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🇷🇺 Russian · Fluency Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 4 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Fee

The back office of a club off Pokrovka, Pal Palych counting: we're four now, four, I pay for three, three is ten grand a night, four is fifteen, twelve and the pianist eats for free, does anyone tune the piano here, you're a tuner, tune it and we'll say fifteen, deal, and the hundred for my taxi you owe me, fifty, don't push your luck.

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THE STORY

The back office of a jazz club off Pokrovka in September, Pal Palych behind a desk of receipts; Lyokha haggles, Sam listens. Pal Palych says the friendly you to everyone; Lyokha gives it back, Sam says the polite you to him.

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Пал Палыч, нас теперь четверо.pal PA-lych, NAS ti-PYER CHET-vi-ra.Pal Palych, we're four now.
Четверо? Я плачу за троих.CHET-vi-ra? YA pla-CHOO za tra-EEKH.Four? I pay for three.
Трое это десять штук за вечер. Четверо пятнадцать.TRO-ye E-ta DYE-syat SHTOOK za VYE-cher. CHET-vi-ra pit-NAT-tsat.Three is ten grand a night. Four is fifteen.
Двенадцать, и пианист ест бесплатно.dvi-NAT-tsat, i pi-a-NEEST YEST bis-PLAT-na.Twelve, and the pianist eats for free.
А рояль здесь кто-нибудь настраивает?a ra-YAL ZDYES KTO-ni-bud na-STRA-i-va-yet?And the piano here, does anyone tune it?
Ты настройщик? Настрой, и скажем пятнадцать.TY na-STROY-shchik? na-STROY, i SKA-zhem pit-NAT-tsat.You're a tuner? Tune it, and we'll say fifteen.
ты мне долженty mnye DOL-zhenyou owe me, word for word you to me are obliged
Договорились. И стольник за такси ты мне должен.da-ga-va-REE-lis. i STOL-nik za tak-SEE ty mnye DOL-zhen.Deal. And the hundred for my taxi you owe me.
Полтинник. И не наглей.pal-TEEN-nik. i nye nag-LYEY.Fifty. Don't push your luck.