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🇷🇺 Russian · Advanced Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 21 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Boarding the Train

Yaroslavsky station, the train to Irkutsk: tickets and passports, nine of us in two compartments, bedding included and tea extra, how long to Irkutsk, three and a half days, hot water at the end of the carriage round the clock, and the first night is the longest.

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THE STORY

Yaroslavsky station in Moscow, an August night, the whole family and a pram at the door of a carriage of the Irkutsk train. Sam and Katya are polite with the conductor, who is polite with them.

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Билеты и паспорта, пожалуйста.bi-LYE-ty i pas-par-TA, pa-ZHA-lus-ta.Tickets and passports, please.
Нас девятеро, два купе.nas DYE-vye-tye-ra, DVA ku-PE.There are nine of us, two compartments.
Бельё включено, чай отдельно.bi-LYO fklyu-chi-NO, CHAY at-DYEL-na.Bedding is included, tea is extra.
Сколько ехать до Иркутска?SKOL-ka YE-khat da ir-KOOT-ska?How long is the journey to Irkutsk?
одни суткиad-NEE SOOT-kione day and night, the word with no singular
Трое с половиной суток, почти четверо.TRO-ye s pa-la-VEE-nay SOO-tak, pach-TEE CHET-vye-ra.Three and a half days, almost four.
Мы едем четверо суток.my YE-dyem CHET-vye-ra SOO-tak.We're travelling for four days.
А горячая вода есть?a ga-RYA-cha-ya va-DA YEST?And is there hot water?
круглые суткиKROOG-ly-ye SOOT-kiround the clock, word for word round days
Титан в конце вагона, круглые сутки.ti-TAN f kan-TSE va-GO-na, KROOG-ly-ye SOOT-ki.The boiler is at the end of the carriage, round the clock.

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