Я не понимаю
I Don't Understand
A1 · Beginner · fiction · 12 scenes · Free to read
The phrases a beginner needs before any of the others: what to say when you have asked a question and cannot follow the answer. Tom has been in Moscow a month, needs bus number five, and gets a reply he understands not one word of. Excuse me, I don't understand, please repeat, again, please speak slowly, what does that mean, how do you say this in Russian, please write it down, thank you for your help. Present tense, short sentences, and nobody minds.
The opening scene
Том из Лондона. Он живёт в Москве месяц. Он учит русский язык каждый день. В среду у него урок. Русский язык трудный.
Tom is from London. He has been living in Moscow for a month. He learns Russian every day. On Wednesday he has a lesson. Russian is difficult.
Characters
- Tom (Том) — In Moscow one month
- Ira (Ира) — A stranger at the bus stop
Vocabulary from this story
- извините — excuse me
- я не понимаю — I don't understand
- повторите — please repeat
- медленно — slowly
- ничего страшного — never mind
- как это будет по-русски — how do you say this in Russian
- что это значит — what does that mean
- спасибо за помощь — thank you for your help
- пожалуйста — please
- спасибо — thank you
- конечно — of course
- слово — word