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🇷🇺 Russian · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 11 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The First Pancake

Baba Valya puts Sam at the pancake pan: the pan's still cold, now pour, it tore, the first pancake is a lump, hurry and people will laugh, who is that you, anyone, no effort no little fish from the pond, now flip it, the third one's round.

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THE STORY

Baba Valya's kitchen on a Sunday morning, a pancake pan on the stove and a bowl of batter. Sam is polite with Baba Valya, and she speaks to him as to a grandson.

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Сковородка ещё холодная. Теперь лей.ska-va-ROT-ka ye-SHCHO kha-LOD-na-ya. ti-PYER LYEY.The pan's still cold. Now pour.
Порвался. Первый блин комом.par-VAL-sya. PYER-viy BLIN KO-mam.It tore. The first pancake is a lump.
Так и говорят. Поспешишь, людей насмешишь.TAK i ga-va-RYAT. pa-spe-SHISH, lyu-DYEY na-sme-SHISH.So they say. Hurry, and people will laugh.
А кто это «ты»? Я?a KTO E-ta TY? YA?And who is you here? Me?
Любой. Пословица говорит тебе, а значит всем.lyu-BOY. pa-SLO-vi-tsa ga-va-REET ti-BYE, a ZNA-chit FSYEM.Anyone. A proverb speaks to you, so to everyone.
не вытащишь и рыбку из прудаnye VY-ta-shchish i RYP-ku is pru-DAyou won't pull even a little fish out of the pond
Значит: без труда не вытащишь и рыбку из пруда.ZNA-chit: byez tru-DA nye VY-ta-shchish i RYP-ku is pru-DA.So: no effort, no little fish from the pond.
Вот, понял! Теперь переворачивай.VOT, PO-nyal! ti-PYER pe-re-va-RA-chi-vay.See, he's got it! Now flip it.
Третий круглый. К воскресенью заговорю как вы.TRYE-tiy KROOG-liy. k vas-kri-SYEN-yu za-ga-va-RYU kak VY.The third one's round. By Sunday I'll talk like you.