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Здравствуйте Hello
Your first words of Russian — and the first hurdle: a new alphabet, Cyrillic. The good news: some letters match the Latin ones (А, К, М, О, Т sound almost the same). The bad: there are "false friends": В is "v", Н is "n", Р is "r", С is "s", У is "u", Х is "kh". They look like Latin B, H, P, C, Y, X but sound completely different — the biggest trap. Under each word there's a Latin transcription with the stress (a crutch we'll wean off). We start with greetings — здравствуйте, привет — and da / net / khorosho. Standard Russian.
Dialogue
Здравствуйте — Saying Hello
- Ivan Здравствуйте! Доброе утро, Аня. Hello! Good morning, Anya.
- Anya Привет, Иван! Добрый... день! Hi, Ivan! Good... afternoon! (it's not morning anymore)
- Ivan Добрый день? Хорошо! Good afternoon? Okay!
- Anya Да! Пока, Иван! Yes! Bye, Ivan!
Dialogue
Да, хорошо! — Yes, good!
- Anya Добрый день, Иван! Хорошо? Good afternoon, Ivan! All good?
- Ivan Да, хорошо! А вы? Yes, good! And you?
- Anya Хорошо. Пока, Иван! Good. Bye, Ivan!
- Ivan Пока! Добрый день! Bye! Good day!
Vocabulary
| 汉字 | Pinyin | POS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| здравствуйте | zdrávstvuyte | interj. | hello (formal) |
| привет | privét | interj. | hi (informal) |
| доброе утро | dóbroye útro | phrase | good morning |
| добрый день | dóbryy den' | phrase | good day / afternoon |
| пока | poká | interj. | bye (informal) |
| да | da | adv. | yes |
| нет | nyet | adv. | no |
| хорошо | khoroshó | adv./adj. | good, okay, well |
cyrillic
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