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🇷🇺 Russian · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 22 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Advice in the Snow

Sokolniki park in January, Masha in the pram, an old lady stops them: what are you doing, the child's without a hat, she's in a hat under the hood, and the hands, how can this be, thank you, we'll bear it in mind, in our day a blanket, in your day it was minus forty, and the father, a foreigner, yes, but the hat is Russian.

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THE STORY

Sokolniki park on a January afternoon, snow on the paths, Masha asleep in the pram, an old lady who has stopped to look. Sam and Katya are polite with her; she is polite back, and still tells them everything.

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Что ж выSHTO sh VYwhat on earth are you doing: the reproach's opening
Что ж вы, ребёнок без шапки!SHTO sh VY, ri-BYO-nak byes SHAP-ki!What are you doing, the child's without a hat!
Она в шапке, под капюшоном.a-NA f SHAP-kye, pat ka-pyu-SHO-nam.She's in a hat, under the hood.
Как же такKAK zhe TAKhow can this be: the second reproach
А ручки! Как же так, ручки холодные!a ROOCH-ki! KAK zhe TAK, ROOCH-ki kha-LOD-ny-ye!And the hands! How can this be, her hands are cold!
Надо бы потеплее одеть.NA-da by pa-ti-PLYE-ye a-DYET.You ought to dress her warmer.
Спасибо, учтём.spa-SEE-ba, uch-TYOM.Thank you, we'll bear it in mind.
Обязательно.a-bya-ZA-tyel-na.Certainly.
В наше время в одеяло заворачивали.v NA-she VRYE-mya v a-di-YA-la za-va-RA-chi-va-li.In our day we wrapped them in a blanket.
В ваше время было минус сорок.v VA-she VRYE-mya BY-la MEE-nus SO-rak.In your day it was minus forty.

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