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🇷🇺 Russian · Beginner Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 11 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Metro

Sam rides the metro with Dima: a Troika card from the window, which station this is, the red line from Sokolniki, three stops, and the announcement every Muscovite knows.

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THE STORY

The metro at Sokolniki, a weekday morning. Sam buys his card at the window and rides three stops with Dima. The cashier and Sam are polite with each other; Dima and Sam are friends.

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Тройку, пожалуйста.TROY-koo, pa-ZHA-lus-ta.A Troika card, please.
Вот ваша карта.VOT VA-sha KAR-ta.Here's your card.
Дима, какая это станция?DEE-ma, ka-KA-ya E-ta STAN-tsi-ya?Dima, which station is this?
Сокольники. Красная линия.sa-KOL-ni-ki. KRAS-na-ya LEE-ni-ya.Sokolniki. The red line.
Это наша станция?E-ta NA-sha STAN-tsi-ya?Is this our station?
Нет, следующая.NYET, SLYE-du-yu-shcha-ya.No, the next one.
Осторожно, двери закрываются.as-ta-ROZH-na, DVYE-ri za-kry-VA-yut-sa.Careful, the doors are closing.
А какая наша станция?a ka-KA-ya NA-sha STAN-tsi-ya?And which is our station?
Комсомольская. Три станции.kam-sa-MOL-ska-ya. TRI STAN-tsi-i.Komsomolskaya. Three stops.
Следующая станция: Комсомольская.SLYE-du-yu-shcha-ya STAN-tsi-ya: kam-sa-MOL-ska-ya.Next station: Komsomolskaya.