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- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"><head xmlns:h="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" profile=""><title>Chapter 4. Lesson 4</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.2"/></head><body><div xml:lang="" class="chapter"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a id="d0e13266" shape="rect"/>Chapter 4. Lesson 4</h1></div></div></div><div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="1"><colgroup span="1"><col span="1"/></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Lesson №4</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">FAMILY</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">УРОК № 4</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="Images/FsiRussianFast-Lessons2-5-10.png" alt="Lesson 4"/></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a id="d0e13286" shape="rect"/><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Семья</em></span></h1></div></div></div><p>A typical Russian family in a major city consists of the parents, one child and often a
- grandmother or grandfather or even both. While urban families are more likely to have just one
- child, it is not unusual to see large families in the rural areas. In the cities as well as in
- the country, parents will often live with their adult, married children and help raise the
- grandchildren. This extended family provides a certain degree of stability and security to the
- children and alleviates the necessity of arranging for day-care outside the home. The economic
- situation in Russia and the Former Soviet Union dictates today (and has historically) that
- both parents work to support the family. However, some things have changed and are continuing
- to change; you can now find mothers who do not work outside the home, though the concept of a
- "house-husband" is still foreign to Russians.</p><p>The use of words which indicate relationships between family members is somewhat fluid.
- Children will often refer to adults (their parents' acquaintances and strangers alike) as
- <span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">тётя</em></span></strong></span> Aunt or
- <span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">дя́дя</em></span></strong></span> Uncle.
- You may also hear people refer to elderly individuals, with whom they are not acquainted, as
- <span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">ба́бушка</em></span></strong></span>
- Grandma or <span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">де́душка</em></span></strong></span> Grandpa. The form of address will always be <span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Вы</em></span></strong></span> in these cases.
- Though there are terms for cousins: <span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">двою́родный 6paт</em></span></strong></span> (for males) and <span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">двою́родная сестра</em></span></strong></span>́ (for
- females), Russians will often simply use <span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">брат</em></span></strong></span> or <span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">сестра́</em></span></strong></span>.</p></div></div></body></html>
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