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🇷🇺 Russian · Beginner Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Tea and Pancakes

Baba Valya sits Sam down at the kitchen table: sit down, tea, yes please, with sugar, without sugar, with milk, what's this, pancakes, eat, very tasty, more.

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THE STORY

The kitchen of the flat near Sokolniki, early in the morning, a plate of thin pancakes on the table. Baba Valya, the grandmother, says the friendly you to everyone under sixty; Sam says the polite you to her.

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Чай будешь?CHAY BOO-dyeshwill you have tea, to a friend
Садись, Сэм. Чай будешь?sa-DEES, SEM. CHAY BOO-dyesh?Sit down, Sam. Tea?
Да, пожалуйста.DA, pa-ZHA-lus-ta.Yes, please.
С сахаром?s SA-kha-ram?With sugar?
С сахаром, пожалуйста.s SA-kha-ram, pa-ZHA-lus-ta.With sugar, please.
Нет, спасибо.NYET, spa-SEE-ba.No, thanks.
без сахараbyes SA-kha-rawithout sugar
С молоком.s ma-la-KOMwith milk
Нет, без сахара. С молоком.NYET, byes SA-kha-ra. s ma-la-KOM.No, without sugar. With milk.
Чай с молоком, пожалуйста.CHAY s ma-la-KOM, pa-ZHA-lus-ta.Tea with milk, please.

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