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In Russia, you are asked to act as an interpreter between a tourist who does not speak any Russian and a Russian who does not speak any English. And hopefully I'll do better than when I started singing to myself in Spanish on account of the Mexican troupe at Folkmoot and someone abruptly started speaking in Spanish to me and I managed right up until the point when I started tangenting off into French. Oi.


1. Hi, I'm an American student and my name is... Добрый день, я американский студент и меня зовут Патрик.
2. Where do you go to school? Где вы учитесь?
3. What year are you in? На каком курсе?
4. How interesting! My major is Russian history. Интересно... Моя специальность русская история. (Don't forget adjective and noun gender agreement.)
5. I am a sophomore. I am taking Russian, history, political science, mathematics, and economics. Я учусь на втором курсе. Я изучаю русский язык, историю, политологию, математику, экономику. (Don't forget the proper form for the proper case. Going over the cases you've learned so far in a little while will be a very good thing.)
6. That would be great! when? С удовольствием. Во сколько?
7. That will be fine. Договорились.

Definitely need to review the last several chapters. Still, not so bad for running late and helping out with something else in the meantime, too.

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Right. Doing German now, while I'm still somewhat awake. Both new exercises and typing up old notes. Behind the cut!

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