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🇷🇺 Russian · Fluency Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 10 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

To Grandfather, in the Village

Dima films at the reading club, the library's old piano and Vanka: the piano by the window and how old it is, older than me and tuned by Sam, say for the camera what you read, a boy sent to a shoemaker writes to his grandfather, a letter written at night with to grandfather in the village on the envelope, will it arrive, never, no name and no village, the saddest story.

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THE STORY

Thursday at the reading club near the Arbat; Dima has brought the camera to film the library's old upright and Sam's reading. Dima and Sam say the friendly you; both say the polite you to Lev Borisovich.

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Пианино у окна. Сколько ему лет?pi-a-NEE-na u ak-NA. SKOL-ka ye-MOO LYET?The piano by the window. How old is it?
настроенный Сэмомna-STRO-yen-ny SE-mamtuned by Sam: the verb as a describing word, and by whom in the with-form
Старше меня. Подарок, настроенный Сэмом.STAR-she mi-NYA. pa-DA-rak, na-STRO-yen-ny SE-mam.Older than me. A gift, tuned by Sam.
Сэм, скажи для камеры, что ты читал.SEM, ska-ZHEE dlya KA-mi-ry, shto ty chi-TAL.Sam, say for the camera what you read.
мальчик, отданный сапожникуMAL-chik, OT-dan-ny sa-POZH-ni-kua boy, sent to a shoemaker, word for word given over
«Ванька». Мальчик, отданный сапожнику, пишет дедушке.VAN-ka. MAL-chik, OT-dan-ny sa-POZH-ni-ku, PEE-shet DYE-dush-kye.Vanka. A boy sent to a shoemaker writes to his grandfather.
Письмо, написанное ночью. На конверте: «На деревню дедушке».pis-MO, na-PEE-san-na-ye NO-chyu. na kan-VYER-tye: na di-RYEV-nyu DYE-dush-kye.A letter written at night. On the envelope: "To grandfather, in the village."
И оно дойдёт?i a-NO day-DYOT?And will it arrive?
Никогда. Ни имени, ни деревни.ni-kag-DA. ni EE-mi-ni, ni di-RYEV-ni.Never. No name, no village.
Это Чехов. Самый грустный рассказ.E-ta CHE-khaf. SA-my GROOST-ny ras-SKAS.That's Chekhov. The saddest story.