Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Russian
Pronunciation
315
S s
s
T t
t
U u
u
F f
f
X x
kh (guttural)
C c
ts
H h
ch
W w
sh
} ]
shch (like “fre
sh
ch
eese”)
+ =
hard sign (always silent)
Y y
between “y” and “we”
: ;
soft sign (always silent)
? /
eh
{ [
yu
Q q
ya
2
BASIC VOCABULARY
KEY WORDS
English
Russian
Pronunciation
Yes/No
da, net
da, nyet
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Hello
zdravstvujte
zdras
-tvoo-tye
Hi
privet
pree-
vyet
Good morning
dobroe utro
do
-bro-ye
oo
-tra
Good day
dobryj den;
do
-bry dyen
Good evening
dobryj veher
do
-bry
ve
-cher
Good-bye
do svidaniq
da svi-
da
-nya
See you later
poka
pa-
ka
Thank you
spasibo
spa-
see
-ba
Please/You're welcome
po'alujsta
pa-
zha
-li-sta
Excuse me
izvinite
eez-vee-
nee
-tye
Sorry
prostite, po'alujsta
prah-
stee
-tye, pa-
zha
-li-sta
How are you?
kak dela
?
kak deh-
la
Fine, good
xorowo
kho-ro-
show
Bad
ploxo
plo
-kha
When
kogda
ka-
gda
Today
segodnq
se-
vohd
-nya
Yesterday
vhera
vche-
ra
Tomorrow
zavtra
zav
-tra
Open
otkryto
ot-
kree
-ta