Learn how to ask "What are you doing?"
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| 3-Minute Russian Season 1, Lesson 12 - What are you doing? |
| Introduction |
| Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Russian Season 1, Lesson 12 - What are you doing? In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask what someone is doing in Russian. |
| Body |
| Becky: Here's the informal way to ask 'What are you doing?' in Russian. |
| Elena: [Normal] Что ты делаешь?(Shto ty delaesh?) |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'what' |
| Elena: [Normal] что [Slow] что (shto) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'you' |
| Elena: [Normal] ты [Slow] ты(ty) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'are doing' |
| Elena: [Normal] делаешь [Slow] делаешь(delaesh ) |
| Becky: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the informal question meaning 'What are you doing?' |
| Elena: [Slow] Что ты делаешь? [Normal] Что ты делаешь? |
| Becky: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the formal way to ask, 'What are you doing?' |
| Elena: [Normal] Что вы делаете?(Shto vy delayete?) |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'what' |
| Elena: [Normal] что [Slow] что (shto) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'you' |
| Elena: [Normal] вы [Slow] вы(vy) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'are doing' |
| Elena: [Normal] делаете [Slow] делаете(delayete) |
| Becky: Note again the rising intonation. Listen again to the formal question meaning 'What are you doing?' |
| Elena: [Slow] Что вы делаете? [Normal] Что вы делаете? |
| Becky: Here's a response meaning 'I am studying.' |
| Elena: [Normal] Я учусь.(Ya uchus'.) |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Elena: [Normal] я [Slow] я(ya) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'am studying' |
| Elena: [Normal] учусь [Slow] учусь(uchus') |
| Becky: Listen again to the response, 'I am studying.' |
| Elena: [Slow] Я учусь. [Normal] Я учусь. |
| Becky: Here's a response meaning, 'Nothing.' |
| Elena: [Normal] Ничего.(Nichevo.) |
| Becky: This expression has only one word meaning 'Nothing.' |
| Elena: [Normal] Ничего. [Slow] Ничего.(nichevo) |
| Becky: Listen again to the response, 'Nothing.' |
| Elena: [Slow] Ничего. [Normal] Ничего. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Elena: If you don't feel like giving an explanation of what you are doing, you can just say Ничего особенного, а что? (Nichevo asobennava. A shto?) which means "Nothing special. Why? (why are you asking). It is ok to use this phrase with friends and people you know. This phrase is quite polite. |
Outro |
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| Becky: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
| Elena: Пока. |
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