Tutorial Transcript

Hello everyone and welcome to lesson 8 of my TPRS Russian course. Today we're having a mini-story about sickness. And as usual first comes the mini-story and then I will ask you easy questions. after each sentence. And please answer them out loud. If you need subtitles, you can use both of them - Russian and English. But I recommend concentrating on listening and trying to understand what I am asking. and trying to answer. That's the most effective way of learning the new vocabulary and starting thinking in Russian. That's what we want! Ok, let's listen to the mini-story. Tomorrow is a difficult exam. and I'm calling the teacher. Hello? Hello, I caught a cold. Yes, my throat hurts so bad. and my nose is stuffed up. Yes, I can't breathe. I'm not coming tomorrow. I'll be taking pills all day long. What? Exam is not tomorrow? oh.. Thank you, I'm feeling better. That was it for the mini-story and now I'm going to ask easy questions. and please answer them all. Even if it's just "yes" or "no" Let's give it a try. Tomorrow is a difficult exam. Is the exam tomorrow? Yes, exam is tomorrow and it's very difficult. I'm calling the teacher. Am I calling mom? No, I'm calling my teacher. because tomorrow is the exam. and I don't want to go there. I'm calling the teacher. I'm saying. Hello. I caught a cold. Did I catch a cold? Yes I caught a cold. In fact, I didn't catch a cold. I'm pretending that I caught a cold in order to skip the exam. but let's i,agine that I really caught a cold. So, did I catch a cold? Yes, I caught a cold. Who caught a cold? I did. i caught a cold. My throat hurts so bad. Does my throat hurt? Yes, my throat hurts. Does my throat or my head hurt? Throat. My throat hurts. My throat is sore. What hurts? Throat. My throat hurts. And also I have a sniffle. Nose is stuffed up. Do i have a snffle or don't I? I do have a sniffle. My nose is stuffed up. Is my ear stuffed up? No My ear is okay. My nose is stuffed up. I have a sniffle. I can't breathe. Can I breathe? I can't breathe. And why? Why can't I breathe? Because I have... what? Sniffle. I can't breathe because of the sniffle. because my nose is stuffed up. I'm not coming tomorrow. because I'll be taking pills all day long. Will I be drinking Coca-cola? No, I'll be taking pills. I'll be taking medicine. all day long. Will I be taking pills all night long? No, I hope not. I will be taking pills all day long tomorrow. instead of exam. Will I be "drinking" or will I be "eating" pills? Actually you can use both. but usually we say "to drink pills" *means "to take pills"* I'll be taking pills all day long. Umm what? Exam is not tomorrow? Oh... I'm feeling better. Thank you. Am I feeling better? Yes, I'm feeling better. There's no exm tomorrow. No need to pretend to be sick. Am I feeling worse? No, on the contary. I'm already feeling better. I've recovered. And that was it for the mini-story with questions. Thank goodness it wasn't a true story because now I'm the teacher, so I'm lucky enough not to care about exams. Ok, thank you very much for watching. Don't forget to subscribe to my channel for more Russian lessons. Bye-bye!

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