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🇷🇺 Russian · Intermediate Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Forty Minutes on the Water

Peterhof by hydrofoil: two tickets for the hydrofoil, in ten minutes, back at six, we got here in forty minutes, last time you came by bus, with grandmother and it took three hours, the fountains come on at eleven, we arrived just in time.

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THE STORY

The hydrofoil pier by the Hermitage in St Petersburg, then the lower park at Peterhof before eleven. Sam says the polite you to the ticket seller; Katya and Sam are a couple.

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Два билета на метеор.DVA bi-LYE-ta na me-te-OR.Two tickets for the hydrofoil.
Сколько ехать до Петергофа?SKOL-ka YE-khat da pe-ter-GO-fa?How long is it to Peterhof?
Через десять минут. Обратно в шесть?CHE-ryes DYE-syat mi-NOOT. a-BRAT-na f SHEST?In ten minutes. Back at six?
Да, в шесть.DA, f SHEST.Yes, at six.
за сорок минутza SO-rak mi-NOOTin forty minutes, the time it took
Мы доехали за сорок минут!my da-YE-kha-li za SO-rak mi-NOOT!We got here in forty minutes!
в прошлый разf PROSH-ly RASlast time
В прошлый раз ты ехала на автобусе?f PROSH-ly RAS ty YE-kha-la na af-TO-bu-sye?Last time you came by bus?
С бабушкой. Мы ехали три часа.z BA-bush-kay. my YE-kha-li TREE chi-SA.With grandmother. We travelled three hours.
Мы уехали из Москвы вчера.my u-YE-kha-li iz mask-VY fchi-RA.We left Moscow yesterday.

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