День 8 из 37: Где моё кольцо?
📚 Слова́ дня · Words of the day: 2 new – кольцо́, мой (моя́, моё) – 👂 heard only today. And all your words from День 1–7 come back!
🔤 Бу́квы дня · Letters of the day: none – today we repeat. You know 19 letters – count how many words you can read! 🎉
⏱ Part 1 = 15 minutes – everybody finishes it. Part 2 = more, only if you want. · 🗺️ All days
Stand up! Yesterday's homework – play the game: hands behind your back – «Где рука́?» – show them: «Вот рука́!» Cover your nose – «Где нос?» – «Вот нос!» Duck down – «Где голова́?» – pop up: «Вот голова́!» 🙆
You remembered it – that is your first win today. Today is a review day: no new letters, only one small new thing – мой = my. And a ring. 💍
- Don't read anything yet. Watch where the ring goes – and who sits on it! 🐈💍
- Tap the words above to hear them.
Say every word aloud and show it – the gesture is under the picture. The movement falls on the loud syllable: коль-ЦО́ – you put a ring on your finger on ЦО.
Tap a word or its picture – the dictionary opens. 🔊 = listen (when Natasha has recorded it).
💍 New today – 👂 heard only (their letters come later):
- мой нос – нос is a он word · моя́ рука́ – рука́ is an она́ word · моё кольцо́ – кольцо́ is an оно́ word. Natasha says it, you copy. 👂
🔁 Old friends – the words of today's story, with the gestures you already know:
- Повтори́м! = Let's repeat! – the word of every review day. 🔁
👂 Listen only – don't read it yet (мой, моя́, моё have letters that come later). Touch each thing as you hear it; pull a thing to your chest on «мой» – like Scuffles: «Моё!» 🤲
- Ната́ша: Э́то мой нос. 👃 Э́то моя́ рука́. 🤚 Э́то моё фо́то. 🖼️
- Ната́ша: Э́то моё кольцо́. 💍 —
Ска́ффлз: Моё кольцо́! — Ната́ша: Нет. Моё! — Ска́ффлз: Р-р-р… - Ска́ффлз (shows her paw): Мой ла́па! — Ната́ша: Нет! Моя́ ла́па. Ла́па – она́. — Ска́ффлз: Р-р-р… моя́ ла́па. 🐾
Сли́нки: Мой нос! Моя́ ла́па! Моё окно́! — Ната́ша: Да! Так! 😊- Ри́чард 👋: А где моя́ газе́та? — Сли́нки (brings it): Вот газе́та! — Ри́чард: Спаси́бо, Сли́нки! 📰
And you? Touch and say: «Мой нос. Моя́ рука́.» – aloud, or just in your head. Both count. 😊 🌱 The seed of the day: мой / моя́ / моё = my. It changes with the word: мой нос, мой кот (он) · моя́ рука́, моя́ ла́па (она́) · моё кольцо́, моё фо́то, моё окно́ (оно́). Scuffles says «мой ла́па», Natasha says «Нет!» and puts her right. Just listen and copy – you will read it later.
Say the story aloud, with the actions. Then play: do the action – say the word. Mix them up!
Приве́т! Повтори́м! 👋
Где мой нос? – Вот мой нос! 👃
Где моя́ рука́? – Вот моя́ рука́! 🤚
Вот моё кольцо́! 💍
Торт! Сок! Лимо́н! Бана́н! Газе́та! Флаг! 🎂🧃🍋🍌📰🚩
Кольцо́ на столе́. 💍
Где моё кольцо́? В су́мке? – Нет! 👜
Под столо́м? – Нет! В ба́нке? – Нет! В газе́те? – Нет! 🔍
Где кольцо́? – Под Ска́ффлз! 😼
Ска́ффлз! Нет, нет, нет! Э́то моё кольцо́! 💍
Сли́нки – молоде́ц! 🐈
👂 listen – say it only if you like: Повторе́ние – мать уче́ния. 🦉
👂 and Richard's saying: Век живи́ – век учи́сь! 📚
- Cover your nose: Где мой нос? – show it: Вот мой нос! 👃
- Put a ring (or a coin) somewhere and look for it: Где кольцо́? В су́мке? – Нет! На столе́? – Да! 💍
- Point and say fast, like Natasha: Торт! Сок! Лимо́н! Бана́н! – how many things in your room can you name? 🔁
- Speaking is optional – listening and doing count too.
Can you do it without the video? – Молоде́ц! Go to the tap quiz.
Guess, then tap. A wrong tap is not a mistake – it is a guess. 😊
Хорошо́! Молоде́ц! Two small things left – two minutes.
Russian О says a round о only on the loud syllable: кот, нос, торт, стол.
- Away from the loud syllable, О sounds like а: окно́ = «акно́», она́ = «ана́», тома́т = «тама́т».
- Two or three О in one word – only one is round: голова́ = «галава́», помидо́р = «памидо́р», потоло́к = «патало́к».
