# First steps: Where I'm from

**Language:** Russian  
**CEFR Level:** A1  

> Listen in as Lena and Timur talk about where they come from in real, everyday Russian. By the end of this course their conversation will feel easy to follow, and you'll be ready to join in.

**Setting:** A bus stop by the university on Vasilyevsky Island in St Petersburg on a weekday morning. Lena waits here every day, and today Timur starts talking to her. They have not met before, but speak to each other informally.

## Lessons

### 1. Saying which country you're from

Lena and Timur get talking at the bus stop and find out they are from different countries.

### 2. Saying which city you're from

Lena and Timur name the cities they grew up in.

### 3. Saying where you live now

Lena and Timur discover they both live here in the city.

### 4. Saying which street you live on

Timur and Lena work out that they live a couple of streets apart.

### 5. Saying which languages you speak

Timur and Lena compare the languages they each speak.

### 6. Saying you don't know a country

Timur asks Lena whether she knows Kyrgyzstan, and she says she does not.

### 7. Saying where your family lives

Timur and Lena say where their families are.