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| Hello and welcome to Russian Survival Phrases. This course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Russia. So join us for Russian Survival phrases. You will be surprised at how far a little Russian will go. |
| The bus is an important means of transportation. However, before you get on the bus you probably want to confirm if the bus is going to your destination. We can accomplish this by asking "Will this bus go to….?" and then add in a destination. In today’s lesson we’ll use the station “Univermag”, which is “department store” in English.. In Russian “station” is "stantsyya" but for the bus we use the word "astanofka". Let`s break it down by syllable: as-ta-nof-ka. Now, let`s it one more time: astanofka. |
| So, let`s say, our astanofka which is “the station” is “Univermag” which is “department store”. |
| So in Russian ”Will this bus go to the station “Department store” is “Etat aftobus yedet da Univermaga?”. Let`s break it down by syllable: E-tat af-to-bus ye-det da U-ni-ver-ma-ga? Now, let`s hear it once again: Etat avftobus yedet da Univermaga? |
| The first word “etat” means “this”. Let`s break it down by syllable: e-tat and etat. This is followed by “aftobus”, af-to-bus, which in English is “bus”. “Etat aftobus” - “this bus”. So to recap here, we have “etat aftobus”. Literally this means “this bus”. Let's take a look at the next: “yedet do”, which means “goes to”, ye-det do. So altogether we have “Etat aftobus yedet da Univermaga?”. Literally this means “This bus goes to the Department Store?”. This is the literal meaning of this phrase. |
| The important thing about this phrase to know is that you should rise your intonation at the end of the sentence, since it's a question sentence. |
| Once you have the right bus, there are few things you need to know about riding the bus. When do you pay? Ok, there is no one rule on how to pay a bus fee in Russia. All depends on where you are staying: whether it`s a big city or a small town. Sometimes you pay directly to the driver while getting on the bus and sometimes there is a person who`s called “kantralyor” in Russian and it is a ticket collector, who sells the tickets inside the bus. So, if the bus is the city or town bus usually you pay the same fee wherever you go. You do not have to worry if you do not have the exact change in coins as the driver or the kantralyor” will give you the exact change. |
| Ok, to close out today`s lesson we'd like for you to practice what we`d just learnt. I will provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you are responsible for saying it aloud. You'll have a few seconds before I`ll give you the answer. Udachi! That means “good luck”! Ok, here we go! |
| Will this bus go to the station “Department store?……..Etat aftobus yedet da Univermaga? |
| Alright, that's going to do for today. See you tomorrow, which in Russian is da zaftra! |
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