RussiaGet learning some phrases and words ready for your next visit.

This sign: ‘ marks vowels that should be stressed in words (e.g. in “snowboarding” it would be “snow’boarding”)

“y” is the sound between “ai” and “i”, unless in combination with letters “u”, “e”, “a”, “o” where it makes a new sound that is a mix between “i” and the letter followed after “y”.

• Basic words
• Common Phrases
• Numbers & Days
• Travel Phrases
• Food & Drinks
• On the slopes

 

Yes – Da
No – Nyet
Please – Po’zhaluista
Thank you – Spa’sibo
How? – Kak?
Hello – Pri’vyet

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Do you speak English? – Vy govo’rite
I don't speak Russian. – Ya nye govo’riu po ‘russki.
I don't understand. – Ya nye poni’maiu
My name is – Me’nia zo’vut
What time is it? – ‘Skolko ‘vremyeni
It is eight o'clock – Sei’chas ‘vosem cha’sov
Good Morning – ‘Dobroye ‘utro
Good Afternoon – ‘Dobryi den
Good Evening – ‘Dobryi ‘vecher
Good Night – Spo’koinoi ‘nochi
I would like to change these travellers cheques/this currancy/this Eurocheque – Ya by khotel obmenyat eti cheki
How much is this? – ‘Skolko ‘stoit?
Can you please write it down – Napi’shite po’zhaluista
I come from (England, America)....- Ya iz (‘anglii, ameriki)
Control your speed – Sle’dite za ‘skorostiyu
How are you today? – Kak de’la?
Where are you from? – Vy ot’kuda?

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Zero – Nol
One – Odin
Two – Dva
Three – Tri
Four – Chetyrye
Five – Pyat
Six – Shest
Seven – Sem
Eight – Vosem
Nine – Devyat
Ten – Desyat

Day:
Sunday – Voskre’senie
Monday – Pone’delnik
Tuesday – V’tornik
Wednesday – Sre’da
Thursday – Chet’verg
Friday – ‘Pyatnitsa
Saturday – Sub’bota

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Passport please – Pasport pozhaluista.
I have nothing to declare – Mne ‘nechego dekla’rirovat
What is the boarding gate? – Gde proizvoditsya posadka?
I am on the road from.......... – Ya na doroge iz
Please call the police – Po’zhaluista, pozvo’nite v mi’litsiyu
There has been an accident – Proizoshel nes’chastny s’luchai
How much does it cost to hire a car for one day? – Skolko stoit arendovat’ mashinu na den?
Is insurance and tax included? – Strakhovka i nalogi vklucheny?
Does this train go to? – ‘Etot ‘poyezd id’yot...
Where is the ticket office?- Gde kassa?
When is the next train to? – Kogda sleduyuschi poezd?


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Fruit – Frukty
Water – Voda
Ketchup – Sous
Lemon – Lemon
Milk – Moloko
Potatoes – Kartoshka
Rice – Ris
Main Courses – Osnovnye blyuda
Salt – Sol
Fish dishes – Rybnye blyuda
Seafood – Morskaya eda
Meat dishes – Myasnye bluda
Vegetables – Ovoschi
Vegetarian dishes – Vegetarianskie bluda
Vinegar – Uksus
Chicken – Kuritsa
Sausage – Sosiski
Mushroom – Griby
Bread – Khleb
Cheese – Syr
Chips – Chipsy
Coffee – Kofe
Red wine – Krasnoie vino
Dessert – Desert
White wine – Beloie vino

I'd like a table for...... – Mne nuzhen stolik dlya
Do you have a set menu? – U vas est menu?
Do you have any vegetarian dishes? – U vas est vegetarianskie bliuda?
Can you recommend a restaurant? – Vy mozhete porekomendovat restoran?
May I please have the menu? – Mozhno meniu, pozhaluista?
I would like a cup of tea – Ya khotel by chashku chaya
I would like a beer please – U vas est’ pivo?
The food is cold – Eda kholodnaya
Cheers (thank you) – Spasibo

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Avalanche – Ava’lansh
Danger – O’pasno
Help! – Pomo'gite!
Rescue – Spa’senie
First Aid Kit – Ap’techka
Chairlift – Pod’yomnik
Cable Car – Ka’natka
Gondola – Gon’dola
Powder Snow – ‘Pukh
Old Snow – S’tary sneg
Sticky Snow – Lipkiy sneg
Wet Snow – Mokry sneg
Glacier – Led’nik
Slope – S’pusk
Piste – T’rassa
Run – T’rassa
Mogul – ‘Mogul
Beginner – Nachinayuschi
Intermediate – Sredni
Advanced – Prodvinutyi
Off Piste – Vne trassy
Lift Ticket – Ski pass
Ski Instructor – Inst’ruktor
Lesson – U’rok

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