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🇷🇺 Russian · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 20 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

How the Piano Came

Baba Valya on camera, Dima filming, Sam asking: look at Sam, not at me, when and where from did you get the piano, about fifty years ago, from a neighbour, paid off within a year, don't look a gift horse in the mouth, but it wasn't a gift, who carried it to the fifth floor, four men and she behind them with the pies, since then it's been here, small but precious, cut, better than any film.

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THE STORY

The living room of the flat near Sokolniki, the old upright by the wall, Dima behind the camera. Sam is polite with Baba Valya, friendly with Dima; Baba Valya calls her daughter Galya.

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Смотри на Сэма, не на меня. Спрашивай.smat-REE na SE-ma, nye na mi-NYA. SPRA-shi-vay.Look at Sam, not at me. Ask.
Когда и откуда у вас пианино?kag-DA i at-KOO-da u VAS pi-a-NEE-na?When and where from, the piano?
Лет пятьдесят назадLYET pi-di-SYAT na-ZATabout fifty years ago
Лет пятьдесят назад, от соседа. Выплатили за год.LYET pi-di-SYAT na-ZAT, at sa-SYE-da. VY-pla-ti-li za GOT.About fifty years ago, from a neighbour. Paid in a year.
Дарёному коню в зубы не смотрят.da-RYO-na-mu ka-NYU v ZOO-by nye SMOT-ryat.Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Но это не подарок.no E-ta nye pa-DA-rak.But it wasn't a gift.
А кто нёс на пятый этаж?a KTO NYOS na PYA-tiy e-TASH?Who carried it to the fifth floor?
Четверо мужчин, а я с пирогами.CHET-vi-ra mu-SHCHIN, a ya s pi-ra-GA-mi.Four men, and me with the pies.
С тех пор оно здесь. Мал золотник, да дорог.s TYEKH POR a-NO ZDYES. MAL za-lat-NEEK, da DO-rak.Since then it's here. Small but precious.
Стоп. Бабушка, лучше любого кино.STOP. BA-bush-ka, LOOCH-she lyu-BO-va ki-NO.Cut. Grandma, better than any film.