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🇷🇺 Russian · Intermediate Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 17 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

What I Could Save

Sam opens the soaked grand for Igor and Dima: could you save it, I managed to dry the soundboard, and the hammers, I couldn't, they swelled, can new ones be bought, I found some in Moscow but it didn't work out, too dear, two hundred thousand, we couldn't pay that.

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THE STORY

Igor's studio in Moscow, the lid of the soaked grand piano open; Igor and Dima stand over Sam. Igor says the friendly you to Sam, Sam says the polite you to Igor; Sam and Dima are friends.

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Ну? Смог спасти?NOO? SMOK spas-TEE?Well? Could you save it?
мне удалосьMNYE u-da-LOSI managed, word for word to me it succeeded
Мне удалось высушить деку.MNYE u-da-LOS VY-su-shit DYE-ku.I managed to dry the soundboard.
А молоточки?a ma-la-TOCH-ki?And the hammers?
Мне не удалось.MNYE nye u-da-LOS.I didn't manage.
Не смог. Они разбухли.nye SMOK. a-NEE raz-BOOKH-li.I couldn't. They swelled.
Можно купить новые?MOZH-na ku-PEET NO-vy-ye?Can new ones be bought?
Удалось купить?u-da-LOS ku-PEET?Did you manage to buy them?
Получилось!pa-lu-CHEE-las!It worked!
не получилосьnye pa-lu-CHEE-lasit didn't work out

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