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🇷🇺 Russian · Advanced Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Rings

At the jeweller's Sam and Katya choose their rings: a ring of what size, mine is sixteen and a half, try it, tight, take one size bigger, this one fits, engraving with the date and the names in three days, how much are these two, fifty-two together and the wide one four thousand dearer, we'll take the narrow ones.

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THE STORY

A small jeweller's on Pyatnitskaya, trays of rings under glass. Katya and Sam are friends; both are polite with the shop assistant.

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Какого размера кольцо?ka-KO-va raz-MYE-ra kal-TSO?A ring of what size?
Моё шестнадцать с половиной.ma-YO shes-NA-tsat s pa-la-VEE-nay.Mine is sixteen and a half.
на размер большеna raz-MYER BOL-sheone size bigger, word for word by a size bigger
Примерьте. Тесно? Возьмите на размер больше.pri-MYER-tye. TYES-na? vaz-MEE-tye na raz-MYER BOL-she.Try it. Tight? Take one size bigger.
Это подходит. А гравировка?E-ta pad-KHO-dit. a gra-vi-ROF-ka?This one fits. And engraving?
Гравируем дату и имена. Три дня.gra-vi-ROO-yem DA-tu i i-mi-NA. TREE DNYA.We engrave the date and the names. Three days.
Сколько стоят эти два?SKOL-ka STO-yat E-ti DVA?How much are these two?
на четыре тысячи дорожеna che-TY-rye TY-sya-chi da-RO-zhefour thousand dearer
Пятьдесят две вместе. Широкое на четыре тысячи дороже.pi-di-SYAT DVYE VMYES-tye. shi-RO-ka-ye na che-TY-rye TY-sya-chi da-RO-zhe.Fifty-two together. The wide one is four thousand dearer.
Берём узкие. Двадцать шестое июня.bi-RYOM OOS-ki-ye. DVA-tsat she-STO-ye i-YU-nya.We'll take the narrow ones. The twenty-sixth of June.