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🇷🇺 Russian · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 15 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Star

After the broadcast: that was lovely, will you come once a month, with pleasure, without my grandmother, with her, please, the phones were ringing off the hook; then Lyokha phones: well, you're something, you're a real star, come off it, half of Moscow heard your grandmother, she's not my grandmother, well, that is, she is, mind you don't get a big head, rehearsal tomorrow, star.

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THE STORY

The corridor outside the radio studio just after the programme, then Sam's phone on the way to the lift, November. Marina and Sam say the polite you to each other; Lyokha and Sam say the friendly you.

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Это было чудесно. Придёте раз в месяц?E-ta BY-la chu-DYES-na. pri-DYO-tye RAS v MYE-syats?That was lovely. Will you come once a month?
С удовольствием. Без бабушки?s u-da-VOL-stvi-yem. byez BA-bush-ki?With pleasure. Without my grandmother?
С бабушкой, пожалуйста. Телефоны разрывались.z BA-bush-kay, pa-ZHA-lu-sta. ti-li-FO-ny raz-ry-VA-lis.With her, please. The phones were ringing off the hook.
Ну ты даёшь!NU ty da-YOSH!well, you're something, word for word well, you give
Ну ты даёшь, Сэмыч! Ну ты и звезда!NU ty da-YOSH, SE-mych! NU ty i zvez-DA!Well, you're something, Semych! You're a real star!
Да ладно тебе.da LAD-na ti-BYE.Come off it.
Пол-Москвы слышало твою бабушку.pol-mask-VY SLY-sha-la tva-YU BA-bush-ku.Half of Moscow heard your grandmother.
Она не моя бабушка. Ну, то есть моя.a-NA nye ma-YA BA-bush-ka. NU, TO yest ma-YA.She's not my grandmother. Well, that is, she is.
Смотри не зазнайся.sma-TREE nye zaz-NAY-sya.mind you don't get a big head: look, don't get conceited
Смотри не зазнайся. Завтра репетиция, звезда.sma-TREE nye zaz-NAY-sya. ZAF-tra ri-pi-TEE-tsi-ya, zvez-DA.Mind you don't get a big head. Rehearsal tomorrow, star.