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Russian phrasebook: 14 phrases and numbers
Russian is an East Slavic language written in the Cyrillic alphabet. It is the most widely spoken Slavic language and the main language of Russia.
- In its own name: русский
- Writing system: Cyrillic
- Family: Indo-European, Slavic
- Official language in: Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan
Essential Russian phrases
| English | Russian | Romanisation |
|---|---|---|
| Hello | Здравствуйте | Zdravstvuyte |
| Goodbye | До свидания | Do svidaniya |
| Good morning | Доброе утро | Dobroe utro |
| Good night | Спокойной ночи | Spokoynoy nochi |
| Thank you | Спасибо | Spasibo |
| You're welcome | Пожалуйста | Pozhaluysta |
| Please | Пожалуйста | Pozhaluysta |
| Sorry | Извините | Izvinite |
| Yes | Да | Da |
| No | Нет | Net |
| My name is ___ | Меня зовут ___ | Menya zovut ___ |
| What is your name? | Как тебя зовут? | Kak tebya zovut? |
| How are you? | Как дела? | Kak dela? |
| I love you | Я тебя люблю | Ya tebya lyublyu |
Phrases are cross-checked against independent sources but still await a native-speaker review.
Numbers 1 to 10 in Russian
| # | Word | Romanisation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | один | odin |
| 2 | два | dva |
| 3 | три | tri |
| 4 | четыре | chetyre |
| 5 | пять | pyat |
| 6 | шесть | shest |
| 7 | семь | sem |
| 8 | восемь | vosem |
| 9 | девять | devyat |
| 10 | десять | desyat |
Pronunciation
Stress moves around within words and changes how the vowels sound: an unstressed o is often said like a. The sound written ы has no English equivalent.
Good to know
Здравствуйте is the polite hello and привет the casual one. Russian has formal and informal you: вы and ты.
Introducing yourself? See My name is ... in Russian for formal and casual versions.
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Questions
How do you say hello in Russian?
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte).
What writing system does Russian use?
Russian is written in Cyrillic.