Basic Words & Expressions
| Greetings | ||
| Hello! | Zdravstvujte ! |           ! |
| Hi! | Privet ! |   ! |
| Good morning. | Dobroe utro . |    . |
| Good day. | Dobryj den’ . |    . |
| Good evening. | Dobryj vecher . |  . |
| How are you? | Kak vy pozhivaete ? |     ? |
| How’s it going? What’s up? | Kak dela? |  ? |
| Fine, thanks, and you? | Horosho spasibo, a vy? |   , , ? |
| Not bad. | Neploho . |   . |
| Introduction | ||
| My name is John. | Menja zovut Dzhon. |    . |
| What is your name? | Kak vas zovut? | ? |
| How old are you? | Skol’ko vam let? |   ? |
| I’m fourty years old. | Mne sorok let. | . |
| Where are you from? | Otkuda vy? |  ? |
| I am from Italy . | Ja iz Italii . |   . |
| Welcome! | Dobro pozhalovat’! | ! |
| Thank you very much. | Bol’shoe spasibo. |  . |
| You are very kind. | Vyochen’ dobry |  |
| Parting | ||
| I must be going. | Ja dolzhen idti. Ja dolzhna idti. | ( m ) . ( f ) . |
| Good-bye. | Do svidanija. | . |
| Good night. | Spokojnoj nochi. | . |
| So long. | Poka. | . |
| Hope we’ll meet again. | Nadejus’, my eschjo uvidimsja . |  ,   . |
| General Vocabulary | ||
| I don’t speak Russian. | Ja ne govorju po-russki. |  –. |
| I speak only a little Russian. | Ja nemnogo govorju po-russki. | –. |
| I understand. | Ja ponimaju. | . |
| I don’t understand. | Ja ne ponimaju . | . |
| Speak slowly. | Govorite medlenno. |  . |
| Repeat, please. | Povtorite, pozhalujsta. | , . |
| Yes. | Da. | . |
| No. | Net. | . |
| Perhaps. | Mozhet byt’. | . |
| May I…? | Mozhno (mne)…? | ()…? |
| Certainly. | Konechno. | . |
| That’s good. | Eto horosho. |  . |
| That’s bad. | Eto ploho. | . |
| Please. | Pozhalujsta. | . |
| Thank you. | Spasibo. | . |
| Not at all. | Ne za chto. | . |
| You are welcome. | Pozhalujsta. | . |
| I’m sorry. Excuse me. | Izvinite. | . |
| Help! | Pomogite! | ! |
| I | ja | |
| you (addressing one person) | Vy, ty | (formal, polite form) (informal form |
| he | on | |
| She | ona | |
| It | ono | |
| We | my | |
| you (addressing several persons) | vy | |
| They | oni | |
| here | zdes’ | |
| There | tam | |
| This | eto |  |
| That | to | |
| Now | sejchas | |
| not now | ne sejchas |  |
| Later | Pozzhe | |
| Soon | Skoro | |