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🇷🇺 Russian · Fluency Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 3 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

How a Joke Is Told

The break at rehearsal, Tolik's drummer jokes: what do you call someone who hangs around with musicians, I don't know, a drummer, he tells that one every week, here's a new one, a drummer comes home and says, is a joke always in the present, always, he comes in, he says, and the point comes last, and nobody laughs before the end, that's the law.

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THE STORY

The break in the basement rehearsal room near Sokolniki, tea in paper cups; Tolik tells his drummer jokes and Nastya has heard them all. The band and Sam say the friendly you.

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который ходит с музыкантамиka-TO-ry KHO-dit s mu-zy-KAN-ta-miwho hangs around with musicians, word for word who walks with musicians
Как называется человек, который ходит с музыкантами?KAK na-zy-VA-yet-sa chi-la-VYEK, ka-TO-ry KHO-dit s mu-zy-KAN-ta-mi?What do you call someone who hangs around with musicians?
Не знаю.nye ZNA-yu.I don't know.
Барабанщик.ba-ra-BAN-shchik.A drummer.
Он рассказывает его каждую неделю.ON ras-KA-zy-va-yet yi-VO KAZH-du-yu ni-DYE-lyu.He tells that one every week.
приходит барабанщик домойpri-KHO-dit ba-ra-BAN-shchik da-MOYa drummer comes home, in the present, the way every joke begins
А вот новый: приходит барабанщик домой и говорит...a VOT NO-vy: pri-KHO-dit ba-ra-BAN-shchik da-MOY i ga-va-REET...Here's a new one: a drummer comes home and says...
Анекдот всегда в настоящем времени?a-nik-DOT fsig-DA v nas-ta-YA-shchem VRYE-mi-ni?Is a joke always in the present tense?
Всегда: он приходит, он говорит, а главное в конце.fsig-DA: ON pri-KHO-dit, ON ga-va-REET, a GLAV-na-ye f kan-TSE.Always: he comes in, he says, and the point comes last.
И никто не смеётся раньше конца. Это закон.i nik-TO nye smi-YOT-sa RAN-she kan-TSA. E-ta za-KON.And nobody laughs before the end. That's the law.