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🇷🇺 Russian · Beginner Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 24 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Pancake Week

The first morning of Maslenitsa, pancake week, at Baba Valya's stove: this week is pancake week, pancakes every day, pour the batter, a lump, the first pancake is always lumpy, with what, with sour cream, and with caviar, caviar on Sunday, with the family.

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THE STORY

The kitchen of the flat near Sokolniki, early on the first morning of pancake week, Baba Valya at the stove and Katya at the table. Baba Valya says the friendly you to Sam; he answers her politely; Katya and Sam are friends.

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МасленицаMAS-li-ni-tsapancake week
Сэм, на этой неделе Масленица.SEM, na E-tay ni-DYE-lye MAS-li-ni-tsa.Sam, this week is pancake week.
Блины каждый день?bli-NY KAZH-diy DYEN?Pancakes every day?
Я люблю блины.ya lyub-LYU bli-NY.I love pancakes.
Блин с маслом, пожалуйста.BLIN s MAS-lam, pa-ZHA-lus-ta.A pancake with butter, please.
Каждый день. Лей тесто.KAZH-diy DYEN. LYEY TYES-ta.Every day. Pour the batter.
Ой. Это ком.OY. E-ta KOM.Oh. That's a lump.
Первый блин всегда комом.PYER-viy BLIN fsig-DA KO-mam.The first pancake is always lumpy.
С чем? Сметана, варенье, мёд?s CHEM? smi-TA-na, va-RYEN-ye, MYOT?With what? Sour cream, jam, honey?
Со сметаной.sa smi-TA-naywith sour cream

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