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🇷🇺 Russian · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Sam's First Joke

The club off Pokrovka after the set, the band at the back table: can I tell a joke, in Russian, go on, we're listening, a man is asked do you play the piano, I don't know, I've never tried, that one has a beard, but it was right, short, in the present, the point at the end, I'm dying laughing, honestly, nearly, not funny, funny for a pianist, from a drummer it would be a miracle.

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THE STORY

The club off Pokrovka on a February night after the set, the band round the back table, the room half empty. Everyone in the band says the friendly you to everyone.

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Можно я расскажу анекдот?MOZH-na ya ras-ska-ZHOO a-nik-DOT?Can I tell a joke?
По-русски? Давай, слушаем.pa-ROOS-ki? da-VAY, SLOO-sha-yem.In Russian? Go on, we're listening.
Спрашивают: вы играете на пианино? Не знаю, не пробовал.SPRA-shi-va-yut: vy i-GRA-ye-tye na pi-a-NEE-na? nye ZNA-yu, nye PRO-ba-val.A man is asked: do you play the piano? I don't know, I've never tried.
Этот анекдот с бородой.E-tat a-nik-DOT s ba-ra-DOY.That one has a beard.
Но правильно: коротко, в настоящем, соль в конце.no PRA-vil-na: KO-rat-ka, v na-sta-YA-shchem, SOL f kan-TSE.But it was right: short, in the present, the point at the end.
Ржу не могу. Честно. Почти.RZHOO nye ma-GOO. CHES-na. pach-TEE.I'm dying laughing. Honestly. Nearly.
Не смешно?nye smish-NO?Not funny?
Смешно, для пианиста. От барабанщика было бы чудо.smish-NO, dlya pi-a-NEES-ta. at ba-ra-BAN-shchi-ka BY-la by CHOO-da.Funny, for a pianist. From a drummer it would be a miracle.