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🇷🇺 Russian · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 16 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Cold

The first snow, outside the club, waiting for Pal Palych and the key: what a freezer, freezing cold, in Portland this is winter, in Moscow it's November, wait till January, put on a hat, your ears will drop off, a little hat, a hat, a big one, an enormous one, here he comes, doors, warmth, a nice cup of tea.

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THE STORY

The pavement outside the club off Pokrovka in the first snow of November, the band waiting for Pal Palych and the key. Tolik, Nastya and Sam all say the friendly you to each other.

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Ну и дубак!NU i du-BAK!What a freezer!
Где Пал Палыч? Где ключ?GDYE pal PA-lych? GDYE KLYUCH?Where's Pal Palych? Where's the key?
Холодище.kha-la-DEE-shchefreezing cold: cold with the big ending
Холодище. А Пал Палыч опаздывает.kha-la-DEE-shche. a pal PA-lych a-PAZ-dy-va-yet.Freezing cold. And Pal Palych is late.
В Портленде это зима. В Москве это ноябрь.f PORT-len-dye E-ta zi-MA. v mask-VYE E-ta na-YABR.In Portland this is winter. In Moscow it's November.
Подожди до января. Вот там морозяка.pa-dazh-DEE da yan-va-RYA. VOT TAM ma-ra-ZYA-ka.Wait till January. That's a real frost.
Надень шапку, уши отвалятся.na-DYEN SHAP-ku, OO-shi at-VA-lyat-sa.Put on a hat, your ears will drop off.
Минуточку!mi-NOO-tach-ku!Just a moment!
Уши уже отвалились.OO-shi u-ZHE at-va-LEE-lis.My ears have already dropped off.
Шапочку?SHA-pach-ku?A little hat?

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