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Tanya
Woman
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Gilene a
Katya
Anna Sergeevna
Dialogues
Tanya greets a woman in the service bureau
3npancreyirre. Zarastvuytye.
H66peiii ses. Débry dyen’
aapanerayire [zdrdstvuytye] is the most common way of saying hello
in Russian.
n66pbiit eH» [ddbry dyen'] good day
At different times of the day one can also say
Spoe ¥rpo [ddbraye dra] good morning
166pbiit Beuep [d6bry vyécher] good evening
Katya arrives at Anna Sergeevna’s house
Supascrayitre, Anna Cepréesna. Zdrastvuytye, Anna Sergéevna.
Zdrdstvuy, Katya
aupacrayit [zdrdstvuy] is the familiar form of ‘hello’ used with people
you know well or with children,
8 UNIT!Practice what you have learned
The exercise below is to help you become accustomed to the various forms of
. ) greeting. Concentrate on listening and clearly distinguishing each one.
T Listen to the recording and see if you can match the voices to the pictures
below. (Answers on page 20.)
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