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🇷🇺 Russian · Fluency Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Last Run-Through

The kitchen the night before the concert, Katya with a stopwatch and Baba Valya listening: three minutes forty is too long, which part, the middle, don't explain, say it, speak the way you speak to me, children, parents, teachers, then a pause, eight years ago I came to tune a piano, tomorrow eleven children play, and now say nothing, that's the hardest.

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THE STORY

The kitchen in Sokolniki, the night before the concert, Katya's phone as a stopwatch on the table and Baba Valya in her chair by the stove. Sam says the friendly you to Katya and the polite you to Baba Valya; both say the friendly you to him.

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Три минуты сорок. Слишком долго.TREE mi-NOO-ty SO-rak. SLEESH-kam DOL-ga.Three minutes forty. Too long.
Какая часть?ka-KA-ya CHAST?Which part?
Середина. Не объясняй, говори.si-ri-DEE-na. ni ab-yis-NYAY, ga-va-REE.The middle. Don't explain, say it.
Говори, как со мной говоришь.ga-va-REE, kak sa MNOY ga-va-REESH.Speak the way you speak to me.
Ещё раз, с начала.yi-SHCHO RAS, s na-CHA-la.Once more, from the start.
Дети, родители, учителя.DYE-ti, ra-DEE-ti-li, u-chi-ti-LYAchildren, parents, teachers: the list of three that every speech has
Дети, родители, учителя. Потом пауза.DYE-ti, ra-DEE-ti-li, u-chi-ti-LYA. pa-TOM PA-u-za.Children, parents, teachers. Then a pause.
Лучше. А конец?LOOCH-she. a ka-NYETS?Better. And the end?
Восемь лет назад я приехал настроить рояль.VO-sim LYET na-ZAT ya pri-YE-khal na-STRO-it ra-YAL.Eight years ago I came to tune a piano.
Завтра играют одиннадцать детей.ZAF-tra i-GRA-yut a-DEE-na-tsat di-TYEY.Tomorrow eleven children play.

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