Words

How to say no in the Russian language The Russian word for no is “нет”.  This is pronounced ‘neht’ .  The key thing in pronunciation here is the e is soft like in the English word ‘get’. This is why I transliterated it ‘eh’. I have seen all kinds of crazy transliteration for such a [...]

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Wishes I believe in the power of wishes. I think your subconscious mind communicates with your conscious mind with wishes you are not aware of. I think wishing someone well also is a warm gesture. Here are some ways to wish well on others in Russian. Пожелания [pozhelaniya] All the best! Всего наилучшего! [vsevo nayluchshevo] [...]

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Traveling Полезные выражения If you start to travel in Russia you need to know some the most important words. Firstly, these connected with railway station, bust station and airport. When there is not much time till you arrive in Russia – read this expression few time and try to remember them. And do not afraid [...]

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Hotel in Russia These are some words that might be of use in Russian travel and in Russian hotels.  Do people in Russian hotels speak English, some hotels do, the Russian girls at the front desk often speak English but most people in my experience do not. Except for the girls working at the hotel [...]

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How to say good bye in Russian This post is about different ways to to say good bye in the Russian language.  There are formal and informal ways to say good bye just like in English. It is curious to note that good-bye in English is a contraction for ‘God be with ye”. Как попрощаться [...]

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Travel words in Russian Путешествие I want to present words connected with traveling. In the next post I publish some kind of dialogs with using of vocabulary. If you learn there travel words in Russian you are half way there. Pun intended. journey – путешествие [ puteshestvie] {f} trip – поездка [poyezdka] {f} car – [...]

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Greetings in Russian Приветствия If you are starting a conversation with Russian people it is necessary to know what kind of words you should start with. Here are some typical greetings. Hello in Russian Hello! Здравствуйте! Hi! Привет. Starting a conversation in Russian How are you? Как поживаете? /Как поживаешь? Fine. And you? Прекрасно. А [...]

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