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🇷🇺 Russian · Intermediate Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 23 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Fellow Passenger

Tea in the compartment and the classic questions from the fellow passenger: where are you from, young man, from America, have you been in Russia long, almost two years already, and you speak like that, he lived a year with us, have you known each other long, two years, a year together.

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THE STORY

Compartment three of the night train to Kazan, tea in glass holders, the fourth berth taken by a retired railway engineer going home to Kazan. He is polite with Sam and Katya and calls Sam young man; Sam and Katya are polite with him and say the friendly you to each other.

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Откуда вы, молодой человек?at-KOO-da VY, ma-la-DOY che-la-VYEK?Where are you from, young man?
Из Америки, из Портленда.iz a-MYE-ri-ki, is PORT-len-da.From America, from Portland.
А давно вы в России?a dav-NO VY v ras-SEE-i?And have you been in Russia long?
Уже почти два года живу.u-ZHE pach-TEE DVA GO-da zhi-VOO.Almost two years already.
И так говорите по-русски!i TAK ga-va-REE-tye pa-ROOS-ki!And you speak Russian like that!
Вы женаты?vy zhe-NA-ty?Are you married?
он прожил годON pra-ZHIL GOThe lived a year, start to finish
Он прожил год у нас. Мама строгая.ON pra-ZHIL GOT u NAS. MA-ma STRO-ga-ya.He lived a year with us. Mum is strict.
А вы давно знакомы?a VY dav-NO zna-KO-my?And have you two known each other long?
Знакомы два года. Вместе уже год.zna-KO-my DVA GO-da. VMYES-tye u-ZHE GOT.We've known each other two years. Together a year already.