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🇷🇺 Russian · Advanced Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 19 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Name

Sunday lunch at Sokolniki and the question of the name: a girl, what will you call her, we haven't decided, name her after me, Valentina Cooper is hard for Portland, then after my mother, Maria, Masha, Masha sounds right in both languages, and the patronymic, Semyonovna, from Sam comes Semyon, Maria Semyonovna, now that's a name.

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THE STORY

The big table at Sokolniki on a Sunday, soup served and the news of a girl a week old. Sam is on the friendly you with Katya and Galina Petrovna and on the polite you with Baba Valya.

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Девочка! Как назовёте?DYE-vach-ka! kak na-za-VYO-tye?A girl! What will you call her?
Мы ещё не решили.my ye-SHHO nye re-SHI-li.We haven't decided yet.
в честь меняf CHEST me-NYAafter me, word for word in honour of me
Назовите в честь меня, Валентина.na-za-VEE-tye f CHEST me-NYA, va-len-TEE-na.Name her after me, Valentina.
Валентина Купер трудно для Портленда.va-len-TEE-na KOO-per TROOD-na dlya PORT-len-da.Valentina Cooper is hard for Portland.
Тогда в честь моей мамы, Мария.tag-DA f CHEST ma-YEY MA-my, ma-REE-ya.Then after my mother, Maria.
Маша. Мне нравится.MA-sha. mnye NRA-vit-sa.Masha. I like it.
Маша звучит и по-русски, и по-английски.MA-sha zvoo-CHEET i pa-ROOS-ki, i pa-an-GLEE-ski.Masha sounds right in Russian and in English.
А отчество?a OT-chest-va?And the patronymic?
Семёновнаse-MYO-nav-nathe patronymic made from the name Semyon

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