Our House – Наш дом

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Hi! Today we are going to learn the names of the rooms inside a house and lots of useful terms and expressions on the topic. Interestingly, at the beginning of the 20th century most Russians lived in the county and Russia was an agricultural nation. Nowadays most Russian people live in apartments. Most of these apartments have just 1-3 rooms including the bedroom. However a lot of Russians would prefer to live in their own house. So as the population gets wealthier we should see a growing tendency of people moving from the packed big cities to the peaceful countryside. In this lesson for beginners we'll learn the names of the rooms inside a house and lots of useful expressions.

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Useful vocabulary

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Слева (от) = left, to the left
Налево = to the left
Справа (от) = right , to the right
Направо = to the right
Перед = in front of, before
За = behind
Над = above
Под = under
C другой стороны = from the other side
На другой стороне = on the other side
Рядом (с) = near, next to
Квартира = apartment
Дом = house
Особняк = mansion
Окно = window
Кухня = kitchen
Гостиная = living room
Спальня = bedroom
Прихожая = hall
Большой = big
Уютный = cozy
Светлый = light
Удобный = comfortable

Useful expressions

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Где у вас спальня?
Where is your bedroom?
Кто живёт в этой комнате?
Who lives in this room?
Чья это комната?
Whose room is this?
Проходи.
Come in. (informal)
Добро пожаловать (в)
Welcome (to)
Рад вас видеть.
Glad to see you. (said by a male)
Что-то находится где-то
something is located somewhere
Очень удобно работать дома.
It's very comfortable to work from home.
Пойдёмте на кухню
Let's go to the kitchen. (said to a group of people)
С удовольствием.
With pleasure.
Мне нравится кухня.
I like the kitchen.
Мне понравилась кухня.
I liked the kitchen.
Сколько комнат?
How many rooms?
Как тебе наш дом?
How do you like our house?
Поздравляю вас с новосельем!
Congratulations on the new house (apartment)!

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