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🇷🇺 Russian · Advanced Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Flat of Our Own

The morning after the wedding, on the dacha veranda: live with us for now, the room is free, we need a flat of our own, if we rented near the hospital Katya could walk, it would be cheaper here, we'd save and we'd quarrel, young people should live apart, we'll look for two rooms, let Dima help.

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THE STORY

The veranda of the dacha on the Sunday morning after the wedding, tea on the table, the tent still up in the garden. Katya and Sam say the friendly you to Galina Petrovna; Sam says the polite you to Baba Valya.

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Живите пока у нас.zhi-VEE-tye pa-KA u NAS.Live with us for now.
Мама, нам нужна своя квартира.MA-ma, nam nuzh-NA sva-YA kvar-TEE-ra.Mum, we need a flat of our own.
Если бы снимали у больницы, Катя могла бы ходить пешком.YES-li by sni-MA-li u bal-NEE-tsy, KA-tya mag-LA by kha-DEET pish-KOM.If we rented near the hospital, Katya could walk to work.
Было бы дешевле жить здесь и копить.BY-la by di-SHEV-lye ZHIT ZDYES i ka-PEET.It would be cheaper to live here and save.
Копили бы и ссорились бы.ka-PEE-li by i SSO-ri-lis by.We'd save, and we'd quarrel.
Молодые должны жить отдельно. Так мама говорила.ma-la-DY-ye dalzh-NY ZHIT at-DYEL-na. TAK MA-ma ga-va-REE-la.Young people should live apart. My mother said so.
Будем искать две комнаты. Если дорого, одну.BOO-dim is-KAT DVYE KOM-na-ty. YES-li DO-ra-ga, ad-NOO.We'll look for two rooms. If it's dear, one.
Тогда пусть Дима поможет, он знает риелторов.tag-DA PUST DEE-ma pa-MO-zhet, on ZNA-yet ri-EL-ta-raf.Then let Dima help, he knows the agents.