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Моя семья

My Family

A1 · Beginner · fiction · 11 scenes · Free to read

A warm first story for beginners. Olya opens the family album and introduces her doctor dad, teacher mum, football-mad brother, singing little sister, and one very lazy ginger cat. Learn the words for family, home and everyday life as they all drive out to grandma and grandpa's village.

Read Моя семья in Russian

The opening scene

Меня зовут Оля. Мне двадцать лет. Я хочу рассказать про мою семью.

Вот наша фотография. Здесь мы все вместе.

My name is Olya. I am twenty years old. I want to tell you about my family.

Here is our photograph. Here we are all together.

Characters

  • Olya (Оля) — The narrator
  • Ivan (Иван) — Olya's dad
  • Anna (Анна) — Olya's mum
  • Misha (Миша) — Olya's brother
  • Katya (Катя) — Olya's little sister

Vocabulary from this story

  • семья — family
  • папа — dad
  • мама — mum
  • брат — brother
  • сестра — sister
  • бабушка — grandma
  • дедушка — grandpa
  • кот — cat
  • собака — dog
  • фотография — photograph
  • год — year
  • день рождения — birthday