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Welcome to episode 20 – the final exam. You should feel proud for having made it this far. It’s a small course, but still…you put in the time and effort. After this exam you should treat yourself to something..I recommend Russian blini. Ever try them? Блины are basically crepes—very thin pancakes, usually filled with some jelly or sweet cheese inside. They’re a Russian delicacy. In fact, try to say…

I

Я

Speaking

So

Я

With

Хочешь

Want

Хочешь

He

Хорошо.

Moving

Моя

My

Мой

Anastasia

Анастасия

I’m

Я

Speaking

В

Quick

How

все

It

And

I

Я

Try

Я

I

In

Я

Now

Я

So

I’m

Say:

Я

Again,

I’m

Я

There,

How

Где

Tell

Бургер

Let’s

Я

The

мини-маркет

So

Я

Before

I

Я

Next…Try

Тарас

Imagine

The

Скрипка

Of

Let’s

Thank

Слава

Next:

To

Мне

Say:

Мне

The

Say:

Мне

One

О,

That

Speaking

Hopefully,

Russian

…and

Understanding

Or, if you want to really speed things up, then I hope you’ll join my Russian Accelerator course. We’ll get you conversational in Russian in just a few months. See you soon!

До

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Welcome to episode 19 – our last new material before the final. Hopefully you’ve noticed that, as this course progressed, I tried to get you working on things that you’re likely to say. Again, this is why I veered away from mindless pronunciation drills and tongue twisters. With that goal of practicality firmly in mind, today we’ll be learning two new verbs.

Like

дать

играть

сказать

покупать

For

дат

..and

Those

говорить

купить

ездить

приготовить

All

Even

…or

I’m

Imagine

Я

How

I

You

Я

I

Я

Getting

смотреть

гулять

заснуть

видеть

Again,

Can

The

Fill

Now

For

So,

В

In

You

В

In

В

In

В

Let’s

быть

мыть

открыть

закрыть

Again,

…and

Let’s

Я

In

В

And

Igor

Игорь

Anastasia

Анастасия

One

I

Я

In

В

Veronika

Вероника

Robert

Роберт

I’m

Я

Did you catch the soft-sign at the end? If you did you have a great ear. Alright, be sure to visit the site for the transcripts and exercises, and I’ll see you in the next episode… the final exam!

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Alright,

Игорь

There’s

Игор

But

Игорь

Now

Игорь

That’s

So,

Тарас

Тарас

Careful

Тарас

Again,

Анастасия

Анастасия

Next:

Борис

Out

Квебек

In

Татьяна

Татьяна

Next:

Олег

Олег

Doing

Я

That

I’m

Я

еду

Игорь

Say:

Я

New

Сергей

So

Сергей

Now

Сергей

Next:

Try

Екатерина

Next…

Вероника

So

Вероника

What

Китай

China.

So

Артём

Next:

Daria

Дарья

Say:

Я

Mixing

Sasha

Саша

Roger

Роджер

My

Моя

Vova

Вова

I

To

Мне

Try

Мне

That’s a lot to absorb, so be sure to head over to the site, russianpronunciation.com to read the transcript and practice with all these names. And in the meantime, I’ll see you in Ep 19.

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Welcome

“Oh!

Place

Вашингтон

That

Вашингтон

The

You

Next:

Делавэр

Again,

Делавэр

So,

Уичито

See?

Another

Гавайи

Огайо

Бирмингем

The

Хьюстон

Оклахома

Айдахо

Go

Мичиган

Oddly,

Same

Чикаго

Russian

Sticking

Торонто

So,

And

Монреаль

No

Before

Я

Was

Я

Because

Now,

еду

For

Я

Our

Your

Я

I’m

Я

I’m

Я

Excellent.

Париж

Paris.

Осло

Oslo.

Again,

Next:

