Russian Language Basics
Hereunder is a short list of basic Russian words and numbers which are largely pronounced as read.
Useful Words, Phrases and Numbers:
| Hello | Zdravstvuite |
| Good bye | Do svi'daniya |
| Hi | Pri'vet |
| Bye | Po'ka |
| Good morning | 'Dobroye 'utro |
| Good Evening | 'Dobry 'Vecher |
| How are you? | Kak de'la? |
| Could you give me a bill please | Schet pozhaluista |
| Yes | 'Da |
| No | 'Niet |
| Good | Horo'sho |
| Very good | 'Ochen Horo'sho |
| Please | Po'zhalusta |
| Thank you | Spa'sibo |
| Excuse me | Izvi'nite |
| Nothing | Niche'go |
| Who? | 'Kto? |
| What? | 'Chto? |
| When? | Kog'da? |
| Where? | 'Gde? |
| Why? | Poche'mu? |
| How much? | 'Skolko? |
| How much is this? | 'Skolko 'eto 'stoit? |
| Where are you from? | Vy ot'kuda? |
| Understand? | Poni'maete? |
| Do you speak English? | Vy govo'rite po ang'liyski? |
| Money | 'Dengi |
| Coffee | 'Kofe |
| Sugar | 'Sahar |
| Salt | 'Sol |
| Car | Ma'shina |
| Hotel | O'tel |
| Water | Vo'da |
| Tea | 'Chai |
| Milk | Molo'ko |
| Work | Ra'bota |
| Airplane | Samo'let |
| Numbers: | |
| Zero | Nol' |
| One | Odin |
| Two | Dva |
| Three | Tri |
| Four | Chetyre |
| Five | Pyat' |
| Six | Shest' |
| Seven | Sem' |
| Eight | Vosem' |
| Nine | Devyat' |
| Ten | Desyat' |
| Twenty | Dvadsat' |
| Thirty | Tridsat' |
| Fourty | Sorok |
| Fithty | Pyat'desyat |
| Sixty | Shest'desyat |
| Seventy | Sem'desyat |
| Eighty | Vosem'desyat |
| Ninety | Devyanosto |
| Hundred | Sto |
| Thousand | Tysyacha |
| Million | Milion |
