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🇷🇺 Russian · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Fish That Got Away

Dawn on the lake with Uncle Vova: quiet, there was a pike here, this big, last year it was this big, a whole three kilos, a whole hour, and in the end, the line broke only a metre from the boat, now that's a story, told a thousand times and never once a lie, a fisherman sees a fisherman from afar, two small ones that will be pike by summer.

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THE STORY

A boat on the lake near the dacha at five in the morning, mist on the water, Uncle Vova with two rods. Sam and Uncle Vova are old friends now, on the friendly you.

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Тихо. Тут была щука. Вот такая!TEE-kha. TOOT by-LA SHCHOO-ka. VOT ta-KA-ya!Quiet. There was a pike here. This big!
В прошлом году вот такая.f PROSH-lam ga-DOO VOT ta-KA-ya.Last year it was this big.
Целых три кило! Тянул целый час.TSE-lykh TREE ki-LO! ti-NOOL TSE-liy CHAS.A whole three kilos! I fought it a whole hour.
А в конце?a f kan-TSE?And in the end?
Леска порвалась. Всего метр от лодки!LYES-ka par-va-LAS. fsi-VO METR at LOT-ki!The line broke. Only a metre from the boat!
Целый час, всего метр. Вот это рассказ!TSE-liy CHAS, fsi-VO METR. VOT E-ta ras-KAS!A whole hour, only a metre. Now that's a story!
ни разу не совралni RA-zu nye sa-VRALnever once lied
Тысячу раз рассказывал, ни разу не соврал.TY-si-chu RAS ras-KA-zy-val, ni RA-zu nye sa-VRAL.Told it a thousand times, never once lied.
Рыбак рыбака видит издалека.ry-BAK ry-ba-KA VEE-dit iz-da-li-KA.A fisherman sees a fisherman from afar.
Две маленькие. К лету будут щуки.DVYE MA-len-ki-ye. k LYE-tu BOO-dut SHCHOO-ki.Two small ones. By summer they'll be pike.