Russian · A117 min

Anya and Pavel arrange where to meet at the metro

Practice A1 Russian in a short story where Anya and Pavel arrange where to meet at the metro. Tap individual words, follow line-by-line meaning, and review vocabulary from the scene.

  1. Vocabulary
  2. Story
  3. Support
  4. Grammar
  5. Practice
  6. Review

Start with the short scene first. Tap individual words when you want the vocabulary, then use the line-by-line support to confirm the full sentence before you reread it.

Core vocabulary

Target wordTranslationType
метро

metro

noun

станция

station

noun

выход

exit

noun

жду

I am waiting

verb

потом

afterwards / later

time word

друг

friend

noun

кофе

coffee

adjective

сейчас

now

time word

через

in / after

expression

встреча

meeting

noun

Core text

Аня!?
Илья,..
Аня..
Илья..

Line-by-line support

Read each line with the direct translation beside it. Use this section to slow down and confirm exactly what each speaker says.

Аня
Привет! Ты уже в метро?

Hi! Are you already in the metro?

Илья
Да, я сейчас на станции. Я жду тебя у выхода.

Yes, I am at the station now. I am waiting for you by the exit.

Аня
Хорошо. Я буду через пять минут.

Good. I will be there in five minutes.

Илья
Отлично. Потом пойдём пить кофе.

Excellent. Afterwards we will go drink coffee.

Grammar in context

These are the two patterns doing the most work in this lesson. Learn them as reusable sentence frames, not as isolated rules.

я жду

Russian often uses a present-tense verb directly to describe what someone is doing right now.

Я жду у выхода.A useful location message.

через + time

Use через before a time expression to say how soon something will happen.

Через пять минут.A common arrival phrase.

Extension reading

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Review

Story check: What is Anya trying to do in this lesson, and what detail changes the situation?

Vocabulary check: Find метро, станция, выход, and жду in the story text again. Explain what each word is doing in its sentence.

Retell: Retell the scene in two or three sentences using метро and станция. Then add one sentence about why the ending matters for Anya.

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