Learn how to ask for directions
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| 3-Minute Russian Season 1, Lesson 16 - Asking for Directions |
| Introduction |
| Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Russian Season 1, Lesson 16 - Asking for directions. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and understand basic directions in Russian. |
| Body |
| Becky: Here's the way to ask 'Please tell me, where is the station?' in Russian. |
| Elena: [Normal] Скажите пожалуйста, где здесь станция?(Skazhyte pazhalusta, gde zdes` stantsyya?) |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'tell' |
| Elena: [Normal] скажите [Slow] скажите (skazhyte) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'please' |
| Elena: [Normal] пожалуйста [Slow] пожалуйста(pazhalusta) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'where' |
| Elena: [Normal] где [Slow] где(gde) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'here' |
| Elena: [Normal] здесь [Slow] здесь(zdes') |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'station' |
| Elena: [Normal] станция [Slow] станция(stantsyya) |
| Becky: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the question meaning 'Please tell me, where is the station?' |
| Elena: [Slow] Скажите пожалуйста, где здесь станция? [Normal] Скажите пожалуйста, где здесь станция? |
| Becky: Here's a response meaning 'Go straight.' |
| Elena: [Normal] Идите прямо.(Idite pryama.) |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'go' |
| Elena: [Normal] идите [Slow] идите (idite) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'straight' |
| Elena: [Normal] прямо [Slow] прямо(pryama) |
| Becky: Listen again to the response meaning 'Go straight.' |
| Elena: [Slow] Идите прямо. [Normal] Идите прямо. |
| Becky: Here's a response meaning 'Turn right.' |
| Elena: [Normal] Поверните направо.(Pavernite naprava.) |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'turn' |
| Elena: [Normal] поверните [Slow] поверните(pavernite) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'right' |
| Elena: [Normal] направо [Slow] направо(naprava) |
| Becky: Listen again to the response meaning 'Turn right.' |
| Elena: [Slow] Поверните направо. [Normal] Поверните направо. |
| Becky: Here's a response meaning, 'Turn left.' |
| Elena: [Normal] Поверните налево.(Pavernite naleva.) |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'turn' |
| Elena: [Normal] поверните [Slow] поверните(pavernite) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'left' |
| Elena: [Normal] налево [Slow] налево(naleva) |
| Becky: Listen again to the response meaning 'Turn left.' |
| Elena: [Slow] Поверните налево. [Normal] Поверните налево. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Elena: It is always useful to know how to ask for basic directions, but nowadays, you can easily use your smartphone or your GPS to find any place you are interested in. |
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. |
Comments
HideDo you know any other phrases you can use to give directions? Write them in the comments!
Hello Ahmed,
thank you for your question!
Numbers agree with a noun in case, so you just need to remember which case to use in each situation.
We have a lot of lessons about it in level 1 pathway. Please, have a look! ❤️️
Kind Regards,
Evgeniia
Team RussianPod101.com
Is there lesson notes shows the word case number (1 for nominative -3 for accusative >>> something like that ), in another meaning to show why the word ending changes grammatically . thank you
Здравствуйте, Farshana!
Спасибо for taking the time to leave us a comment. We are happy to have you here❤️️
Let us know if you have any questions!
Kind Regards,
Evgeniia
Team RussianPod101.com
Спасьо за вы lessons. I improved some vocabulary.
Hello Тарык,
Correct 👍
Elena
Team RussianPod101.com
Идите прямо и потом направо