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PART 1 · LESSON 1 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

Two Dates

Two dates on the kitchen calendar: the Small Hall on the fourteenth of May, Baba Valya's ninetieth on the twelfth of October, the year she was born, and whose speech it will be.

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Lesson 1 · Two Dates

Russian · 30 minutes

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The kitchen in Sokolniki in the autumn, a letter from the Conservatory on the table. Galina Petrovna, Sam and Katya all say the friendly you to one another.

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Малый зал, четырнадцатого мая.MA-ly ZAL, chi-TYR-na-tsa-ta-va MA-ya.The Small Hall, the fourteenth of May.
Семь месяцев. Ученики будут готовы.SYEM MYE-sya-tsef. u-chi-ni-KEE BOO-dut ga-TO-vy.Seven months. The pupils will be ready.
А до этого, двенадцатого октября, бабушке девяносто.a da E-ta-va, dvi-NA-tsa-ta-va ak-tya-BRYA, BA-bush-kye di-vi-NO-sta.But before that, the twelfth of October: Granny is ninety.
Она родилась в тридцать шестом году, в деревне под Суздалем.a-NA ra-di-LAS f TRI-tsat shis-TOM ga-DOO, v di-RYEV-nye pat SOOZ-da-lem.She was born in thirty-six, in the village near Suzdal.
Стол, вся семья и речь.STOL, FSYA si-MYA i RYECH.A table, the whole family, and a speech.
Чья речь?CHYA RYECH?Whose speech?
Твоя. Она сама тебя попросила.tva-YA. a-NA sa-MA ti-BYA pa-pra-SEE-la.Yours. She asked for you herself.
По-русски, при всех, я?pa-ROOS-ki, pri FSYEKH, YA?In Russian, in front of everyone, me?
А кто же ещё?a KTO zhe yi-SHCHO?And who else?