- Read it with О – say it with А. Russians do it in every word, every day. 😄
- 30 seconds, every day. The tongue is a muscle – this is aerobics. 💪
Tomorrow morning, hide a ring (or a coin) – in a bag, under a book, in a cup – and ask: «Где кольцо́? – В су́мке!» Then find it: «Вот кольцо́!» 💍
That is the first minute of День 9. You already know it – so День 9 starts with a win.
You may stop here – see you tomorrow: День 9 · Ру́ки, но́ги, ла́пы и коты́! ▶
«У меня́ пропа́л мой нос! – А вот и нос!» – Natasha's old game «У меня́ пропа́л мой но́сик»: you lose a part of you – and find it again! Hide it on «пропа́л…» with a frightened face 😱, show it on «А вот и…!» with a happy face 🎉. 👂 Listen and play – you don't need to read it.
| Say | Do |
|---|---|
| У меня́ пропа́л мой нос! | cover your nose with your hand – a frightened face 😱 |
| А вот и нос! | take the hand away, finger on your nose on НОС 🎉 |
| У меня́ пропа́ла моя́ рука́! | hide your hand behind your back |
| А вот и рука́! | show it on КА |
| У меня́ пропа́ла моя́ нога́! | stand on one leg, the other foot behind you |
| А вот и нога́! | put your foot forward on ГА |
| У меня́ пропа́л мой глаз! | cover one eye |
| А вот и глаз! | open it, point at it on ГЛАЗ |
| У меня́ пропа́ло моё кольцо́! | hide the hand with the ring (or a coin) in your other hand |
| А вот и кольцо́! | open your hand, show it on ЦО 💍🎉 |
Listen: пропа́л мой нос · пропа́ла моя́ рука́ · пропа́ло моё кольцо́ – the end of the word follows мой – моя́ – моё. Just listen; the rule comes much later.
- Play it three times – a little faster each time.
- The big review – Повтори́м! Go through the words below, one row a day: read a word aloud, then do its gesture. Don't remember the gesture? Make up your own – it counts!
- Gesture → word. Don't look. Make a gesture – say the word. Mixed order: 💍 · 👃 · 🍋 · 🚩 · 🪑 · 💡 · 🎂 · 🦷 · 👜 · 🪟
Remembering a word from the gesture works better than reading it again.
I'm… Natasha! – Masha says who she is: «Я Ма́ша. Э́то моя́ ма́ма…» – and then she gets mixed up 😄
«Э́то моя́ ма́ма» – моя́, like моё кольцо́ today. Tap the title – the story opens; the bar at its top brings you back here.
This is my cat – Natasha and her cat Serge: кот, не ко́шка! 🐈
Today's word мой: мой кот, моя́ ко́шка. Tap the title – the page opens; the bar at its top brings you back here.
You know 19 letters: А К М О Т Е Р С В Н У И Л Д Б П Г З Ф. Read every word aloud, then tap it to check. Count the words you read! ✋
День 1: ПРИВЕ́Т · КО́ФЕ · МЕТРО́ · ТЕА́ТР · ТЕЛЕФО́Н · ИНТЕРНЕ́Т · ПИАНИ́НО · ЛО́НДОН
День 2: КТО · КОТ · МА́МА · ТУТ · ТАМ · КАК · ТАК · КАКА́О · ТОМА́Т · ДА · НЕТ
День 3: РОТ · ТОРТ · СОК · КРЕМ · СТАРТ · ТРА́КТОР · МОТО́Р · МА́СТЕР
День 4: У́ТРО · СУ́МКА · СТАКА́Н · ОКНО́ · КУ́РТКА · РУКА́ · НОС · ОН · ОНА́ · ОНО́
День 5: СТОЛ · СТУЛ · ЛИМО́Н · СЛИ́ВА · МИ́СКА · ВИ́ЛКА · И
День 6: ДОМ · ПОТОЛО́К · СТЕНА́ · ПОЛ · ПО́ЛКА · ЛА́МПА · КА́РТА · БА́НКА · ПОМИДО́Р · БАНА́Н · ТА́ПКИ · ПОД
День 7: ГОЛОВА́ · ГЛАЗ · ЗУБ · ГУБА́ · НОГА́ · ЛА́ПА · ФО́ТО · ГАЗЕ́ТА · ФЛАГ · ГДЕ
Now whole sentences:
ТОРТ НА СТОЛЕ́. · ЛИМО́Н В МИ́СКЕ. · БАНА́Н ПОД СТОЛО́М. · ФЛАГ В БА́НКЕ. · ГАЗЕ́ТА НА СТУ́ЛЕ. · ГДЕ КОТ? – В СУ́МКЕ! · ГДЕ СЛИ́НКИ? – ПОД СТОЛО́М! · ГДЕ СКА́ФФЛЗ? – НА СТОЛЕ́?! НЕТ, НЕТ, НЕТ!
👀 And your two proverbs – read them again:
One week ago you could not read one Russian word. Молоде́ц!
Repetition is the mother of learning.
Today is a review day: Slinky repeated every word with Natasha – and Slinky found the ring. 🐈💍 The Romans said it too: Repetitio est mater studiorum. Gesture: roll your hands round and round on «повторе́ние» (again and again), open a book with both hands on «уче́ния».
