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Ты or Вы?
«Ты» или «вы»?
Compare ты with friends and family, polite вы with an unfamiliar person, and вы when addressing several people. The story teaches the distinction directly.
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Formal and familiar Russian
The same request sounds different with a friend and with someone you have just met. Explore ты, polite singular вы and plural вы, then see how a courteous request and a familiar invitation work in existing stories.
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At the Pharmacy in Moscow
В аптеке в Москве
Use Вы можете мне помочь? and Повторите, пожалуйста in a pharmacy conversation. The Study notes explain why the requests fit an unfamiliar adult.
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Pizza and the Word “Davai”
Пицца и слово «давай»
Listen to friends making pizza and compare the familiar uses of давай: suggesting something, agreeing and saying goodbye.
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Try choosing a form of address for one unfamiliar adult, a friend and a group. Notice the surrounding verb form; вы does not always mean formal singular.
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English translations and selected Study notes explain the visible Russian. Listen when you choose; a collection never starts narration for you.
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