Comments on the monologue

Usually we say in Russian Меня зовут … when we present ourselves.
For now remember only the question Как тебя зовут? (на ты), Как Вас зовут? (на вы) (What is your name?) and the answer to it: Меня зовут (name).

Как тебя зовут?

Меня зовут Вера.

Как вас зовут?

Меня зовут Олег Иванович.

In Russian, we have a tradition to call the elderly and/or respected people by their name and patronymic. What is a patronymic? This form is based on your father’s name.
For instance, if my father’s name is Иван and my name is Олег, in the official situations and in the documents I will be called Олег Иванович.
If my name is Анна and my father’s name is Иван, then my “official name” is Анна Ивановна.
We all also have surnames, of course, which change according to the gender of a person as well.

Oleg Ivanovich says:

Я говорю только по-русски и не понимаю по-английски.

With the words говорить (to speak), читать (to read), понимать (to understand), we say: