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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.
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.

Revision as of 08:09, 18 June 2019

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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.

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 somebody (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"