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🇷🇺 Russian · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 12 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Window

At the migration office window the inspector asks the grounds and lists the papers, and Sam asks what the office words mean: a certificate is a paper that says something is so, signed and stamped; on the grounds of is the reason the law lets you ask; bring it all on the eighteenth, at nine.

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THE STORY

A window at the migration office in Moscow, a morning with a queue. Sam and the inspector are strangers and say the polite you to each other.

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Основание для подачи заявления?as-na-VA-ni-ye dlya pa-DA-chi za-yav-LYE-ni-ya?Grounds for the application?
Брак. И восемь лет здесь.BRAK. i VO-syem LYET ZDYES.Marriage. And eight years here.
Заявление, паспорт, справки, четыре фотографии.za-yav-LYE-ni-ye, PAS-part, SPRAF-ki, che-TY-rye fa-ta-GRA-fi-i.The form, the passport, certificates, four photos.
Простите, а что такое справка?pra-STEE-tye, a SHTO ta-KO-ye SPRAF-ka?Excuse me, what is a certificate?
с подписью и печатьюs POD-pi-syu i pe-CHA-tyuwith a signature and a stamp
Бумага, где написано, что это так. С подписью и печатью.bu-MA-ga, gdye na-PEE-sa-na, shto E-ta TAK. s POD-pi-syu i pe-CHA-tyu.A paper that says it's so. Signed and stamped.
А что значит «на основании»?a SHTO ZNA-chit na as-na-VA-ni-i?And what does on the grounds of mean?
Причина, по которой закон разрешает просить.pri-CHEE-na, pa ka-TO-ray za-KON raz-re-SHA-yet pra-SEET.The reason the law lets you ask.
Приносите всё восемнадцатого, в девять. Ни минутой позже.pri-na-SEE-tye FSYO va-sem-NAD-tsa-ta-va, v DYE-vyat. ni mi-NOO-tay POZ-zhe.Everything on the eighteenth, at nine. Not a minute later.