Language/Russian/Vocabulary/Greetings
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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"