Санкт-Петербург

What

Or

Again,

But

Papa

Папа

Same

Mama

Мама

The

My

Мой

Hear

Try

Я

Let’s

Я

…to

Я

…to

Я

…to

Я

Speaking

Anyway,

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Today

Is

The

So

Я

That

Let’s

Я

Again,

волк…VOICED

вообще…VOICED

все…VOICELESS

вторник…VOICELESS

вполне…VOICELESS

взаимно…VOICED

вдали…VOICED

вместе…VOICED

What’s

все

Hmm…I

Take

Do

And

And

Similarly,

Then

And

For

Я

The

Я

It’s

How

Я

How

Я

What

Я

Now

Let’s

долго

дар

Дима

But

In

жар

жить

But

ложка

Again,

All

сад

сорт

сила

But

Since

These

Before

What

Я

Great

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Welcome

А

That’s

…which

Say

In

жизнь

Which

So

And

Say

With

(

What

So

Now

I

Шепчет

…but

Their

Who

That

That

Let’s

And

Let’s

I

муж

And

жена

Meat

шашлык

And

чай

In

Let’s

Beyond

My

He

hug

Let

Alright,

А

The

That

Because

Let’s

The

А

Он

А

Again,

I

Мне

I

Мне

Where

Где

Where

Где

My

Мой

My

Моя

Last

достопримечательности

Ok,

Beyond

My

He

hug

I’m

Here’s

If you join my Russian Accelerator course, this would be a great first recording to send in to your Success Coach. When you join the course, we assign you one of our coaches who reaches out via email within the first few days. And when she does, send her this, Just record yourself reciting the chorus—you don’t have to sing it—and then send her the file. Our coaches are used to working with total beginners, so if you send them this, I’m sure she’ll be blown away.

Anyway,

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Welcome

This

йогурт,

And

Let’s

In

Try

Next:

Earl

In

And

шляпой

Again,

девушкой

тряпкой

с

с

с

Moving

ей

дней

детей

чьей

Quick

The

Let’s

I

The

After

I

Did

We’ll

О,

So

For

Мой

My

Мой

My

Мой

My

Мой

My

Мой

My

Мой

My

Мой

For

моя

So

моя

My

моя

My

моя

My

моя

Let’s

ай-я-яй

Russians

Next:

Or,

давай

кушай

обнимай

слушай

Again,

Some

построй

открой

закрой

стой

And

целуй

попробуй

рисуй

Let’s

шашлык

How

щи

And

цветок

How

жена

And

йогурт

йога

And

And

And

My

мой

My

моя

My

мой

My

моя

My

мой

My

моя

My

мой

My

моя

Alright.

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Welcome

Imagine

Next

In

Hear

The

Let’s

Newsweek

The

After

I

Being

Kevin

What

муж

жена

Do

Я

And

Я

So

Муж

How

Муж

My

Жена

Or

Жена

You might be wondering why we say ‘в банке’. Why is there that ‘yeh’ sound at the end? That’s a great question, but it’s beyond the scope of a pronunciation course. But I will tell you, it’s the very first topic we cover in my Understanding Spoken Russian podcast. By the end of Episode #1 you’ll be a master of what’s known as the prepositional case in Russian.

Meanwhile…Let’s

I

Я

I

Я

I

Я

I

Я

I

Я

Now

Хочешь

Want

Хочешь

Again,

When

род

It

жив

Not

круиз

Not

грабёж

Not

But

Speaking

During

“And

So

Let’s

жизнь

What

And

My

Use

Imagine

It’s

Every

I

You

Newsweek

The

After

I

What’s

Alright. Great job. Check out my Understanding Spoken Russian podcast, and I’ll see you in the next episode.

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Welcome

The

The

In

Try

The

The

Papa

Those

A

Now

фрукт

Again,

So

Apple…rose…orchid…banana….kiwi…lilly…

And

каша

And

шашлык

And

щи

And

борщ

Getting

The

For

The

In

Я

So

Я

And

Доброе

So,

Доброе

Say:

Нет,

Anyway….The

Папа,

For

цифра

тунец

церковь

капец

цикл

Кузнец

целый

конец

The

So

зум…ЦУМ

зап…цап

зол…цол

зон…цон

It’s

руз…руц

баз…бац

доз…доц

But

свет….цвет

The

The

Especially

The

…although

цветок

So

And

яйца

To

Yikes

And

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Welcome

Hi

Good

Now

If

Ok.

Do

“Хорошо.”

Now

So,

The

Me

What

People…English

So…Yes,

сегодня….его….хорошего….плохого….ничего

All

How

Moving on… Most of the of emails I get are from people wanting to know if they’re pronouncing some word correctly. And that’s such an important point. You’re studying Russian on your own, learning words and phrases, but you have no one to practice with and so you’re understandably worried that you’re not saying things right. That’s what everyone worries about, I think: Will they understand me?

If for no other reason, that is why I encourage you to join my Russian Accelerator course. Because along with lifetime access to the course, you get a full year of our Success Coaching. There you can send in recordings of yourself speaking Russian, and our native speaking coaches will listen and let you know that they understood you, and give helpful feedback so you can get even better. It’s one of the reasons Russian Accelerator is so popular, because it’s highly interactive. You study one of the lessons, send in your recording…then you can move on with confidence. You’ll know that Yes, people understand me. I’m saying this right.

Moving

On

шу

ша

ши

ше

And

щу

ща

щи

ще

Let’s

шу

ша

ши

ше

To

щи

борщ

Those

щи

борщ…is

Next

When

And

Let’s

Beet

Meat

And

Alright.