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🇷🇺 Russian · Intermediate Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 10 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Three Minutes to Go

Moskovsky station, three minutes before the fast train home: where were you, the train's in three minutes, I was buying coffee and the queue was enormous, run, did we make it, we made it, just, we nearly missed the train, and you nearly left the coffee behind, I didn't, here's yours.

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THE STORY

Moskovsky station in St Petersburg, the fast train back to Moscow about to leave, Sam at the carriage door and Katya running up the platform with two coffees. They are a couple and say the friendly you to each other.

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Где ты была? Поезд через три минуты!GDYE ty by-LA? PO-yest CHE-ryes TREE mi-NOO-ty!Where were you? The train's in three minutes!
очередь была огромнаяO-che-ret by-LA ag-ROM-na-yathe queue was enormous
Я покупала кофе. Очередь была огромная.ya pa-ku-PA-la KO-fe. O-che-ret by-LA ag-ROM-na-ya.I was buying coffee. The queue was enormous.
Какая очередь!ka-KA-ya O-che-ret!What a queue!
Я опоздала на работу.ya a-paz-DA-la na ra-BO-tu.I was late for work.
Бежим!be-ZHEEM!Run!
Успели?us-PYE-li?Did we make it?
Успели. Еле-еле.us-PYE-li. YE-lye-YE-lye.We made it. Just.
Я опоздал.ya a-paz-DAL.I was late.
Я не успел.ya nye us-PYEL.I didn't make it.

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