Russian for English speakers Beach · Lesson 4

I won't change clothes

Russian beach clothes — я не буду переодеваться (I won't change clothes) — and переодеваться (reflexive verb).

Conversation

  1. Yaya Yaya

    Ты одел на пляж кроссовки и джинсы?

    Ty odel na pljaž krossovki i džinsy?

    You wore sneakers and jeans to the beach

  2. Bolin Bolin

    Да, я не буду переодеваться

    Da, ja ne budu pereodevatʹsja

    Yeah, I won't change my clothes

  3. Yaya Yaya

    Но где твои шлёпки и купальник?

    No gde tvoi šlëpki i kupalʹnik?

    But where are your flip flops and swimsuit?

  4. Bolin Bolin

    Я их не взял, скоро пойдёт дождь

    Ja ih ne vzjal, skoro pojdët doždʹ

    I didn't take them, it’s going to rain soon.

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

What does переодеваться mean?

'To change clothes' (reflexive). Imperfective. Perfective: переодеться. Action of changing what one wears.

Russian beach clothes?

Купальник (swimsuit, women), плавки (swim trunks, men), шорты (shorts), парео (pareo), панама (sun hat).

Future tense in Russian?

Two forms: imperfective future (я буду + infinitive) and perfective future (just the perfective verb conjugated).

Test yourself

Pick the English translation for each line from this lesson. Wrong answers are pulled from other Russian lessons.

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