Day 41: Swapping Flats with the Parents
In his parents' big old flat in Moscow, a man with a second baby on the way makes his father an offer.
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Dialogue
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A
Пап, а может, поменяемся квартирами: вы с мамой к нам в однушку, а мы сюда?
Dad, what if we swapped flats: you and Mum move into our one-room place, and we move here?
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B
Как бы тебе сказать... Не то чтобы я против, но мы тут сорок лет прожили.
How can I put it... It's not that I'm against it, but we've lived here for forty years.
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A
Понимаю. Но скоро нас будет четверо, а мы и так друг у друга на головах сидим.
I understand. But soon there'll be four of us, and we're already on top of each other.
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B
А мамины цветы, а гараж во дворе, а соседи, с которыми полжизни чай пьём?
And what about Mum's plants, the garage in the yard, the neighbours we've been having tea with for half our lives?
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A
Цветы перевезём, гараж не убежит, а к соседям в гости двадцать минут на метро.
We'll move the plants, the garage won't run away, and visiting the neighbours is twenty minutes by metro.
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B
Ну, если бы мы и поменялись, мать бы всё равно каждый день к внукам сюда бегала.
Well, even if we did swap, your mother would still be running over here to the grandchildren every day.
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A
И пусть бегает, внуки только рады будут. Ну что, решено?
Let her, the grandchildren will be delighted. So, is it settled?
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B
Если честно, мне пять этажей без лифта уже не по силам. Пошли маму уговаривать.
To be honest, five floors with no lift are too much for me these days. Come on, let's go and talk your mum round.
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