Lesson 3 - 'How are You?'

Published: Sept. 10, 2005, 12:46 p.m.

b'If you ask a Russian \'How are you?\' (\\u041a\\u0410\\u041a \\u0414\\u0415\\u041b\\u0410) you might hear more that just a simple "OK". But for starters we\'ll learn some simple replies. Here are the transcripts of the dialogs from our lesson.
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\\n(- \\u041a\\u0430\\u043a \\u0434\\u0435\\u043b\\u0430, \\u042d\\u043c\\u0438\\u043b\\u0438?
\\n- \\u0425\\u043e\\u0440\\u043e\\u0448\\u043e, \\u0441\\u043f\\u0430\\u0441\\u0438\\u0431\\u043e. )
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\\n(- \\u041a\\u0430\\u043a \\u0434\\u0435\\u043b\\u0430, \\u042d\\u043c\\u0438\\u043b\\u0438?
\\n- \\u0425\\u043e\\u0440\\u043e\\u0448\\u043e, \\u0441\\u043f\\u0430\\u0441\\u0438\\u0431\\u043e. \\u0410 \\u0443 \\u0432\\u0430\\u0441?)
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\\n("I am fine as well" - "\\u0422\\u043e\\u0436\\u0435 \\u0445\\u043e\\u0440\\u043e\\u0448\\u043e" )
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\\n(- \\u041a\\u0430\\u043a \\u0434\\u0435\\u043b\\u0430, \\u043c\\u0430\\u043c?
\\n- \\u0422\\u0430\\u043a \\u0441\\u0435\\u0431\\u0435...)
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\\n(- \\u041a\\u0430\\u043a \\u0434\\u0435\\u043b\\u0430, \\u043c\\u0430\\u043c?
\\n- \\u041d\\u0438\\u0447\\u0435\\u0433\\u043e \\u0445\\u043e\\u0440\\u043e\\u0448\\u0435\\u0433\\u043e, \\u042d\\u043c\\u0438\\u043b\\u0438...)
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\\nProvided below are the lyrics to the song you heard on the show (click for a bigger view)
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\\n Email me with any questions or comments. And yes, the lessons WILL get more challenging.'