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🇷🇺 Russian · Beginner Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 8 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The First Snow

The window on a December morning: look out of the window, snow, it's snowing, yes, winter, it's cold today, how many degrees, minus ten, is minus ten cold, no, that's warm, minus twenty is cold, put on a hat.

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THE STORY

The kitchen window of the family's flat in Moscow, the morning of the first snow. Sam is polite with Galina Petrovna and Baba Valya; Baba Valya says the friendly you to him.

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в окноv ak-NOout of the window
Сэм, смотри в окно!SEM, smat-REE v ak-NO!Sam, look out of the window!
идёт снегi-DYOT SNYEKit's snowing, word for word snow goes
Снег! Идёт снег!SNYEK! i-DYOT SNYEK!Snow! It's snowing!
Идёт дождь.i-DYOT DOSHT.It's raining.
Да, зима. Сегодня холодно.DA, zi-MA. se-VOD-nya KHO-lad-na.Yes, winter. It's cold today.
Какая сегодня погода?ka-KA-ya se-VOD-nya pa-GO-da?What's the weather today?
Сколько градусов?SKOL-ka GRA-du-saf?How many degrees?
Минус десять.MEE-nus DYE-syat.Minus ten.
Сегодня тепло.se-VOD-nya tep-LO.It's warm today.

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