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- <title>1. Семья</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="html.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The RUSSIAN Fast Course"><link rel="up" href="ch04.html" title="Chapter 4. Lesson 4"><link rel="prev" href="ch04.html" title="Chapter 4. Lesson 4"><link rel="next" href="ch04s02.html" title="2. Setting the scene"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">1. <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Семья</em></span></th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch04.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 4. Lesson 4</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch04s02.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="d0e11520"></a>1. <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Семья</em></span></h2></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 lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">тётя</em></span> Aunt or <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">дядя</em></span> Uncle. You may also hear people refer to elderly individuals, with whom they are not acquainted, as <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">бабушка</em></span> Grandma or <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">дедушка</em></span> Grandpa. The form of address will always be <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Вы</em></span> in these cases. Though there are terms for cousins: <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">двоюродный 6paт</em></span> (for males) and <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">двоюродная сестра</em></span> (for females), Russians will often simply use <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">брат</em></span> or <span lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">сестра</em></span>.</p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch04.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="ch04.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch04s02.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Chapter 4. Lesson 4 </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 2. Setting the scene</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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