratsiya — A picture or drawing accompanying a text

СКАЗКА

SKAZKA — A fairy tale or folk story

О

O — Preposition meaning 'about' or 'of'

КРОЛИКЕ

KROLIKE — About a rabbit (prepositional case of кролик)

АВТОР

AVTOR — The author or creator of a written work

ХВОСТА

KHVOSTA — Of a tail (genitive case of хвост)

КРОЛИКА

KROLIKA — Of a rabbit (genitive case of кролик)

И

I — Conjunction meaning 'and'

ДР

DR — Abbreviation for 'и другие' meaning 'et al.'

КО

KO — Abbreviation for 'компания' meaning 'company'

Авторское

Avtorskoye — Authorial; relating to the author's rights

право

pravo — Right or law; here meaning copyright

продлено

prodleno — Renewed or extended (past passive participle)

ДЕТЯМ

DETYAM — To the children (dative plural of дети)

ОТ

OT — Preposition meaning 'from'

СТАРОГО

STAROGO — Of the old (genitive of старый)

МИСТЕРА

MISTERA — Of Mister (genitive of мистер)

Однажды

Odnazhdy — Once, one day; used to begin stories

утром

utrom — In the morning (instrumental case of утро)

маленький

malenkiy — Small or little (adjective)

кролик

krolik — A rabbit

сидел

sidel — Was sitting (past tense of сидеть)

на

na — Preposition meaning 'on' or 'at'

берегу

beregu — On the bank or shore (prepositional of берег)

Он

On — He (third person singular masculine pronoun)

навострил

navostril — Pricked up (ears); became alert and attentive

уши

ushi — Ears (plural of ухо)

прислушался

prislushalsya — Listened carefully, strained to hear something

к

k — Preposition meaning 'to' or 'toward'

цок

tsok — Clip-clop sound of hooves (onomatopoeia)

копыт

kopyt — Of hooves (genitive plural of копыто)

пони

poni — A pony, a small horse

По

Po — Preposition meaning 'along' or 'down'

дороге

doroge — Along the road (dative/prepositional of дорога)

ехал

yekhal — Was riding or driving (past tense of ехать)

экипаж

ekipazh — A carriage or horse-drawn vehicle

им

im — Him/them (instrumental/dative pronoun)

правил

pravil — Drove or steered (past tense of править)

мистер

mister — Mister, a title for a man

рядом

ryadom — Beside, next to, nearby

сидела

sidela — Was sitting (past tense feminine of сидеть)

миссис

missis — Mrs., title for a married woman

в

v — Preposition meaning 'in' or 'into'

своём

svoyom — Her/his own (prepositional of свой)

лучшем

luchshem — Best (prepositional of лучший)

чепце

cheptse — In a bonnet (prepositional of чепец)

Как

Kak — How; as soon as (conjunction)

только

tolko — Only; as soon as (conjunction/adverb)

они

oni — They (third person plural pronoun)

проехали

proyekhali — Passed by, drove past (perfective past)

Кролик

Krolik — Rabbit (proper noun used as name)

соскользнул

soskol'znul — Slipped down, slid off (perfective past)

дорогу

dorogu — Road, way (accusative of дорога)

отправился

otpravilsya — Set off, departed (perfective past reflexive)

вприпрыжку

vpripryzhku — With a hop and a skip, bounding along

вприскочку

vpriskoчku — Skipping along, with little jumps

навестить

navyestit' — To visit, pay a visit to someone

своих

svoikh — One's own (genitive plural of свой)

родственников

rodstvennikov — Relatives, family members (genitive plural)

которые

kotoryye — Who, which (relative pronoun, plural)

жили

zhili — Lived, resided (past tense plural of жить)

лесу

lesu — In the forest (prepositional of лес)

позади

pozadi — Behind, at the back of

сада

sada — Of the garden (genitive of сад)

Тот

Tot — That (demonstrative pronoun, masculine)

лес

les — A forest or wood

был

byl — Was (past tense of быть)

