Russian for English speakers Office · Lesson 2

Business trip

Russian business trips — future tense for trip planning.

Conversation

  1. Bob Bob

    На следующей неделе ты едешь в командировку

    Na sledujuŝej nedele ty edešʹ v komandirovku

    Next week you're going on a business trip

  2. Meera Meera

    Что я буду делать?

    Čto ja budu delatʹ?

    What will I be doing?

  3. Bob Bob

    Ты будешь готовить зал для конференции

    Ty budešʹ gotovitʹ zal dlja konferencii

    You will prepare the hall for the conference

  4. Meera Meera

    Хорошо, я не подведу!

    Horošo, ja ne podvedu!

    Okay, you can count on me!

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

How does Russian future tense work?

Imperfective: буду + infinitive (я буду читать = 'I will read'). Perfective: just conjugate (я прочитаю = 'I will read [completely]').

What is командировка?

'Business trip'. Поехать в командировку = 'go on a business trip'.

Travel vocabulary?

Поезд (train), самолёт (plane), автомобиль (car), гостиница (hotel), билет (ticket), багаж (luggage).

Test yourself

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

4 quick questions on what you just heard.

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