Russian Language BY: ALEXIS ADORNETTO

Introduction All around Russian Difficult to comprehend Benefit your understanding

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Alphabet 33 letters Transliterated with Latin alphabet Cyrillic alphabet http://upload.wikimedia.org

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Name Customs Formal

First, Patronymic, Last

Patronymic Father’s first name + suffix

Informal Younger people

No patronymic

Diminutive name (Mikhail --- Misha)

Avdotya Romanovna Raskolnikov

Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov

Son of… Daughter of…

-ovich or -evich -ovna or -evna

Telling Names

Name of Character Root Word Meaning

Svidrigailov (None) Historic criminal Negative character

Razumikhin Razum Rationality, mind, intelligence

Zametov Zametit To notice, realize

Luzhin Luzha Puddle

Marmeladov Marmelad Marmalade, jam

Raskolnikov Raskol Schism or split

Telling Names, Telling Quotes Raskolnikov

“what can I tell you? I have known Rodion for a year and a half: sullen, gloomy, arrogant, proud; recently (and maybe much earlier) insecure and hypochondriac.  Magnamious and kind.  Doesn’t like voicing his feelings, and would rather do something cruel than speak his heart out in words.  At times, however, he’s not hypochondriac at all, but just inhumanely cold and callous, as if there really were two opposite characters in him, changing places with each other” (Dostoevsky 215).

Svidrigailov

“I only used the whip twice” (284).

“What if I am fifty and she is not sixteen?” (482).

“ For you (Dounia) could not complain afterwards” (497).

Conclusion

Understand Dostoevsky’s literature hints Russian name customs Pronunciation General understanding

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Works Cited

Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Crime and Punishment. New York City: Barnes and Noble,      2011. Print.

Henry. Interview by Alexis Adornetto. 20 Jan. 2015. 

Herman, David. "Russian Naming Conventions." Russian Naming Conventions N.p., n.d.

Web. 27 Jan. 2015<http://faculty.virginia.edu/herman/tolstoy/namingconventions.htm>. 

Nielsen, Wendy C. “Crime and Punishment.” Oct. 2005. ENLT 376: Modern European Novel Home Page. <http://chss.montclair.edu/~nielsenw/crime.html> Accessed 27 Jan. 2015.

"Russian Alphabet." Russian for Everyone. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Jan. 2015.       <http://www.russianforeveryone.com/RufeA/Lessons/Introduction/Alphabet/       Alphabet.htm>.

Skvorets. Russian Alphabet. Wikipedia. N.p., Sept. 2007. Web. 28 Jan. 2015.      <http://upload.wikimedia.org /wikipedia/commons/2/24/Russian_      alphabet.ogg>.