Learn how to ask and answer the question, "How is the Russian food?"
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| Yura: Top 25 Russian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 10: How is the Russian food? (In each lesson of this 25 part series, you'll master a common question for Russian learners, and then learn how to answer it like a native. You'll learn how these key phrases work by breaking them down into each component. Then through repetition and new vocabulary, you'll expand your understanding of the question, its answers, and any variations.) |
| In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question ""How is it? (food)"" In Russian this is |
| Svetlana: как тебе? |
| The first word in the question is |
| Svetlana: как |
| Yura: ""meaning how"" in English. |
| Svetlana: (Slow, by syllable) как |
| Yura: Listen again and repeat. |
| Svetlana: как |
| {Pause} |
| Yura: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the translation, breaking it down, and then giving it again at natural speed will be repeated throughout the series. Try to speak aloud as often as possible. The next word in the question is |
| Svetlana: тебе |
| Yura: meaning you. |
| Svetlana: (Slow, by syllable) тебе |
| Yura: Now repeat. |
| Svetlana: тебе |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Svetlana: как тебе |
| {pause} |
| Yura: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question How is it? (food)? |
| Svetlana: вкусно |
| Yura: ""It's delicious. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Svetlana: (Slow) вкусно |
| {pause} |
| Yura: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| Svetlana: вкусно |
| Yura: meaning delicious . |
| Svetlana: (Slow, by syllable) вкусно |
| Yura: Now repeat |
| Svetlana: вкусно |
| {Pause} |
| FALSE |
| Yura: Listen to the speaker say, It's delicious, and then repeat. |
| Svetlana: вкусно |
| {pause} |
| Yura: To use a different phrase, replace delicious with not delicious . |
| Svetlana: невскусно |
| Yura: not delicious |
| Svetlana: (slow) невскусно (regular) невскусно |
| Yura: Listen to the phrase again, this time with not delicious |
| Svetlana: невскусно |
| Yura: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace delicious. Say It's not delicious |
| {pause} |
| Svetlana: невскусно |
| Yura: To expand on the pattern, replace not delicious with sour. |
| Svetlana: кисло |
| Yura: sour |
| Svetlana: (slow) кисло (regular) кисло |
| Yura: Listen to the phrase again, this time with sour |
| Svetlana: кисло |
| Yura: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for not delicious . Say It's sour |
| {pause} |
| Svetlana: кисло |
| Yura: To expand on the pattern, replace sour with tasteless. |
| Svetlana: безвкуснo |
| Yura: tasteless |
| Svetlana: (slow) безвкуснo (regular) безвкуснo |
| Yura: Listen to the phrase again, this time with tasteless |
| Svetlana: безвкуснo |
| Yura: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for sour. Say It's tasteless |
| {pause} |
| Svetlana: безвкуснo |
| Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Russia and someone asks you your opinion on the food you're eating. You want to say it's delicious. Respond to the question. |
| Svetlana: как тебе? (five seconds) вкусно |
| Yura: Now, you want to say it's not delicious Respond to the question. |
| Svetlana: как тебе? (five seconds) невскусно |
| Yura: you want to say it's sour. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Svetlana: как тебе? (five seconds) кисло |
| Yura: You want to say it's tasteless. Respond to the question. |
| Svetlana: как тебе? (five seconds) безвкуснo |
| Yura: Now you want to know what -that- person thinks of the meal. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Svetlana: как тебе? |
| {pause} |
| Yura: This is the end of Lesson 10 |
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