Masha’s Wrong Train | Slow Russian Listening Practice

[00:00:00]Privet studenta. Today, you're going to learn a real Russian through a story. A story about a girl who took the wrong train, ended up in a village she'd never heard of, and then she did something nobody expected, especially not her.

[00:00:13]This is the story of Masha. She's 23, she lives in Moscow, and she's always in a hurry. She had a plan, a ticket, a schedule, and then she got on the wrong train. What happened next? I will tell you in a slow, simple Russian. You can follow even as a complete beginner. I will tell this story slowly. Short sentences, clear pronunciation, with subtitles in the Russian and English.

[00:00:36]Don't try to catch every word. Just follow Masha. She's already lost, so you're in a good company. Along the way, you will hear real everyday Russian words about travel, about villages, about food, about people. After the story, we will go through the most important ones together. You will leave with vocabulary you can actually use. By the way, I'm Polina, native Russian speaker and a certified teacher. This is the second slow Russian story on this channel. If you like such video and that it helps you, please tell me in the comments, so I will make more of them.

[00:01:08]Now, let's follow Masha and try not to miss our stop. The story is named "Ne tot poyezd", "The Wrong Train".

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[00:03:19]The mayor Molina voice in the I I didn't magazine. Yeah, I didn't or chin is done near. Cut. seed it now crazy Molina. On small to treat me mayor. Cut with your own fish or is my head. Don't Nica lie to you play a show me mayor. Is that the long seed that you do mayor? No mayor to do mayor. Is that you do mayor of a video to tone? Mina that you do mayor of a video to tone.

[00:03:48]You do mayor of a video tone. Soup. Or chin is good near. It a boy show a is precious [snorts] See you all about sir. Mostly original.

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[00:04:38]And I got to eat the Corvette Corvette.

[00:04:42]You don't want me too. No money. You don't want me to lose weight. We are standing here. Sure. It's precious in the car. Yes, my true magic say. Boy is too much minute. Yeah, but it was way too soon cool.

[00:04:56]Yeah, I do stand to see. Boy is too hot.

[00:05:00]The very hot Corvette. Yes, I do. You need to go stay too young. What's crazy too tall just wanted. The very hot Corvette. Boy is we are shy. Yeah, sure you just stay too stand to see. You need to go eat your magic say. Yeah, but too tall. You don't want me. It will be too.

[00:05:19]Three good and I said See just you are sure you don't want me to know. Yeah, but it will be too is too warm. You need to go eat your magic say. My square will be too warm.

[00:05:32]My link will teach you my square will be too straight. My link will meet the winner.

[00:05:40]You need to go eat your magic say. You don't want me too warm.

[00:05:44]What's wrong? You don't want me to be too tall. I could do you see?

[00:05:54]>> Oh, by the way, if you would like to have the whole text in front of you to go back over it later or read through it at your own speed, I have put together a PDF with the complete story, its phonetic transcription, and its English translation. You will find it via the link in the description. That's totally free, go grab it. So, did you follow Masha? Let's go back to the story and collect the most important vocabulary.

[00:06:20]Try to remember each one before I say it. The first one is поезд.

[00:06:25]Everything starts with a train. Masha has a ticket, she arrives at the station, she jumps onto the поезд.

[00:06:33]Поезд, not a fun word to get wrong.

[00:06:36]Билет. And of course she had a ticket, just the wrong one. Билет, ticket. In Russian, you always need a билет for the train, the metro, the cinema. Learn this one early. Next one is проводник.

[00:06:50]Проводник. When Masha realizes that something is wrong, she is calling проводник, проводник, train assistant.

[00:06:59]So, this is a very important person on a train, and he was very amused by Masha.

[00:07:04]The next word is потерялся or потерялась.

[00:07:10]Remember, Nikolai is asking, "Вы потерялись?" Are you lost? If you're a man, you say потерялся.

[00:07:18]If you're a woman, you say потерялась.

[00:07:22]You know, Russian adjectives and past tense verbs change with gender. You will see this everywhere. Okay, the next word, борода, beard. Nikolai had a big white beard, борода, борода. You will need this word if you ever want to describe someone in Russian or if you meet a lot of people like Nikolai. The next word вкусный вкусный, delicious. This is one of the most important words in Russian. Use it every time someone cooks for you, especially if it's a she.

[00:07:55]She. And if you call it borscht by mistake.

[00:07:59]The next word is звёзды, звёзды, stars.

[00:08:03]My favorite moment in the story actually. Masha lies in bed, looks through the window and sees звёзды. In Moscow she never sees them. One wrong train and suddenly stars. The next word is остаться, остаться. That's the question Nikolai asks Masha the next morning. Вы останетесь. It means to stay, to remain, like to stay somewhere.

[00:08:27]Остаться. Next one is перепутать, to mix up, to get the wrong one. And the most important word of the whole story actually. Перепутать, to confuse also, to get the wrong thing. Я перепутала поезд. I took the wrong train. Sometimes it can change your life. So, today we have learned or reviewed nine words.

[00:08:50]Поезд, билет, проводник, потерялся, борода, вкусный, звёзды, остаться, перепутать. You didn't just study them, you lived them with Masha in a village with eight houses and one very knowing cat. So, what's your take? Do you think Masha made the right call?

[00:09:14]Let me know down in the comments. By the way, a quick reminder for you. You can grab the free PDF with the complete story and all the vocabulary. Just check the link in the description. And if you would like to go beyond just listening and building vocabulary, if you want to get more active and work on your speaking too, I have made a video all about shadowing Russian. It's perfect for training your listening and speaking at the same time. The link should pop up right up there if that sounds good for you. See you over there. Пока пока.