Useful Phrase
| HI, HOW ARE YOU? | ПРИВЕТ, КАК ДЕЛА? |
| (pri-VYET, kak dye-LA?) |
Привет is an informal greeting equivalent of our "hi". It is used when meeting friends.
Как дела? is the short form of "как твои дела?" (literally "how (are) your things?"). It's an informal question used with friends.
Another Useful Phrase
| My name is _______. | Меня зовут _______. |
| (Myen-YA za-VUT ________.) |
Меня зовут literally means "me (they) call."
Vocabulary
| ENGLISH | RUSSIAN | PRONUNCIATION |
| Hi | Привет | pri-VYET |
| Russian (masculine) | Русский | RUS-kij |
| Russian (feminine) | Русская | RUS-kaya |
| Yes | Да | da |
| No | Нет | nyet |
| I | Я | ya |
| You (informal) | Ты | ti |
Dialogue 1
| ENGLISH | RUSSIAN | PRONUNCIATION |
| Hi! How are you? My name is Oksana. | Привет! Как дела? Меня зовут Оксана. | Pri-VYET! Myen-YA za-VUT Ok-SA-na. Ah ti? |
| Hi. My name is Ben. | Привет! Меня зовут Бен. | Pri-VYET! Myen-YA za-VUT Ben. |
| Are you Russian? | Ты Русский? | Ty RU-skij? |
| No. I am an American. Are you Russian? | Нет. Я Американец. Ты Русская? | Nyet. Ya A-mer-i-KAN-yets. Ti RUS-ka-ya? |
| Yes. I am Russian. | Да. Я Русская. | Da. Ya RUS-ka-ya. |