B12 min · 121 words
Если бы я жил в другой стране
If I Lived in Another Country
A tea-table game of hypotheticals: where would each of them live, if not here? Four answers, four characters — and one twist ending.
You will practice: Conditionals with бы throughout: если бы + past, я бы жил/делал, and the polite я бы хотел.
Words to know
Skim these before you read — they carry the story. Tap the star to add one to your saved words.
- странаcountry
- выбратьto choose
- островisland
- тишинаsilence, quiet
- мечтатьto dream
- серьёзноseriously
- жизньlife
- простоsimply, just
- честныйhonest
- уехатьto move away
- играgame
Did you get it?
3 quick questions — no grades, just a comprehension check.
1. Where would Katya live?
2. What would Anna's grandmother choose?
3. What is Tom's answer?
Too hard? Pick an easier text in the Russian reading library. Understanding most of a text without translations is the goal — struggling through is not.