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🇷🇺 Russian · Beginner Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 21 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Car That Won't Start

At the dacha gate in July Uncle Vova's car won't start again: what's wrong with it, it doesn't want to, it never starts, it starts in summer, push, we're pushing, try now, it's started, that's called luck.

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THE STORY

The gate of the dacha outside Moscow on a July morning, Uncle Vova's old car between Sam and Dima. Sam is polite with Uncle Vova, who says the friendly you to him; Dima and Sam are friends.

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Опять не заводится.a-PYAT nye za-VO-dit-sa.It won't start again.
Что с ней?SHTO s NYEY?What's wrong with it?
Что случилось?SHTO slu-CHEE-las?What happened?
Не знаю. Не хочет.nye ZNA-yu. nye KHO-chet.I don't know. It doesn't want to.
никогдаni-kag-DAnever
Дядя Вова, она никогда не заводится.DYA-dya VO-va, a-NA ni-kag-DA nye za-VO-dit-sa.Uncle Vova, it never starts.
Как это называется?KAK E-ta na-zy-VA-yet-sa?What's this called?
Не получается.nye pa-lu-CHA-yet-sa.It's not working.
летомLYE-tamin summer
Заводится. Летом. Толкайте!za-VO-dit-sa. LYE-tam. tal-KAY-tye!It starts. In summer. Push!

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