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🇷🇺 Russian · Fluency Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 4 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Song from Suzdal

Dima's studio: Sam's secret phone recording of Baba Valya singing over the pancakes, the dreadful phone, a piano put under it quietly, the voice first, Dima's last scene, and nobody hides from their own song.

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THE STORY

Dima's studio off the Garden Ring, Sam's phone on the mixing desk. Sam and Dima say the friendly you; Sam says the polite you to Igor, who says the friendly you back.

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Я записал её тайком, у плиты.ya za-pi-SAL yi-YO tay-KOM, u pli-TY.I recorded her secretly, at the stove.
Послушав один раз,pa-SLOO-shaf a-DEEN RAShaving listened once
Послушав один раз, скажу: телефон ужасный.pa-SLOO-shaf a-DEEN RAS, ska-ZHOO: ti-li-FON u-ZHAS-ny.Having listened once, I'll say: the phone is dreadful.
Проработав здесь тридцать лет, я чистил и хуже.pra-ra-BO-taf ZDYES TRI-tsat LYET, ya CHIS-til i KHOO-zhe.Having worked here thirty years, I've cleaned worse.
Подложу под неё пианино, тихо.pad-la-ZHOO pad ni-YO pi-a-NEE-na, TEE-kha.I'll put a piano under it, quietly.
Сначала голос, потом пианино. Не заглушай её.sna-CHA-la GO-las, pa-TOM pi-a-NEE-na. nye za-glu-SHAY yi-YO.The voice first, the piano after. Don't drown her out.
А я сниму, как она слушает.a ya sni-MOO, kak a-NA SLOO-sha-yet.And I'll film her listening.
Увидев себя на экране, она спрячется.u-VEE-dyef si-BYA na e-KRA-nye, a-NA SPRYA-chi-tsa.Having seen herself on a screen, she'll hide.
Не спрячется. От своей песни никто не прячется.nye SPRYA-chi-tsa. at sva-YEY PYES-ni ni-KTO nye PRYA-chi-tsa.She won't. Nobody hides from their own song.