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🇷🇺 Russian · Beginner Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 29 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Tuning Day

Sam tunes the grand in the school hall while Sonya, nine, watches: what are you doing, I'm tuning the piano, is it hard, first I listen, then I tune, now, for a long time, two hours, want to hear, listen, how beautiful.

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THE STORY

The hall of the music school, Tuesday afternoon. Sam has the lid off the grand; Sonya, a pupil of nine, has stopped to watch. Sonya says the polite you to a grown-up; Sam says the friendly you to a child; the director is polite.

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Здравствуйте. Что вы делаете?ZDRAST-vuy-tye. SHTO vy DYE-la-ye-tye?Hello. What are you doing?
Здравствуй.ZDRAST-vuyhello, to a child or a friend
Здравствуй. Я настраиваю пианино.ZDRAST-vuy. YA na-STRA-i-va-yu pi-a-NEE-na.Hello. I'm tuning the piano.
Это трудно?E-ta TROOD-na?Is it hard?
Нет, не трудно.NYET, nye TROOD-na.No, it's not hard.
Сначала я слушаю.sna-CHA-la ya SLOO-sha-yufirst I listen
Сначала я слушаю, потом настраиваю.sna-CHA-la ya SLOO-sha-yu, pa-TOM na-STRA-i-va-yu.First I listen, then I tune.
Сейчас я слушаю.si-CHAS ya SLOO-sha-yu.Now I'm listening.
Долго?DOL-ga?For a long time?
Хочешь?KHO-cheshdo you want, to a friend

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