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🇷🇺 Russian · Intermediate Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 19 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Toast

The wedding dinner at the Georgian restaurant on Pokrovka: a toast to the young couple, the fifth shout of bitter, now the witness speaks, may there always be music in your home and may the neighbours be deaf, to that, you've learned to give toasts, now learn to dance.

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THE STORY

A long table at the Georgian restaurant on Pokrovka on the evening of the fourteenth of February, the whole family and the band's friends; Uncle Vova on his feet, Galina Petrovna keeping order, Sam standing up with his glass. Dima and Sam say the friendly you to each other and to Uncle Vova; Galina Petrovna and Sam say the polite you to each other.

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за молодыхza ma-la-DYKHto the young couple, word for word for the young ones
Друзья, тост: за молодых!dru-ZYA, TOST: za ma-la-DYKH!Friends, a toast: to the young couple!
Горько!GOR-ka!Bitter!
Дядя Вова, это уже пятое «Горько!».DYA-dya VO-va, E-ta u-ZHE PYA-ta-ye GOR-ka!Uncle Vova, that's already the fifth bitter.
Теперь говорит свидетель.tye-PYER ga-va-REET svi-DYE-tyel.Now the witness speaks.
За здоровье!za zda-RO-vye!To your health!
чтобы всегда была музыкаSHTO-by fsyeg-DA by-LA MOO-zy-kamay there always be music: the little word, always, was, music
Чтобы в вашем доме всегда была музыка.SHTO-by v VA-shem DO-mye fsyeg-DA by-LA MOO-zy-ka.May there always be music in your home.
И чтобы соседи были глухие.i SHTO-by sa-SYE-di BY-li glu-KHEE-ye.And may the neighbours be deaf.
За это!za E-ta!To that!

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