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🇷🇺 Russian · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 11 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

For Good

The work permit runs out in March again and Katya has a better idea: stop renewing it and apply for the residence card, the permanent one, without an end date; an exam in Russian, a medical, a pile of papers, four months.

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THE STORY

The kitchen in Sokolniki on a weekday evening, a renewal letter on the table. Sam and Katya are married and say the friendly you to each other.

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Разрешение на работу опять кончается в марте.raz-re-SHE-ni-ye na ra-BO-tu a-PYAT kan-CHA-yet-sa v MAR-tye.The work permit runs out in March again.
Подавай на вид на жительство.pa-da-VAY na VEED na ZHI-tel-stvaapply for the residence card, word for word hand in onto a view onto residence
Тогда не продлевай. Подавай на вид на жительство.tag-DA nye prad-le-VAY. pa-da-VAY na VEED na ZHI-tel-stva.Then don't renew. Apply for the residence card.
На постоянный? Это навсегда?na pa-sta-YAN-ny? E-ta na-fseg-DA?The permanent one? That's for good?
Насовсем. У него больше нет даты. Он бессрочный.na-saf-SYEM. u ne-VO BOL-she nyet DA-ty. on bes-SROCH-ny.For good. No end date any more. Without term.
А что для этого нужно?a SHTO dlya E-ta-va NOOZH-na?And what does it take?
Экзамен по русскому, медкомиссия, куча бумаг и четыре месяца.ek-ZA-men pa ROOS-ka-mu, med-ka-MEE-si-ya, KOO-cha bu-MAK i che-TY-rye MYE-sya-tsa.An exam, a medical, a pile of papers, four months.
Экзамен по русскому? После восьми лет?ek-ZA-men pa ROOS-ka-mu? POS-lye vas-MEE LYET?A Russian exam? After eight years?
Сдашь во сне. Труднее всего очередь.SDASH va SNYE. trud-NYE-ye fse-VO O-che-ret.You'll pass in your sleep. The hard part is the queue.