A12 min · 86 words
Моя подруга Катя
My Friend Katya
A long-distance friendship, video calls with a confused cat, and a first Czech word — for anyone learning a Slavic language.
You will practice: потому что/почему, говорить о…, хотеть + infinitive
Words to know
Skim these before you read — they carry the story. Tap the star to add one to your saved words.
- подругаfriend (female)
- дружитьto be friends
- учитьсяto study (be a student)
- изучатьto study (a subject)
- языкlanguage; tongue
- историяhistory; story
- похожsimilar (to)
- всегдаalways
- словоword
- показыватьto show
- мостbridge
- замокcastle
- улицаstreet
- летомin summer
- поехатьto go (by vehicle), to set off
- учитьto learn, to memorize
Did you get it?
4 quick questions — no grades, just a comprehension check.
1. Why does Katya live in Prague?
2. What does Katya study?
3. What does the narrator's cat not understand?
4. What does the narrator want to do in the summer?
Too hard? Pick an easier text in the reading library. Understanding most of a text without translations is the goal — struggling through is not.