Сходим в русскую баню с SRAS
Let's go to Russian banya with SRAS
Welcome to Russia! Добро пожаловать в Россию! You have been invited here in preparation for a live stream visit to Russian banya. You’ll be joining Russian peer tutors and our cultural guide. SRAS is excited to bring you to Russian banya virtually and we hope one day we’ll see you in Russia in person and you’ll try it yourself. Very nice to meet you! Очень рады познакомиться!
Let’s start by watching a short video from one of our previous experiences at the banya:
So how does this work? Your instructor will let you know when the experience will take place and how to access it. At the designated time, log in and imagine yourself in Russia!
Peer tutors and our cultural guide will tell you a bit about themselves and show you Russian banya.
The experience is in English, but we’ll sprinkle some Russian in there, too – listen carefully. During the experience, please consider the following:
- If you can’t hear – let us know – send a chat or speak up
- If you have a question, don’t be shy – just ask or send it via chat
- We might have some polls or questions for you to keep things interesting – please participate. Remember that these are just for fun, we’re not grading!
- Studying Russian? Watch and listen for words you know (see list below)
See you soon! Скоро увидимся!
Cлова для тебя! Words for you!
- баня – banya (traditional Russian steam bath)
- традицонный – traditional
- расслабля́ться- рассла́биться – to relax
- мы́ться – to wash oneself (мы́ться – imperfective, помы́ться – perfective)
- пар – steam
- температура – temperature
- ша́пка – hat
- пе́чка – stove, heater
- ве́ник – a bunch of twigs
- берёза – birch
- пи́хта – fir tree
- дуб – oak
- массажи́ровать – to massage
- поле́зный для здоро́вья – healthy
- мне/тебе/ему жа́рко – I/you/he feel(s) hot
- пры́гать – to jump (пры́гать – imperfective, пры́гнуть – perfective)
- снег – snow
- охлажда́ться – охлади́ться – to cool down
- квас – kvass (traditional Russian soft drink made from rye bread)
- совреме́нный – modern
- бассе́йн – a swimming pool
Что мы увидим? What will we see?
We will see traditional Russian banya. Don’t hesitate to ask if you are curious about something you see. This is an opportunity not just to see a place, but get a sense of the people there. We’re looking forward to seeing you – до встречи!