22 Unit 1: Как вас зовýт?
Импровиза�ция / Improvisation
(Audio 1.14)
Now it’s your turn to join in a Russian conversation. Try to convey the
sense of the English phrases using the Russian expressions you have
learnt in this unit.- До�брое у�тро.
- Reply by saying ‘good morning’ in return.
- Моя� фами�лия Петро�в. А как ва�ша фами�лия?
- Give your surname as Ivanov if you are a man, or Ivanova if you are
a woman. - О�чень прия�тно!
- Respond by saying ‘pleased to meet you’.
- Вы ру�сский? (Вы ру�сская?)
- Reply, no, you are English.
- Ва�ша фами�лия ру�сская?
- Say that your father is Russian and your mother is English.
- Интере�сно! Вы тури�ст(ка)?
- Reply that you are not a tourist but an engineer.
- Где ва�ша гости�ница в Москве�?
- Tell him that your hotel is in the centre.
- В це�нтре? Э�то хорошо�! Кремль и Кра�сная пло�щадь в це�нтре.
Перево�д / Translation
- My name is Brown. What is your name?
- My name is Ivanov.
- Are you Russian?
- No, I am English.
- But your name is Russian.
- My father is Russian and my mother is English.
- That’s interesting! Where is your hotel in Moscow?
- My hotel is in the centre.
- In the centre? That’s nice! The Kremlin and Red Square are in the
centre!