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🇷🇺 Russian · Fluency Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 27 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Parents Arrive

Sam's parents in from Portland, Sam between his mother and Baba Valya: tell your mother she's got thinner and that's bad, I'll translate it softer, translate word for word, Mum says you haven't changed, tell her I have and I'm ninety, Dad asks what's in the jar, cucumbers from Suzdal and not on an empty stomach, that's hard to translate, I'll say a gift.

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THE STORY

The flat in Sokolniki, the evening Sam's parents arrive from Portland, a jar of pickles on the table between two grandmothers. Sam says the polite you to Baba Valya and the friendly you to Galina Petrovna; his parents speak English, heard only through what he relays.

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Скажи маме: она похудела.ska-ZHEE MA-mye: a-NA pa-khu-DYE-la.Tell your mother she's got thinner.
Я переведу мягче.ya pi-ri-vi-DOO MYAKH-che.I'll translate it softer.
Переведи дословно. Она поймёт.pi-ri-vi-DEE da-SLOV-na. a-NA pay-MYOT.Translate word for word. She'll understand.
Мама говорит, чтоMA-ma ga-va-REET, shtoMum says that, the translator's opening
Мама говорит, что вы не изменились.MA-ma ga-va-REET, shto vy ni iz-mi-NEE-lis.Mum says that you haven't changed.
Она имеет в виду: вы красивая.a-NA i-MYE-it v vi-DOO: vy kra-SEE-va-ya.She means: you're beautiful.
Скажи ей: мне девяносто.ska-ZHEE YEY: mnye di-vi-NO-sta.Tell her I'm ninety.
Папа спрашивает, что в банке.PA-pa SPRA-shi-va-it, shto v BAN-kye.Dad asks what's in the jar.
Огурцы из Суздаля. Не натощак!a-gur-TSY iz SOOZ-da-lya. ni na-ta-SHCHAK!Cucumbers from Suzdal. Not on an empty stomach!
Это трудно перевести. Скажу: подарок.E-ta TROOD-na pi-ri-vis-TEE. ska-ZHOO: pa-DA-rak.That's hard to translate. I'll say: a gift.