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🇷🇺 Russian · Advanced Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 30 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Every Seven Minutes

The night in May: Sam wake up it's started, what time is it and is it time, three and every seven minutes so it's time to go, don't forget the bag, where to at this hour, the maternity hospital because my wife is in labour, hold on I'll go by the embankments where there are no lights, every five minutes now, we're there, breathe, I'm not going anywhere.

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THE STORY

The flat near Chistye Prudy at three in the morning in late May, then a taxi along the empty embankments to the maternity hospital. Katya and Sam say the friendly you to each other; Sam and the taxi driver are polite with each other.

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Сэм, проснись. Началось.SEM, pras-NEES. na-chi-LOS.Sam, wake up. It's started.
Который час? Пора?ka-TO-ry CHAS? pa-RA?What time is it? Is it time?
каждые семь минутKAZH-dy-ye SYEM mi-NOOTevery seven minutes, with every in its plural form
пора ехатьpa-RA YE-khatit's time to go, with the plain verb after it
Три. Каждые семь минут. Пора ехать.TREE. KAZH-dy-ye SYEM mi-NOOT. pa-RA YE-khat.Three. Every seven minutes. It's time to go.
Не забудь сумку.nye za-BOOT SOOM-ku.Don't forget the bag.
Куда в такой час?ku-DA f ta-KOY CHAS?Where to at this hour?
В роддом. Жена рожает.v rad-DOM. zhi-NA ra-ZHA-yet.The maternity hospital. My wife's in labour.
Держитесь. Поеду по набережным, там нет светофоров.dir-ZHEE-tyes. pa-YE-du pa NA-bi-rizh-nym, tam NYET svi-ta-FO-raf.Hold on. I'll go by the embankments, there are no lights there.
Теперь каждые пять минут.ti-PYER KAZH-dy-ye PYAT mi-NOOT.Every five minutes now.

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