Minsk Stories S02 | E08 – Digging Potatoes at the Dacha | Копаем картошку на даче

Anya’s grandmother needs help digging up her potatoes, so Anya, Masha, Paul and Tima the cat take the suburban train to the dacha. In this A2 Russian lesson, you’ll follow Paul’s very first potato harvest, discover Grandma Zina’s vegetable garden and end the day with hot draniki and sour cream — while learning how Belarusian families spend their autumn weekends.

Vocabulary: the dacha, the vegetable garden, vegetables, food and useful everyday expressions.
Grammar: у + genitive (to have / at someone’s place), numbers and quantity + genitive, comparatives (лучше, вкуснее).

A2 Russian lesson online — dacha vocabulary and Belarusian autumn traditions.