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Greetings in Russian

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Hello everybody,

In today's lesson you will learn some useful vocabulary about ¨GREETINGS¨ in Russian.

Feel free to edit this page by adding new words and expressions!

Good learning! :)

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ENGLISH	PRONUNCIATION ENGLISH	RUSSIAN	PRONUNCIATION BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
Hi	Hi	ХАЙ	Hái	OLÁ
Hi	prih vyeht	ПРИВЕТ	príviet	OI
Good morning	doh brah yeh ou trah	ДОБРОЕ УТРО	dobráie útra	BOM DIA
Good afternoon	doh bree dehn	ДОБРЫЙ ДЕНЬ	dobrii den	BOA TARDE
Good evening	doh bree veh chehr	ДОБРЫЙ ВЕЧЕР	dobrii vetchêr	BOA NOITE (CHEGAR)
Good night	doh bree noh chih	ДОБРЫЙ НОЧИ	dobrii nôtchi	BOA NOITE (SAIR)
Greetings	prih vyehts vou you	ПРИВЕТСТВУЮ	privietsvúiu	SAUDAÇÕES
The same as an old How do you do	zdrahst vou ih tyeh	ЗДРАВСТВУЙТЕ	zdrást vúi tie	COMO VAI ?

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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.

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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"
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