# First steps: Numbers, prices and paying

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

> Join Vera and Nikolai for a Saturday morning of prices and change, one short conversation at a time. Each lesson trains your ear until you can follow every word and answer back.

**Setting:** A fruit and vegetable stall at the Danilovsky market in Moscow on a Saturday morning, busy but not rushed. Vera comes most weeks and Nikolai knows her face. Both speak to each other formally throughout.

## Lessons

### 1. Asking what something costs

Vera asks Nikolai what the apples cost at his market stall.

### 2. Asking a price again

Vera misses the price of the tomatoes and asks Nikolai to say it again.

### 3. Asking the price of more items

Vera asks Nikolai what the bread and the eggs cost.

### 4. Saying how much you want

Nikolai asks how much Vera wants, and she fills her bag.

### 5. Asking for the total

Vera asks Nikolai what it comes to all together.

### 6. Paying in cash

Nikolai turns out to take cash only, so Vera pays with a thousand.

### 7. Understanding your change

Nikolai counts out Vera's change and sends her off.