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🇷🇺 Russian · Advanced Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 4 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Which Surname, Which Date

At the registry office the registrar asks which surname the bride takes: Katya stays Volkova, at the hospital she is Doctor Volkova, the groom stays Cooper, Sam is not against it and asks about the children, later, then the date, no sooner than a month, a Saturday in June, the twenty-sixth, half past eleven, when they become husband and wife.

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THE STORY

The registry office, the same counter, the application half filled. Katya and Sam are friends; both are polite with the registrar.

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Какую фамилию берёт невеста?ka-KOO-yu fa-MEE-li-yu bi-RYOT ni-VYES-ta.Which surname does the bride take?
останусь Волковойa-STA-nus VOL-ka-vayI'll stay Volkova, the surname in the with-form
Останусь Волковой. В больнице я доктор Волкова.a-STA-nus VOL-ka-vay. v bal-NEE-tse ya DOK-tar VOL-ka-va.I'll stay Volkova. At the hospital I'm Doctor Volkova.
А жених остаётся Купером. Хорошо.a zhe-NEEKH a-sta-YO-tsa KOO-pe-ram. kha-ra-SHO.And the groom stays Cooper. Fine.
Она станет моей женой.a-NA STA-nyet ma-YEY zhe-NOY.She'll become my wife.
Я не против. А дети?ya nye PRO-tif. a DYE-ti?I'm not against it. And the children?
Потом, Сэм.pa-TOM, SEM.Later, Sam.
не раньше чем через месяцnye RAN-she chem CHE-rez MYE-syatsno sooner than a month from now
Дата: не раньше чем через месяц.DA-ta: nye RAN-she chem CHE-rez MYE-syats.The date: no sooner than a month from now.
Суббота, двадцать шестое июня. Свободно?sub-BO-ta, DVA-tsat she-STO-ye i-YU-nya. sva-BOD-na?Saturday the twenty-sixth of June. Is it free?

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