полон

polon — Full of (short form adjective, masculine)

кроличьих

krolich'ikh — Of rabbit (genitive plural adjective)

нор

nor — Of burrows (genitive plural of нора)

самой

samoy — The very, the most (superlative particle, feminine)

аккуратной

akkuratnoy — Neat, tidy (genitive feminine adjective)

песчаной

peschanoy — Sandy (genitive feminine adjective)

норе

nore — In a burrow (prepositional of нора)

тётя

tyotya — Aunt (female relative, parent's sister)

двоюродные

dvoyurodnyye — First cousins (adjective, plural)

братья

brat'ya — Brothers (plural of брат)

сёстры

syostry — Sisters (plural of сестра)

Ватный

Vatnyy — Cotton-Tail (adjective meaning cottony/wadding)

Хвостик

Khvostik — Little tail (diminutive of хвост)

Старая

Staraya — Old (feminine adjective used as noun)

вдовой

vdovoy — A widow (instrumental of вдова)

зарабатывала

zarabatyvala — Earned money (past tense feminine imperfective)

жизнь

zhizn' — Life; livelihood

вязанием

vyazaniyem — By knitting (instrumental of вязание)

варежек

varezhek — Of mittens (genitive plural of варежка)

митенок

mitenok — Of fingerless gloves (genitive plural of митенки)

из

iz — Preposition meaning 'from' or 'out of'

кроличьей

krolich'yey — Of rabbit (genitive feminine adjective)

шерсти

shersti — Of wool or fur (genitive of шерсть)

я

ya — I (first person singular pronoun)

однажды

odnazhdy — Once, one time (adverb)

купила

kupila — Bought (past tense feminine of купить)

пару

paru — A pair of (accusative of пара)

ярмарке

yarmarke — At the fair or market (prepositional of ярмарка)

Она

Ona — She (third person singular feminine pronoun)

также

takzhe — Also, as well (adverb)

продавала

prodavala — Was selling (past tense feminine imperfective)

травы

travy — Herbs or grasses (genitive/plural of трава)

чай

chay — Tea

розмарина

rozмarina — Of rosemary (genitive of розмарин)

кроличий

krolichiy — Rabbit's, of a rabbit (adjective)

табак

tabak — Tobacco

так

tak — So, thus, in this way

мы

my — We (first person plural pronoun)

называем

nazyvayem — We call, we name (present tense)

лаванду

laVandu — Lavender (accusative of лаванда)

Маленький

Malenkiy — Little, small (adjective)

не

ne — Not (negation particle)

очень

ochen' — Very, quite (adverb of degree)

то

to — Then, that (particle/pronoun)

хотел

khotel — Wanted (past tense masculine of хотеть)

видеть

videt' — To see, to look at

свою

svoyu — One's own (accusative feminine of свой)

тётю

tyotyu — Aunt (accusative of тётя)

обошёл

oboshyol — Walked around, bypassed (perfective past)

вокруг

vokrug — Around, surrounding something

ёлки

yolki — Of a fir tree (genitive of ёлка)

сзади

szadi — From behind, at the back

едва

yedva — Barely, hardly, almost (adverb)

свалился

svalilsya — Fell down, tumbled (perfective past reflexive)

прямо

pryamo — Directly, straight, right onto

своего

svoyego — One's own (genitive of свой)

двоюродного

dvoyurodnogo — Cousin's (genitive of двоюродный)

брата

brata — Brother (genitive of брат)

одиночестве

odinochestve — In solitude, alone (prepositional of одиночество)

выглядел

vygladel — Looked, appeared (past tense masculine)

нездоровым

nezdorovym — Unwell, unhealthy (instrumental adjective)

укутан

ukutan — Wrapped up, bundled (short past passive participle)

красный

krasnyy — Red (adjective)

хлопковый

khlopkovyy — Cotton (adjective, made of cotton)

носовой

nosovoy — Nasal; nose (adjective, as in handkerchief)

платок

platok — A handkerchief or kerchief