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🇷🇺 Russian · Intermediate Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 16 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Month to Pay

The landlord at the studio: I raised the rent last year and you didn't pay on time, we paid, two weeks late, and the month before last, then you have a month to pay what you owe, a month ago we had a client, and now you have water, we'll pay, we always paid.

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THE STORY

Igor's studio in Moscow, two days after the flood; the building's landlord has come about the rent. He, Igor and Dima all say the polite you.

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В прошлом году я поднял аренду. А вы не платили вовремя.f PROSH-lam ga-DOO ya POD-nyal a-RYEN-du. a vy nye pla-TEE-li VO-vre-mya.Last year I raised the rent. And you didn't pay on time.
Мы платили. На две недели позже.my pla-TEE-li. na DVYE ne-DYE-li POZ-zhe.We paid. Two weeks late.
А в позапрошлом месяце?a f pa-za-PROSH-lam MYE-sya-tse?And the month before last?
В позапрошлом месяце тоже.f pa-za-PROSH-lam MYE-sya-tse TO-zhe.The month before last too.
заплатить долгza-pla-TEET DOLKto pay the debt
Тогда у вас месяц, чтобы заплатить долг.tag-DA u VAS MYE-syats, SHTO-by za-pla-TEET DOLK.Then you have a month to pay what you owe.
Месяц назад у нас был клиент.MYE-syats na-ZAT u NAS byl kli-YENT.A month ago we had a client.
А теперь у вас вода. Один месяц.a te-PYER u VAS va-DA. a-DEEN MYE-syats.And now you have water. One month.
Заплатим. Мы всегда платили.za-PLA-tim. my fseg-DA pla-TEE-li.We'll pay. We always paid.