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| INTRODUCTION |
| John: Words Used among University Students |
| John: Hi everyone, and welcome back to RussianPod101.com. I'm John. |
| Karina: And I'm Karina! |
| John: This is Must-know Russian Slang Words and Phrases, Season 1, Lesson 2. In this lesson, you'll learn words used among university students. |
| John: These words are widely used by people of all ages but are mainly used by educated people. |
| SLANG EXPRESSIONS |
| John: The expressions you'll be learning in this lesson are... |
| Karina: препод (prepat) |
| Karina: студик (studik) |
| Karina: студак (studak) |
| Karina: академ (akadem) |
| John: Karina, what's our first expression? |
| Karina: препод (prepat) |
| John: This means "teacher." |
| Karina: [SLOW] препод [NORMAL] препод |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Karina: препод |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this expression when you want to refer to a teacher in a slightly disrespectful, but still neutral, way. Usually you wouldn’t say this directly to your teacher. |
| John: Now, let's hear an example sentence. |
| Karina: [NORMAL] Препод по математике сводит меня с ума. [SLOW] Препод по математике сводит меня с ума. |
| John: "My math teacher drives me crazy." |
| Karina: [NORMAL] Препод по математике сводит меня с ума. |
| John: Okay, what's the next expression? |
| Karina: студик (studik) |
| John: This means "student." |
| Karina: [SLOW] студик [NORMAL] студик |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Karina: студик |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this expression when you want to say "student" in a slightly disrespectful manner. |
| John: Now, let's hear an example sentence. |
| Karina: [NORMAL] Студики опять ушли курить. [SLOW] Студики опять ушли курить. |
| John: "The students went out to smoke again." |
| Karina: [NORMAL] Студики опять ушли курить. |
| John: Okay, what's our next expression? |
| Karina: студак (studak) |
| John: This literally means "student ID." |
| Karina: [SLOW] студак [NORMAL] студак |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Karina: студак |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this expression to shorten the term "student ID card." |
| John: Now, let's hear an example sentence. |
| Karina: [NORMAL] Где мой студак? [SLOW] Где мой студак? |
| John: "Where is my student ID?" |
| Karina: [NORMAL] Где мой студак? |
| John: Okay, what's the last expression? |
| Karina: академ (akadem) |
| John: Which is a shortened version of "academic leave, sabbatical year, gap year." |
| Karina: [SLOW] академ [NORMAL] академ |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Karina: академ |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this expression when you want to shorten the term "gap year." |
| John: Now, let's hear an example sentence. |
| Karina: [NORMAL] Он взял академ и ушёл в армию. [SLOW] Он взял академ и ушёл в армию. |
| John: "He took a gap year and went to do military service." |
| Karina: [NORMAL] Он взял академ и ушёл в армию. |
| QUIZ |
| John: Okay listeners, are you ready to be quizzed on the expressions you just learned? I'll describe four situations, and you choose the correct expression to use in your reply. Are you ready? |
| John: University student... |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Karina: студик |
| John: "Student." |
| John: Your lecturer, professor, or teacher at school... |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Karina: препод |
| John: "Teacher." |
| John: When you leave school for a year to do something else... |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Karina: академ |
| John: "Academic leave, sabbatical year, gap year." |
| John: University student ID... |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Karina: студак |
| John: "Student ID." |
Outro |
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| John: There you have it; you've mastered four Russian slang expressions! We have more vocab lists available at RussianPod101.com so be sure to check them out. Thanks, everyone, and see you next time! |
| Karina: Пока, пока. |
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