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PART 1 · LESSON 1 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

Signed for a Year

Breakfast at Sokolniki the morning after the music school's offer: Sam has signed for a year, until next April, and tells Galina Petrovna and Baba Valya he is looking for a room of his own.

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Lesson 1 · Signed for a Year

Russian · 30 minutes

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The kitchen at Sokolniki, mid-April, breakfast. Sam says the polite you to Galina Petrovna and to Baba Valya; Galina Petrovna answers politely, Baba Valya says the friendly you to him, as a grandmother does.

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Что сказали?SHTO ska-ZA-liwhat did they say
Ну, Сэм, что сказали в школе?NOO, SEM, SHTO ska-ZA-li f SHKO-lye?Well, Sam, what did they say at the school?
На год.na GOTfor a year
Я подписал контракт. На год.ya pad-pi-SAL kan-TRAKT. na GOT.I signed the contract. For a year.
На неделю.na ni-DYE-lyu.For a week.
Целый год! Это хорошо.TSE-ly GOT! E-ta kha-ra-SHO.A whole year! That's good.
Поздравляю, Сэм!pazd-rav-LYA-yu, SEM!Congratulations, Sam!
До какого месяца?da ka-KO-va MYE-sya-tsa?Until which month?
До апреля.da ap-RYE-lyauntil April
До следующего апреля.da SLYE-du-yu-shche-va ap-RYE-lya.Until next April.
До мая.da MA-ya.Until May.
С мая.s MA-ya.From May.
Значит, будешь жить у нас.ZNA-chit, BOO-desh ZHIT u NAS.Then you'll be living with us.
Спасибо. Но я ищу комнату.spa-SEE-ba. NO ya i-SHCHOO KOM-na-tu.Thank you. But I'm looking for a room.
Комнату? Об этом поговорим.KOM-na-tu? ab E-tam pa-ga-va-REEM.A room? We'll talk about that later.