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🇷🇺 Russian · Advanced Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 15 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Five Minutes from the Metro

Reading flat adverts with Dima: a two-room flat five minutes from the metro, fourth floor, no lift, what without intermediaries means, the owner lets it herself, eighty-five plus utilities, a one-room flat forty minutes from the hospital, thin walls, call about Chistye Prudy.

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THE STORY

The kitchen in Sokolniki, a laptop open between the three of them, the evening after the dacha. Dima, Katya and Sam are friends and say the friendly you.

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в пяти минутах от метроf pi-TEE mi-NOO-takh at mi-TROfive minutes from the metro: in five minutes, the number in the in-ending
Вот двушка, в пяти минутах от метро.VOT DVOOSH-ka, f pi-TEE mi-NOO-takh at mi-TRO.Here's a two-room flat, five minutes from the metro.
На четвёртом этаже, без лифта.na chit-VYOR-tam e-ta-ZHE, bez LEEF-ta.On the fourth floor, no lift.
Что значит «без посредников»?SHTO ZNA-chit bes pa-SRYED-ni-kaf?What does without intermediaries mean?
Хозяйка сдаёт сама, без комиссии.kha-ZYAY-ka sda-YOT sa-MA, bes ka-MEE-si-i.The owner lets it herself, no commission.
Восемьдесят пять плюс коммуналка. Дорого.VO-sim-di-syat PYAT PLYUS ka-mu-NAL-ka. DO-ra-ga.Eighty-five plus utilities. Dear.
А вот однушка, сорок минут от больницы.a VOT ad-NOOSH-ka, SO-rak mi-NOOT at bal-NEE-tsy.And here's a one-room flat, forty minutes from the hospital.
Панельный дом, тонкие стены?pa-NYEL-ny DOM, TON-ki-ye STYE-ny?A panel block, thin walls?
Тонкие. Будешь слышать соседей.TON-ki-ye. BOO-dish SLY-shat sa-SYE-dyey.Thin. You'll hear the neighbours.
Позвони насчёт Чистых прудов!pa-zva-NEE na-SHCHOT CHEES-tykh pru-DOF!Call about Chistye Prudy!