Language/Russian/Vocabulary/Greetings

Hello and welcome to the site, where you can learn, how to greet each other, to ask “How are you” and to respond to this question in Russian.

1.Greetings

Russian	Transcription	English analogue	We use it when we …
Хай!	[hai]	Hi	See a friend
Привет (Приветик)	Prih-'veht [pri:vet]	Hi	See a friend
Доброе утро	'Doh-broh-yeh uht-roh ['dɔbrɔje 'u:trɔ ]	Good morning	Officially greet smbd
Добрый день	Doh-bry den ['dɔbrij den]	Good afternoon	Officially greet smbd
Добрый вечер	Doh-bry vecher ['dɔbrij 'veʧer]	Good evening	Officially greet smbd
Доброй ночи	Doh-broy nochi ['dɔbroj 'nɔʧi:]	Good night	Officially greet smbd
Приветствую	Prih-'vet-stvuh-yuh [pri'vetstvuju:]	Greetings	A person we have met before
Здравствуйте (Здравствуй)	'Zdrah-vstvuy-teh ['zdra:vstvujte]	The same as an old How do you do	Officially greet smbd (very common greeting)

Notes:

• the letter "o" in Russian is never like an english [əu], it's like in the word "not"
• you need to be patient with the words Приветствую and Здравствуйте - too much consonants close to each other can be a real challenge
• Russian й is pronunced as in the word "yoghurt"