Russian Language Basics
Hereunder is a short list of basic Russian words and numbers which are largely pronounced as read.
Useful Words, Phrases and Numbers:
Hello | Zdravstvuite |
Good bye | Do svi'daniya |
Hi | Pri'vet |
Bye | Po'ka |
Good morning | 'Dobroye 'utro |
Good Evening | 'Dobry 'Vecher |
How are you? | Kak de'la? |
Could you give me a bill please | Schet pozhaluista |
Yes | 'Da |
No | 'Niet |
Good | Horo'sho |
Very good | 'Ochen Horo'sho |
Please | Po'zhalusta |
Thank you | Spa'sibo |
Excuse me | Izvi'nite |
Nothing | Niche'go |
Who? | 'Kto? |
What? | 'Chto? |
When? | Kog'da? |
Where? | 'Gde? |
Why? | Poche'mu? |
How much? | 'Skolko? |
How much is this? | 'Skolko 'eto 'stoit? |
Where are you from? | Vy ot'kuda? |
Understand? | Poni'maete? |
Do you speak English? | Vy govo'rite po ang'liyski? |
Money | 'Dengi |
Coffee | 'Kofe |
Sugar | 'Sahar |
Salt | 'Sol |
Car | Ma'shina |
Hotel | O'tel |
Water | Vo'da |
Tea | 'Chai |
Milk | Molo'ko |
Work | Ra'bota |
Airplane | Samo'let |
Numbers: | |
Zero | Nol' |
One | Odin |
Two | Dva |
Three | Tri |
Four | Chetyre |
Five | Pyat' |
Six | Shest' |
Seven | Sem' |
Eight | Vosem' |
Nine | Devyat' |
Ten | Desyat' |
Twenty | Dvadsat' |
Thirty | Tridsat' |
Fourty | Sorok |
Fithty | Pyat'desyat |
Sixty | Shest'desyat |
Seventy | Sem'desyat |
Eighty | Vosem'desyat |
Ninety | Devyanosto |
Hundred | Sto |
Thousand | Tysyacha |
Million | Milion |