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🇷🇺 Russian · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 18 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Saturday Table

Eleven at a table for eight at the dacha: move up, crowded but nobody's offended, let Sam tell the one about minus twenty, do tell, the one with the tuning fork, his first January at minus twenty-two, he takes the fork out in the yard and it sticks to his lip, come on, the ending, he rings the bell with a fork on his lip, and she says come in, the piano's warmer than you.

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THE STORY

The long table on the veranda of the dacha on a Saturday evening, eleven people on eight chairs. Sam is on the friendly you with Uncle Vova, Dima and Lena.

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Подвиньтесь. В тесноте, да не в обиде.pad-VEEN-tyes. f tes-na-TYE, da nye v a-BEE-dye.Move up. Crowded, but nobody's offended.
Пусть Сэм расскажет про минус двадцать.POOST SEM ras-KA-zhet pro MEE-nus DVAT-sat.Let Sam tell the one about minus twenty.
Расскажи-ка, Сэм. Про камертон.ras-ka-ZHI-ka, SEM. pro ka-mer-TON.Do tell, Sam. The one with the fork.
Ладно. Первый январь, минус двадцать два.LAD-na. PYER-viy yan-VAR, MEE-nus DVAT-sat DVA.Fine. My first January, minus twenty-two.
А камертон?a ka-mer-TON?And the fork?
Беру камертон, а он прилип к губе.bi-ROO ka-mer-TON, a on pri-LEEP k gu-BYE.I take the fork out, and it sticks to my lip.
Давай конец!da-VAY ka-NYETS!Come on, the ending!
с камертоном на губеs ka-mer-TO-nam na gu-BYEwith a fork on my lip
Звоню с камертоном на губе: добрый день!zva-NYU s ka-mer-TO-nam na gu-BYE: DOB-riy DYEN!I ring with a fork on my lip: good day!
А она: заходите, пианино теплее вас.a a-NA: za-kha-DEE-tye, pi-a-NEE-na tip-LYE-ye VAS.She: come in, the piano's warmer than you.