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🇷🇺 Russian · Fluency Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Punchline

A Horse's Name at the reading club: tonight a funny story and keep the end for the end, a general has toothache and one man cures teeth by telegram, but the surname is forgotten and only something horsey remains, the whole house guesses all evening, the general calls the doctor, the doctor pulls the tooth, and the steward goes: Ovsov, from oats.

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THE STORY

Thursday at the reading club near the Arbat. Lev Borisovich has asked Sam for a funny story and Sam retells A Horse's Name in his own words; the two of them say the polite you.

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Сегодня смешной рассказ. Конец в конце.si-VOD-nya smish-NOY ras-SKAS. ka-NYETS f kan-TSE.Tonight a funny story. The end at the end.
У генерала болит зуб. Один человек лечит зубы по телеграфу.u gi-ni-RA-la ba-LEET ZOOP. a-DEEN chi-la-VYEK LYE-chit ZOO-by pa ti-li-GRA-fu.A general has toothache. One man cures teeth by telegram.
Но?NO?But?
что-то лошадиноеSHTO-ta la-sha-DEE-na-yesomething horsey, with the little tail for some
Но фамилию забыли. Знают только: что-то лошадиное.no fa-MEE-li-yu za-BY-li. ZNA-yut TOL-ka: SHTO-ta la-sha-DEE-na-ye.But they've forgotten the surname. They only know: something horsey.
И весь дом угадывает.i VYES DOM u-GA-dy-va-yet.And the whole house guesses.
и тутi TOOTand then, word for word and here
Весь вечер угадывают. Ничего. И тут генерал зовёт врача.VYES VYE-chir u-GA-dy-va-yut. ni-chi-VO. i TOOT gi-ni-RAL za-VYOT vra-CHA.All evening they guess. Nothing. And then the general calls the doctor.
А потом?a pa-TOM?And then?
а приказчик и говоритa pri-KA-shchik i ga-va-REETand the steward goes, word for word and the steward and says

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