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PART 1 · LESSON 2 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

Not a Holiday, a Number

Baba Valya refuses a jubilee and gives in on one condition: ninety is a number, at ninety a person may sleep, nobody is left in the village, many want to see her to a hundred, and the pancakes are hers.

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Lesson 2 · Not a Holiday, a Number

Russian · 30 minutes

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Baba Valya's kitchen in Sokolniki, tea on the table. Sam says the polite you to Baba Valya, who says the friendly you to him; Galina Petrovna and Sam are on the friendly you.

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Какой юбилей? Девяносто не праздник, а число.ka-KOY yu-bi-LYEY? di-vi-NO-sta nye PRAZ-nik, a chis-LO.What jubilee? Ninety isn't a holiday, it's a number.
В девяносто лет.v di-vi-NO-sta LYETat ninety, word for word in ninety years
В девяносто лет человеку можно стол.v di-vi-NO-sta LYET chi-la-VYE-ku MOZH-na STOL.At ninety a person is allowed a table.
В девяносто лет человеку можно спать.v di-vi-NO-sta LYET chi-la-VYE-ku MOZH-na SPAT.At ninety a person is allowed to sleep.
Вова везёт родню из Суздаля.VO-va vi-ZYOT rad-NYU is SOOZ-da-lya.Vova is bringing the relatives from Suzdal.
Кого везти? В деревне никого не осталось.ka-VO vis-TEE? v di-RYEV-nye ni-ka-VO nye as-TA-las.Bring whom? Nobody's left in the village.
До ста.da STAtill a hundred
Многие хотят видеть вас до ста.MNO-gi-ye kha-TYAT VEE-dyet vas da STA.Many people want to see you till a hundred.
Ладно. Но блины я пеку сама.LAD-na. no bli-NY ya pi-KOO sa-MA.All right. But the pancakes I bake myself.
Никто и не сомневался.ni-KTO i nye sam-ni-VAL-sya.Nobody doubted it.