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🇷🇺 Russian · Fluency Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 22 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Programme

The music school chooses the concert programme: eleven pupils, eleven pieces, Nastya wants the Rachmaninov prelude in two months, you said it yourself, that counts, the little ones play Tchaikovsky and she plays last, because the last one is remembered.

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THE STORY

The music school in Sokolniki, a classroom after lessons, the programme sheet on the piano lid. Sam says the friendly you to Nastya, fifteen and his best pupil; she says the polite you to him.

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Одиннадцать учеников, одиннадцать пьес.a-DEE-na-tsat u-chi-ni-KOF, a-DEE-na-tsat PYES.Eleven pupils, eleven pieces.
Что ты хочешь играть?SHTO ty KHO-chish i-GRAT?What do you want to play?
прелюдию Рахманиноваpri-LYU-di-yu rakh-MA-ni-na-vathe Rachmaninov prelude: the piece, then the composer's name in its of-form
Я хочу прелюдию Рахманинова.ya kha-CHOO pri-LYU-di-yu rakh-MA-ni-na-va.I want the Rachmaninov prelude.
За два месяца? Это трудно.za DVA MYE-sya-tsa? E-ta TROOD-na.In two months? It's hard.
Вы сами сказали: страшно, значит, нужно.vy SA-mi ska-ZA-li: STRASH-na, ZNA-chit, NOOZH-na.You said it yourself: if it's scary, it's needed.
Я говорил это про борщ.ya ga-va-REEL E-ta pro BORSHCH.I said that about borscht.
Считается!shchi-TA-it-sa!It counts!
играют Чайковскогоi-GRA-yut chay-KOF-ska-vathey play Tchaikovsky: the composer's name in its of-form stands for his music
Малыши играют Чайковского, а ты последняя.ma-ly-SHEE i-GRA-yut chay-KOF-ska-va, a TY pa-SLYED-nya-ya.The little ones play Tchaikovsky, and you're last.

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