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🇷🇺 Russian · Advanced Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

If I Were You

A talk with Galina Petrovna in her kitchen: if I were you I'd wait a year, in a year I'll have a baby and no time, and the money, the wedding gifts and what I've saved, you'd do better to keep the contract at the school, I'll keep it, mornings at the school and afternoons at the workshop, stubborn like Katya, all right, a former pupil of mine lets out premises.

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THE STORY

Galina Petrovna's kitchen near Sokolniki, a weekday evening in October, Sam alone with her over tea. She offered him the friendly you a year ago, so both say it, and he still calls her Galina Petrovna.

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на твоём местеna tva-YOM MYES-tyeif I were you, word for word on your place
На твоём месте я бы подождала год.na tva-YOM MYES-tye ya by pa-dazh-DA-la GOT.If I were you, I'd wait a year.
Через год будет ребёнок, а времени не будет.CHE-ryez GOT BOO-dyet ri-BYO-nak, a VRYE-mi-ni nye BOO-dyet.In a year I'll have a baby and no time.
А деньги?a DYEN-gi?And the money?
Свадебные подарки и то, что я накопил.SVA-dyeb-ny-ye pa-DAR-ki i TO, SHTO ya na-ka-PEEL.The wedding gifts, and what I've saved.
лучше бы тыLOOCH-she by tyyou'd do better to, word for word better would you
Лучше бы ты оставил контракт в школе.LOOCH-she by ty a-STA-vil kan-TRAKT f SHKO-lye.You'd do better to keep the contract at the school.
Оставлю. Утром школа, после обеда мастерская.a-STAV-lyu. OO-tram SHKO-la, POS-lye a-BYE-da mas-tyer-SKA-ya.I'll keep it. Mornings at the school, afternoons at the workshop.
Упрямый, как Катя.oo-PRYA-my, kak KA-tya.Stubborn, like Katya.
Ладно. Мой бывший ученик сдаёт помещение.LAD-na. MOY BYV-shiy oo-chi-NEEK zda-YOT pa-mi-SHCHE-ni-ye.All right. A former pupil of mine lets out premises.