Learn Some Russian

Words and phrases of everyday use

English Russian (transliteration)

Hello! — Zd’rastvuyte (formal)

Hi! — Priviet! (informal)

Goodbye! — Da svi’daniya (formal)

Bye! — Pa ‘ka! (informal)

Good morning — Dobroye utro

Good afternoon — Dobryi vecher

Good evening — Dobryi vecher

Good night — Spokoinoi nochi

Yes — Da

No — Nyet

Thank you — Spa’siba

Thank you very much — Bol’shoye spa’siba

You’re welcome — Pa’zhalsta

Please — Pa’zhalsta

Excuse me — Izvi’neete

Soviet banner somewhere

I am sorry — Izvi’neete

Okay! — Hara’sho

How are you? — Kak de’la?

Good — Hara’sho

Bad — Ploho

So-so — Tak syebe

Just a moment — Mi’noutku

I do not understand — Ya ne pani’mayu
Do you understand? — Pani’mayesh? (informal)
Pani’mayete? (formal)

Nice to meet you — Priyatno s vami poznakomitsa

What is your name? — Kak vas za-vout?

My name is _____ –’nya za’vout

Where are you from? — Otkuda Vy?

I love you! — Ya tebya lyublyu! (informal)
Ya vas lyublyu! (formal or can be more romantic)

I like you! — Ti mnye nravishsya! (informal)
Vy mnye nravityes’! (formal)

How old are you? — Skol’ko tyebe(informal) (vam- fromal) lyet?

How much (does it cost)? — Skol’ko eto stoit?

I want (to know)! — Ya hochu (znat’)!

I need — Mnye nuzhno

Where is a bathroom (toilet)? — Gde tut ubornaya (tualyet)

Let’s go — Poshli

I don’t have..! (time) — U menya nyet! (vremeni)

Cheers! (when drinking) — Na zdarov’ye! Za vashe zdarovye! (for your health)

I would like a beer please — Mne pa’zhalsta ‘piva

Baltika 9, mmmm

Do you have a menu in English? — U ‘vas ‘yest’ me’nyu na ang’liiskom?

Today — Syegodnya

Tomorrow — Zavtra

Yesterday — Vchyera

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