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🇷🇺 Russian · Intermediate Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Bridge Goes Up

One in the morning on the embankment, in full daylight, as the Palace Bridge goes up: we left the hotel at midnight, we walked along the embankment to the bridge, we got there at one, then they raised the bridge, it's light and it's two in the morning, where did all these people come from, they all came to see, let's not go back till morning.

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THE STORY

The embankment of the Neva in St Petersburg, between one and two in the morning in June, the sky still light and the Palace Bridge standing open. Katya and Sam are a couple and say the friendly you to each other.

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вышли из отеляVY-shli iz a-TE-lyawent out of the hotel
Мы вышли из отеля в полночь.my VY-shli iz a-TE-lya f POL-nach.We left the hotel at midnight.
по набережнойpa NA-be-rezh-nayalong the embankment
Мы шли по набережной до моста.my SHLEE pa NA-be-rezh-nay da mas-TA.We walked along the embankment to the bridge.
Мы пришли в час.my pri-SHLEE f CHAS.We got there at one.
Я пошёл за кофе.ya pa-SHOL za KO-fe.I'm off to get coffee.
И потом мост развели.i pa-TOM MOST raz-ve-LEE.And then they raised the bridge.
Смотри: светло, а сейчас два часа ночи.smat-REE: svet-LO, a si-CHAS DVA chi-SA NO-chi.Look: it's light, and it's two in the morning.
Все ушли домой.FSYE u-SHLEE da-MOY.Everyone went home.
все эти людиFSYE E-ti LYOO-diall these people

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