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Kiev / Kyiv..... one of the greatest cities in Europe. Honore de Balzac, the famous French novelist, wrote: "Petersburg is a young city, Moscow is an ancient city, but Kyiv is the eternal city. It is a Northern Rome."
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Welcome to GoKiev.info - Speak Russian
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Russian language (russkiy yazyk), the most widespread of the Slavic languages, is a widely spoken language in Ukraine and is the most widely spoken language of Eurasia. Russian belongs to the family of Indo-European languages. Within the Slavic family, Russian is one of three living members of the East Slavic group, the other two being Belarusian and Ukrainian. These languages use the Cyrillic alphabeth. Russian is one of the official languages of the United Nations.
From the point of view of the spoken language, its closest relatives are Ukrainian and Belarusian, the other two national languages in the East Slavic group. In many places in Ukraine and Belarus, these languages are spoken interchangeably, and in certain areas traditional bilinguism resulted in language mixture, e.g. Surzhik in Central and Southern Ukraine.
Many words in modern literary Russian are closer in form to the modern Bulgarian language than to Ukrainian or Belarusian. However, the East Slavic forms have tended to remain in the various dialects that are experiencing a rapid decline.
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Words and phrases of everyday use
Remember: English pronoun "You" translates into Russian in two ways: "Vy" as a polite form and "Ty" - familiar.
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English
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Russian
(transliteration)
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Hello!
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Zd`rastvuyte
(formal)
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Hi!
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Priviet!
(informal)
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Goodbye!
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Da svi`daniya
(formal)
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Bye!
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Pa
'ka! (informal)
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Good morning
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Dobroye
utro
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Good afternoon
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Dobryi
vecher
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Good evening
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Dobryi
vecher
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Good night
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Spokoinoi
nochi
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Yes
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Da
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No
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Nyet
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Thank you
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Spa`siba
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Thank you very much
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Bol'shoye
spa`siba
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You're welcome
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Pa`zhalsta
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Please
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Pa`zhalsta
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Excuse me
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Izvi`neete
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I
am sorry
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Izvi`neete
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Okey!
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Hara`sho
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How
are you?
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Kak de`la?
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Good
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Hara`sho
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Bad
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Ploho
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So-so
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Tak
syebe
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Just
a moment
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Mi`noutku
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I do not understand
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Ya ne pani`mayu
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Do
you undersand?
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Pani`mayesh?
(informal)
Pani`mayete? (formal)
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How do you say this in
(Ukrainian) (Russian)?
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Kak
vy eto skazhetye po (russki)?
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Do
you speak (English)?
German
French
Spanish
Italian
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Vy
govoritye po awngleeski?
po nimyets'ki
po frantsuzki
po ispans'ki
po
ital'yans'ki
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Nice
to meet you
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Priyatno
s vami poznakomitsa
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What
is your name?
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Kak
vas za-vout?
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My
name is
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Me`nya
za`vout
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Where
are you from?
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Otkuda
Vy?
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I
love you!
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Ya
tebya lyublyu! (informal)
Ya vas lyublyu!
(formal or can be more romantic)
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I
like you!
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Ti
mnye nravishsya! (informal)
Vy mnye nravityes'!
(formal)
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How
old are you?
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Skol'ko
tyebe(informal) (vam- fromal) lyet?
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How
much (does it cost)?
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Skol'ko
eto stoit?
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I
want (to know)!
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Ya
hochu (znat')!
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I
need
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Mnye
nuzhno
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Where
is a bathroom (toilet)?
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Gde
tut ubornaya (tualyet)
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Let's
go
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Poshli
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I
don't have..! (time)
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U
menya nyet! (vremeni)
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Cheers!
(when drinking)
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Na
zdarov'ye! Za vashe zdarovye! (for your
health)
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I would like a beer please
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Mne pa`zhalsta `piva
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Do you have a menu in English?
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U `vas `yest’ me`nyu na ang`liiskom?
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Today
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Syegodnya
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Tomorrow
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Zavtra
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Yesterday
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Vchyera
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translation window in a new window
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Ukrainian,
Russian, English Translator Online
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Pronouns
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I
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Ya
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You
(singular)
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Ty
(familiar) Vy (formal)
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He
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On
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She
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Ona
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It
(it is)
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Ono
(eto)
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We
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My
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You
(plural)
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Vy
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They
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Oni
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Interrogative Pronouns
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Where?
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Gde?
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When?
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Kogda?
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Who?
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Kto?
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What?
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Chto?
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Which?
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Kakoi?
(m), Kakaya? (f), Kakoye? (mid)
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How?
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Kak?
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How
many (much)?
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Skol'ko?
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Why?
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Pochemu?
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What
for?
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Zachem?
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Family
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Mother
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Mama
(mat')
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Father
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Papa
(otyets)
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Sister
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Syestra
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Brother
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Brat
(like broccolli)
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Wife
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Zhena
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Husband
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Mooszh
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Son
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Syn
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Daughter
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Dochka
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Friend
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Droog
(male), pawdrooga (female)
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Directions
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Right
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Napravo
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Left
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Nalyevo
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Straight
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Pryamo
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Up
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Vverkh
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Down
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Vniz
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Near
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Vozlye,
ryadom
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Far
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Dalyeko
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Short
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Korotkiy
(m), korotkaya (f)
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Long
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Dlinnyi
(m), dlinnaya (f)
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There
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Tam
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Here
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Zdes'
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Under
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Pod
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On
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Na
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In
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V
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Travel
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Map
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Karta
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Tourist
Information
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Informatsiya
dlya turystov
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Ticket
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Beelyet
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One
ticket to
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Adin
beelyet do
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Train
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Poyezd
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Train
station
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Zheleznodorozhnaya stantsiya
(zhd vokzal)
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Bus
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Avtobus
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Bus
station
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Avtovokzal
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Bus
stop
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Avtobusnaya
ostanovka
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Metro,
Subway
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Metro
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Departure
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Otyezd
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Arrival
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Pritzd,
pribyutiye
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Departure
(airplane)
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Otleart
(like earn)
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Arrival
(airplane)
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Prileart
(like earn)
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Airport
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Aeroport
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Plane
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Samoleart
(like earn)
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Hotel
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Gostinitsya
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Room
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Komnata
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No
vacancies
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Net
svobodnykh komnat (myest)
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Passport
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Pasport
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Quickly
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Bystro
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Slowly
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Myedlyenno
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Interesting
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Intyeryesno
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Post office
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Pochta
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Bank
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Bank
(like baunk)
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Pharmacy, Chemists
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Apteka
('a' like 'awe')
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Hospital
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Bol'nitsa
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Restaurant
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Restoran
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Store, Shop
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Magazin
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Street
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Oolitsa
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Square
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Ploshchad'
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River
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Ryechka,
ryeka
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Sea
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More
('e' like 'a' in map)
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Bridge
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Most
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Want
to hear
distinctly how words and phrases are pronounced
from a native Russian speaker?
Download
our Russian
language audio lessons for the English
speaking traveler HERE!
Together with the audio files you'll get as a bonus a Text Document, so you could see in a written form everything being said for the better learning results!
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Numbers
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One
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Odeen
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Two
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Dva
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Three
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Tree
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Four
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Chyetyree
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Five
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Pyat'
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Six
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Shest'
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Seven
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Syem
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Eight
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Vosyem
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Nine
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Dyevyat'
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Ten
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Dyesyat'
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Twenty
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Dvadtsat'
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Fifty
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Pyat'desyat
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One
hundred (gramms)
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Sto
(gram) ('a' like in gracias)
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