Learn Russian – Story 3 – Fir Cones
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Story 3 (of 15) – Fir Cones
Summary in English
The events in this story take place in Norway. In a beautiful forest close to the North-Sea, not far from his home-town, Bergen, the famous compositor, Edward Grieg, is walking and collecting inspiration.
One day he meets a young girl, Dagny Pedersen, who is gathering fir cones in a basket she is carrying. The compositor accompanies the small girl to her home while they are talking about many different things.
Before they say goodbye, Grieg wishes he had a toy to give to Dagny. Instead, he promises to prepare a gift for her on the day she reaches the age of 18.
Many years later, on the day Dagny celebrates her 18-year birthday, she is visiting relatives in Bergen.
By pure coincidence, they decide to stop and listen to an open-air concert in a park not far from her relatives’ home.
Even if Dagny, sometimes had thought about the kind old man and his strange promise to make a gift for her that many years in the future, she had by now forgotten all about him.
It was therefore a big and tear-filled surprise, listening to the announcement from the conductor on the stage in front of the orchestra.
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Here are some examples of Russian Grammatik in this story:
… употребление дательного падежа / dative case: кому, чему?
… ей казалось
… посвятил дочери
… по случаю
(после предлога “по” всегда употребляется дательный падеж)конструкция “если бы”
если бы можно было увидеть его …
если бы он пришёл сюда …
она побежала бы …, обняла бы …, сказала бы …
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