Live a century – learn a century = you learn all your life.
Richard says it at the end of the video – he is our everlasting student. 📚 It is the motto of the review days: 👂 heard today, 👀 read on День 14, the next review day.
🔊 Sound, meaning, word by word: tap a proverb – it opens its own page.
Приве́т! Повтори́м! Ой! Где мой нос? Вот мой нос! Где моя́ рука́? Вот моя́ рука́! Вот моё кольцо́! Торт! Сок! Лимо́н! Бана́н! Газе́та! Флаг! Кольцо́ на столе́. Где моё кольцо́? В су́мке? – Нет! Под столо́м? – Нет! В ба́нке? – Нет! В газе́те? – Нет! Где кольцо́? – Под Ска́ффлз! Ска́ффлз! Нет, нет, нет! Э́то моё кольцо́! – Р-р-р… Сли́нки – молоде́ц! Повторе́ние – мать уче́ния. – Век живи́ – век учи́сь! Молоде́ц! Пока́!
Hello! Let's repeat! Oh! Where is my nose? Here is my nose! Where is my hand? Here is my hand! Here is my ring! Cake! Juice! Lemon! Banana! Newspaper! Flag! The ring is on the table. Where is my ring? In the bag? – No! Under the table? – No! In the jar? – No! In the newspaper? – No! Where is the ring? – Under Scuffles! Scuffles! No, no, no! That is my ring! – Grrr… Slinky, well done! Repetition is the mother of learning. – Live a century, learn a century! Well done! Bye!
- Мой = my. It changes with the word: мой нос (он) · моя́ рука́ (она́) · моё кольцо́ (оно́).
- Ends in -а → she: моя́ ла́па, моя́ газе́та. Ends in -о → it: моё фо́то, моё окно́. The rest → he: мой кот, мой стол.
- Listen only today – the letters й, я, ё come later.
- No new letters today. You know 19 – today you read and repeat. 🔁
- Tap a new word or its picture – the dictionary opens 📖. Tap 🔊 to hear it.
ударе́ние – stress – shows the syllable you say louder and longer, just like in English: LUN-dun (London), TEL-ih-fohn (telephone).
ЛО́НДОН – the stress is on the first syllable, as in English. But Russians say a real, round о: LON-d’n, not LUN-dun. The second о comes after the stress, so it is short and weak (like the a in sofa).
ТЕЛЕФО́Н – not like the English TEL-ih-fohn: the stress is on the last syllable: ti-li-FON (е without stress sounds like a short и). That is why we mark the stress.
🎯 Why does о sound like а?
МОЙ – say it: moy. English my and Russian мой are very old relatives – the same root, thousands of years old. 🤝
Scuffles sits on the ring and says «Моё!» – does she remind you of someone who said "my precious"? 💍😼
КОЛЬЦО́ – a ring – comes from the old word ко́ло, a wheel, a circle. ⭕
Повторе́ние – мать уче́ния: the Romans said it first – Repetitio est mater studiorum.
🔬 Почему́ так · Why this way
- A review day with no new letters. Words met again after a gap of one to a few days are remembered much better than words met many times in one go; gaps of 1–4 days work best. Study with adults – Rogers · Nakata · Chiu 2025. A written word met four times over several days was remembered far better than four times in a row (84 % vs 63 %, Wegener et al. 2023).
- Remember first, then check. Reading the words of seven days alone, then tapping to check, is retrieval practice – one of the best-proven tools: 50 classroom experiments – Agarwal · Nunes · Blunt 2021. The first minute (yesterday's homework) works the same way.
- 15 minutes a day, not one long lesson. Short daily sessions beat one long one: 35 min × 6 days scored 83 vs 70 for one 3.5-hour lesson. Study with adults – Stoltzfus · Sukseemuang 2018.
- A gesture that matches the word. A word said with a matching gesture, made by the learner, stays in memory far longer than a word only heard. Study with adults – Macedonia · Knösche 2011 (Max Planck Institute, Leipzig).
- Watching helps too. Watching the gesture helps almost as much as doing it, so the video works even before you move. 7 studies, 309 adults – Oppici et al. 2023.
- The action on the loud syllable. A hand beat on the stressed syllable helps adults pronounce new words. Studies with adults – Prieto's group, Barcelona.
- A block before the rule. «Мой нос, моя́ рука́» is learned whole, like a song; the rule comes much later, after the form has been met many times. Learners pick up such ready-made blocks whole (Wray 2002, formulaic language).
- One new thing. Today only мой / моя́ / моё is new – a beginner holds about four new things in mind at once (Sweller, cognitive load).
- The proverb is heard first, then read. Natasha says it once at the end of the video, where the story shows it; its explanation sits in Part 2, outside the core lesson – extras inside the core lower learning of the main thing (Mayer, seductive details). An idiom learned with its picture and story is remembered better than with a bare translation (Boers 2001).
- The cat makes the mistakes. Nobody corrects the student. The student laughs and is never the one who is wrong.
- Our own method. Natasha's Language Aerobics – tested for many years with her students.
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