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🇷🇺 Russian · Intermediate Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 24 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

On This Very Train

Lights out in the compartment, and the fellow passenger tells how he met his wife on this train: are you from Kazan, born there, I met my wife here, when I came in she was reading, while she read I looked, when she finished I asked her name, when did you marry, a year later.

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THE STORY

Compartment three after lights out, somewhere past Vladimir, the fellow passenger on the lower berth across from Sam. He is polite with Sam and Katya; they are polite with him and say the friendly you to each other.

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А вы из Казани?a VY is ka-ZA-ni?And you, are you from Kazan?
Родился там. И жену встретил здесь.ra-DEEL-sya TAM. i zhe-NOO FSTRYE-til ZDYES.Born there. And I met my wife here.
Как?!KAK?!How?
когда я вошёлkag-DA ya va-SHOLwhen I came in
Когда я вошёл в купе, она читала.kag-DA ya va-SHOL f ku-PE, a-NA chi-TA-la.When I came into the compartment, she was reading.
А потом?a pa-TOM?And then?
Как вы познакомились?KAK vy paz-na-KO-mi-lis?How did you meet?
пока она читалаpa-KA a-NA chi-TA-lawhile she was reading
Пока она читала, я смотрел. Когда дочитала, спросил.pa-KA a-NA chi-TA-la, ya smat-RYEL. kag-DA da-chi-TA-la, spra-SEEL.While she read, I looked. When she finished, I asked.
А когда вы поженились?a kag-DA vy pa-zhe-NEE-lis?And when did you marry?

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