Learn how to ask about someone's age
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| 3-Minute Russian Season 1, Lesson 8 - Talking About Your Age |
| Introduction |
| Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Russian Season 1, Lesson 8 - Talking about your age. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask someone's age and to say yours in Russian. |
| Body |
| Becky: Here's the informal way to ask 'How old are you?' in Russian. |
| Elena: [Normal] Сколько тебе лет?(Skol'ka tebe let?) |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'how' |
| Elena: [Normal] сколько [Slow] сколько (skol'ka) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'you' |
| Elena: [Normal] тебе [Slow] тебе(tebe) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'years' |
| Elena: [Normal] лет [Slow] лет(let) |
| Becky: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the informal question meaning 'How old are you?' |
| Elena: [Slow] Сколько тебе лет? [Normal] Сколько тебе лет? |
| Becky: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the formal way to ask, 'How old are you?' |
| Elena: [Normal] Сколько вам лет?(Skol'ka vam let?) |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'how' |
| Elena: [Normal] сколько [Slow] сколько (skol'ka) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'you' |
| Elena: [Normal] вам [Slow] вам(vam) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'years' |
| Elena: [Normal] лет [Slow] лет(let) |
| Becky: Note again the rising intonation. Listen again to the formal question meaning 'How old are you?' |
| Elena: [Slow] Сколько вам лет? [Normal] Сколько вам лет? |
| Becky: Here's a response meaning 'I am 17.' |
| Elena: [Normal] Мне 17 лет.(Mne semnadtsat' let.) |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'me' |
| Elena: [Normal] мне [Slow] мне(mne) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'seventeen' |
| Elena: [Normal] семнадцать [Slow] семнадцать(semnadtsat') |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'years' |
| Elena: [Normal] лет [Slow] лет(let) |
| Becky: Listen again to the response meaning 'I am 17.' |
| Elena: [Slow] Мне 17 лет. [Normal] Мне 17 лет. |
| Becky: Here's a response meaning, 'I prefer not to say.' |
| Elena: [Normal] Я предпочитаю не говорить.(Ya pretpachitayu ne gavarit'.) |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Elena: [Normal] я [Slow] я(ya) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'prefer' |
| Elena: [Normal] предпочитаю [Slow] предпочитаю(pretpachitayu) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'not' |
| Elena: [Normal] не [Slow] не(ne) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'to say' |
| Elena: [Normal] говорить [Slow] говорить(gavarit') |
| Becky: Listen again to the response, 'I prefer not to say.' |
| Elena: [Slow] Я предпочитаю не говорить. [Normal] Я предпочитаю не говорить. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Elena: In Russia it is basically okay to ask someone’s age. However, if it is a woman, it is considered to be good manners to tell her that she looks younger – make sure to never actually try to guess her real age! |
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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