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🇷🇺 Russian · Beginner Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 21 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Long Winter

February at the kitchen table: when does winter end, at the end of March, in Portland in winter it rains, in summer it's warm and dry, here in summer the dacha, in autumn mushrooms, in spring mud, then lilac.

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THE STORY

The kitchen of the flat near Sokolniki, a dark evening in February, the third month of snow. Galina Petrovna and Sam are polite with each other; Baba Valya says the friendly you to him.

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Когда?kag-DAwhen
Галина Петровна, когда кончается зима?ga-LEE-na pit-ROV-na, kag-DA kan-CHA-it-sa zi-MA?Galina Petrovna, when does winter end?
Зима, весна, лето, осень.zi-MA, vis-NA, LYE-ta, O-sin.Winter, spring, summer, autumn.
В конце марта.f kan-TSE MAR-ta.At the end of March.
Идёт дождь.i-DYOT DOSHTit's raining, word for word rain goes
В Портленде зимой идёт дождь.f PORT-lin-dye zi-MOY i-DYOT DOSHT.In Portland, in winter it rains.
Зимой идёт снег.zi-MOY i-DYOT SNYEK.In winter it snows.
Зимой холодно.zi-MOY KHO-lad-na.In winter it's cold.
А летом?a LYE-tam?And in summer?
Летом тепло и сухо.LYE-tam tip-LO i SOO-kha.In summer it's warm and dry.

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