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Russian for Absolute Beginners - Inessa Samkova.

Inessa Samkova was not a slick TV presenter. She was perhaps thirty, with tired, intelligent eyes and dark hair pulled back in a messy bun. She wore a simple gray cardigan. She sat down in a wooden chair, leaned toward the camera as if it were a friend, and smiled. It was a sad smile, but genuine. Russian Absolute Beginners - Inessa Samkova.avi

"The first phrase for today," she said, writing on a small whiteboard. "Я хочу тебя понять." She sounded it out: Ya khochu tebya ponyat. Russian for Absolute Beginners - Inessa Samkova

Then she looked at the door, which was now rattling. The male voice was shouting in Russian: Inessa! Otkroy! She wore a simple gray cardigan

The lesson was absurdly simple. She held up a pencil. "Карандаш." Pencil. She pointed to a book. "Книга." Book. She pointed to her heart. "Сердце." Heart.

Alexei, his heart hammering, used the only Russian he had truly mastered. "Ya khochu tebya ponyat," he began, then stopped. That was the wrong grammar. He tried again. "Ya khochu… vam pomoch." I want to help you.