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🇷🇺 Russian · Advanced Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Hand in Baikal

A boat on Lake Baikal: dip your hand in for a long life, about ten degrees, the shore about twenty metres away, Masha's little hand too, she's about three months old and already in Baikal, about two hours to the island, about five of us seasick, and Dad took about two hundred photos.

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THE STORY

A small boat out on Lake Baikal on a bright August morning, the family along the rail and Masha in a sling. Dima, Sam and Galina Petrovna are all on the friendly you.

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Опусти руку в воду, на долгую жизнь.a-pus-TEE ROO-ku v VO-du, na DOL-gu-yu ZHIZN.Dip your hand in the water, for a long life.
градусов десятьGRA-du-saf DYE-syatabout ten degrees: the number after its noun means roughly
Градусов десять, может, меньше.GRA-du-saf DYE-syat, MO-zhet, MYEN-she.About ten degrees, maybe less.
метров двадцатьMYE-traf DVA-tsatabout twenty metres
До берега метров двадцать, не упади.da BYE-rye-ga MYE-traf DVA-tsat, nye u-pa-DEE.The shore is about twenty metres away, don't fall in.
И ручку Маши, легонько.i ROOCH-ku MA-shi, lye-GON-ka.And Masha's little hand, lightly.
Ей месяца три, а она уже в Байкале.yey MYE-sya-tsa TREE, a a-NA u-ZHE v bay-KA-lye.She's about three months old, and already in Baikal.
Смотри, нерпа!sma-TREE, NYER-pa!Look, a seal!
До острова часа два.da OS-tra-va chi-SA DVA.About two hours to the island.
А укачало человек пять.a u-ka-CHA-la chi-la-VYEK PYAT.And about five of us are seasick.

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