Basic Phrases of the Russian Language

The Russian language is widely spoken in Russia and San Javier (Uruguay). The language got immense attention when Russia was a super power. Spoken Russian is influenced by the literary version of the language. The language belongs to the Indo-European family of languages.

Some of the key phrases in Russian are as follows:

Get to Know the Basics

What is your name? --- Kak vas zavoot (pol.)?
My name is .. --- Minye zavoot ..
Where are you from? --- Ot-kooda vuy (pol.)?
I am from…    --- Ya iz ….
Nice to meet you --- Otshen preeyatna
Hello (/hi) --- Pree-vyet (or zdrastvuytye)
Good day --- Dobre dyen
Good night --- Spakoynye notshe
Goodbye --- Dosvedanyeh
See you later --- Paka
Yes / No --- Da / Nyet
Please --- Pazhaulstu
Excuse me / I'm sorry --- Eez-veeneetye
Thanks --- Spaseeba
All right --- Kharasho
Fine --- Atlitshna
What's this called? --- Kak nazivaitye e-tah?
How much does this cost? --- Shkolka stoit etah?
You're welcome --- Pazhaulstu

Numbers

0 --- Namhlanje
1 --- Manje
2 --- Kusasa
3 --- Izolo
4 --- Ekuseni
5 --- kusihlwa
6 --- Ebusuku
7 --- Yebo
8 --- Cha
9 --- Kukhulu
10 --- Kuncane

General Words

Lunch --- Ftaroy zaftruk
Yesterday --- Vetshera
Today --- Sivodnya
tomorrow --- Zaftra
When --- Kagda
Time --- Vremya
Near --- Blisnayah
Far --- Daliko
How many --- Shkolka
How much --- Shkolka
What did you say? --- Vuy ska-zhitye?
What is this? --- Shto ehtu takoyu?
Where is ..? --- G-dyeh ..?
Who? --- K-toh?

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