Podcast Ep. 17 Vid. 1
You should be able to translate this whole line…
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Я не очень хорошо говорю по-английски.
I don’t speak English very well.
I don’t speak English very well.
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Podcast Ep. 17 Vid. 2
As Boulder plants a tree (after much drama with a machine that was uprooting trees) what does he say to it?
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Ну, вот. Всё будет хорошо.
Well, there you go. Everything will be okay.
Well, there you go. Everything will be okay.
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Podcast Ep. 17 Vid. 3
Listen for those three words again: Everything will be okay…
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Я сейчас иду к бабушке, поговорю с Дашей, и всё будет хорошо. Ясно?
I’m now going to Grandma’s, I will speak with Dasha, and everything will be okay. (Is that) clear?
I’m now going to Grandma’s, I will speak with Dasha, and everything will be okay. (Is that) clear?
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Podcast Ep. 17 Vid. 4
The set-up here is that Zhenya has given them an imaginary dog. He woke them with barking sounds from his phone. What’s his explanation to them?
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Собака не даст спать. Это инстинкт. Она хочет в туалет.
A dog will not give to sleep. (Meaning: A dog’s not gonna let you sleep.) This is instinct. She wants to the bathroom.
NOTE: As we’ve seen elsewhere, Russians prefer to leave off the verb of motion when it’s obvious. (He said: “The dog wants to toilet.”…not….”The dog wants to go to the toilet.”)
A dog will not give to sleep. (Meaning: A dog’s not gonna let you sleep.) This is instinct. She wants to the bathroom.
NOTE: As we’ve seen elsewhere, Russians prefer to leave off the verb of motion when it’s obvious. (He said: “The dog wants to toilet.”…not….”The dog wants to go to the toilet.”)
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Podcast Ep. 17 Vid. 5
Here, Peppa conveys the idea of “some tea”. Listen…
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Он хочет чая.
He wants some tea.
NOTE: We’ll learn this use of the genitive case in Russian Accelerator, along with a special form called the “partitive genitive”. Sounds fancy but it’s really cool!
He wants some tea.
NOTE: We’ll learn this use of the genitive case in Russian Accelerator, along with a special form called the “partitive genitive”. Sounds fancy but it’s really cool!
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Podcast Ep. 17 Vid. 6
They’ve entered a huge castle. What does she ask?
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Интересно. Кто здесь живёт?
Interesting. Who lives here? (In normal Englush we’d say: Hmm, I wonder who lives here. So it’s like she’s saying, “To me it’s interesting to know…”)
Interesting. Who lives here? (In normal Englush we’d say: Hmm, I wonder who lives here. So it’s like she’s saying, “To me it’s interesting to know…”)
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