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Episode #3

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Welcome to this third podcast of Russian ade Eas!" #et$s start %! revie&ing&hat &e learned in the previous podcast"

'magine !ou$re at a cafe &ith !our Russian friend" he comes %ac from the

%athroom and sees that the food !ou %oth ordered has %een served" a! eachof the follo&ing phrases in Russian"""out loud"

's this m! pi**a+-. /.0 12334+

5NOTE: 6s '$ve mentioned in each transcript of this series, '$ve decided to notsound out the Russian &ords in here using English letters" 7lease listen to the
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podcast as !ou read this transcript" 6nd if !ou$d lie to %e a%le to read Russian 88and ' promise !ou, it can %e learned in a da! or t&o 88 '$ll include a lin at the%ottom of this transcript to m! course on reading Russian" tart no& and in afe& da!s !ou$ll %e a%le to read all the Russian in this document"9

es, this is !our pi**a";4,


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Po& do !ou sa!"""

'$m an 6merican"J 8 4/KB24LK3"

No& here$s the thing" Remem%er in the first podcast, &e learned t&o different&ords for student" Right+ Po& &ould a gu! sa!:'$m a student"J 8 ?-@DKL-"

Po& &ould a girl sa! that+J 8 ?-@DKL-4"

Well, Russian is inda &ish!8&ash! on this idea of having a male and female

version for occupations" What ' mean is, some occupations dohave a male andfemale form 8 lie student, teacher, dancer and singer" Mut man! others haveonl! one form, lie doctor, engineer and author"

Mut &hen it comes to nationalities, Russian is much more consistent and%asicall! has a male and female version for each" o, this phrase:

J 8 4/KB24LK3"

"""is onl! the &a! a man&ould sa! it" 6n 6merican &oman should sa!:

J 8 4/KB24L4"

#isten again, and repeat:J 8 4/KB24L4"

o, imagine !ou$re Mritish and !ou$re in Qiev &ith !our t&o 6merican friends,Ton! and ane" Tr! introducing them to !our ne& Russian8speaingacGuaintance" a!"""

This is Ton!" Pe is an 6merican"-. S.L2" L 8 4/KB24LK3"

This is ane" he is an 6merican"-. ;UL" L4 8 4/KB24L4"

#et$s tr! t&o more" 'magine !ou$re at the osco& ovie Festival, and the is


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introducing the stars as the! come in" 6s Russell ro&e enters, the sa!s"""

-. V4??K XB.@" L 8 4=?-B42K3"

Then Nicole Qidman enters and the announces"""

-. Y2.Z X2D/4L" L4 8 4=?-B42>4"

o &e heard:

4=?-B42K3"""that$s an 6ustralian man" 6nd"""

4=?-B42>4"""that$s an 6ustralian &oman"

Tr! sa!ing:

Pe is an 6ustralian"L 8 4=?-B42K3"

Po& a%out: he is an 6ustralian"L4 8 4=?-B42>4"

[ood \o%]

6lright, a Guic revie& %efore going on" a!""

This is teve" Pe is an 6merican"-. ^-2=" L 8 4/KB24LK3"

This is #e!ton" Pe is an 6ustralian"-. _-.L" L 8 4=?-B42K3"

This is all!" he is an 6merican"

-. ^42" L4 8 4/KB24L4"

This is lara" he is an 6ustralian"-. X4B4" L4 8 4=?-B42>4"

6 Guic side note: Mear in mind that 88 \ust as in English 88 there are other &a!sto sa! these things in Russian" For example, in English ' can sa!, '$m

6merican" %ut ' can also sa!, '$m an 6merican" 'n the first, $6merican$ is an


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ad\ective" 'n the second, it$s a noun" ' can also conve! the same idea %! sa!ing,'$m from 6merica"

6lright" #et$s add t&o more nationalities" Repeat this first pair after the speaer:

4L`24L2L 8 4L`24L4

One more time"""4L`24L2L 8 4L`24L4

o &hat nationalit! is it+ Well, in the movies, ames Mond is perhaps the most&ell no& 4L`24L2L"

ean&hile, bueen Eli*a%eth is certainl! the most &ell8no&n 4L`24L4"

o, an 4L`24L2L is an English man"6nd an 4L`24L4 is a English &oman"

6nd no& our second pair" 6gain, repeat after the speaer:

4L4DK3 8 4L4D4

One more time:

4L4DK3 8 4L4D4

We$ll cut right to the chase on this one"6 man %orn and raised in, sa!, Toronto, is a 4L4DK3" 6 &oman %orn and raisedthere is a 4L4D4"o the &ord for a anadian male is""""4L4DK3"

6nd for a anadian female+ 4L4D4

For fun, let$s do a cele%rit! Gui*" '$ll name a famous person, and !ou sa! his or

her nationalit!" Read!+

7aul cartne!"L`24L2L

Me!once"/KB24L4


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6lannis orrisetteX4L4D4

rocodile undee=?-B42K3

bueen Eli*a%ethL`24L4

Nicole Qidman=?-B42>4

Mruce Willis/KB24LK3

The ma!or of ontreal"X4L4DK3

V.O. And now, here's your Tip of the Day from Russian Made Easy...'$d lie to tae a moment no& to dispel a huge m!th people seem to %elievea%out pronunciation" ' get emails and sound files from our mem%ers all the time,' &orr! that m! pronunciation isn$t perfect" Or, ! native speaing teachersa!s m! Russian accent isn$t perfect !et" he eeps having me practice the

same fe& &ords over and over" Pelp]

Pere$s the fact of the matter: our pronunciation needs to %e \ust good enoughso that native speaers understand !ou" That$s it" End of stor!" ou &ill neverspea Russian &ithout an accent" Never" 6nd !ou$ll never fool a Russianspeaer into thining !ou$re a native speaer" Neither &ill '" Mut so &hat+] 6ll thatmatters is that !ou spea &ell enough to %e understood" ' mean, &hat does iteven E6N to spea &ithout an accent+

Thin a%out English" What is the correct pronunciation+ 6merican+ Mritish+

6ustralian+ 'f 6merican, then &hich 6merican accent+ Ne& or+ Moston+ Theouthern dra&l+ That dr!, hicago accent+ 'f Mritish is the correct accent, then&hich Mritish version+ North #ondon+ ocne!+ cottish+ 'rish+ 6s long as &eunderstand each other, that$s &hat counts"

6nd it ills me &hen native Russian speaers give students of Russian a hardtime, and critici*e their pronunciation" ' have never met a single Russianspeaer in the H &ho doesn$t spea &ithout a %rutall! thic accent" '$ve met


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Russians in the H"" &ho$ve %een living there for thirt! !ears and spea English&ell, %ut gimme a %rea"""the instant the! open their mouth 88 &ith \ust a single&ord 88 it$s immediatel! o%vious the!$re Russian"


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-. /.0 1.DB@`4 DB@`+

6ns&er: es" This is m! friend ohn";4" -. /.> DB@` ;U.L"

Pe is an 6merican"L 8 4/KB24LK3"

's this !our female friend+-. -=.0 1.DB@`4+

es" This is m! female friend onica";4" -. /.0 1.DB@`4 .L24"

he is an 6merican"L4 8 4/KB24L4"

This is m! friend #e!ton" Pe is an 6ustralian"-. /.> DB@` _-.L" L 8 4=?-B42K3"

This is m! friend Nicole" he is an 6ustralian"

-. /.0 1.DB@`4 Y2.Z" L4 8 4=?-B42>4"

! mom is a anadian".0 /4/4 8 4L4D4"

! father is an Englishman".> 1414 8 4L`24L2L"


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