A Beginners Guide To Russian - Part 1

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#64073216Saturday, March 10, 2012 3:23 AM GMT

I'm RussianHelper, and I help with Russian. If you've got a question or problem about Russian, ask me. I'll help ya. Anyways, here's a few words in Russian. Although, there may be some words that you can't say, because they have "special" letters. Russian has little cognates, and, it has some complex words. Also, please reply and say your opinion, like if it was helpful. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Separate Words Hi = Privet (Pree - Vee - Yet) Bye = Do Svidaniya (Das - Svee - Daan - Ya) Please = Pozhaluĭsta (Pawz - Hall - Le - We - Sta) No = Net (Nyet) Not = Ne (Ne) Yes = Da (Da) What = Chto (Sh - To) Time = Vremya (Oh - Me - Deem - Ya) Some of these words are strange, like Vremya. But, most are easy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Complete Sentences What time is it? = Skolʹko syeĭchas vremeni? (Skull - Ka - See - Ches - Vree - Me - Nee) What's for dinner? = Chto na obed? (Sh - To - Na - Oh - Be - Yet) Where are you? = Gde ty? (Gi - De - Pe - Ye) Thank you. = Spasibo (Spaa - See - Ba) I will see you later. = YA budu videtʹ vas pozzhe. (Ya - Buu - Duu - Vee - Di - Va - Boz - Shre) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ How They Look Hi = Привет Bye = до свидания Please = пожалуйста No = нет Not = не What = что Time = время What time is it? = Сколько сейчас времени? What's for dinner? = Что на обед? Where are you? = Где ты? Thank you. = Спасибо. I will see you later. = Я буду видеть вас позже. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -EXTRA- The Months January = Yanvarʹ / январь (Yaan - Vaar) February = Fevralʹ / февраль (Fee - Vi - Ri) March = Mart / март (Mart) April = Aprel' / апрель (A - Pre - Lle) May = Maĭ / май (My) June = Iyunʹ / июнь (Ee - Yuun) July = Iyulʹ / июль (Ee - Yule) August = Avgust / август (Ahv - Guust) September = Sentyabrʹ / сентябрь (Syen - Ta - Bur) October = Oktyabr' / октябрь (Oc - Ta - Bur) November = Noyabr' / ноябрь (Ni - Ya - Bur) December = Dekabr' / декабрь (D - Ka - Bur ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Did You Know? January and February were added to the months, after all the other months were officially made. The capital of Russia is Moscow. Russia's conventional name is Russian Federation, however, it's local name is Rossiyskaya Federatsiya. Russian does not use words like is, a, etc. If you said Ya Mal'Chik, (Ya - Mall - Cheek / I am a boy) it would literally mean, I boy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Conclusion I hope this was helpful. If you've got a question, PM me. I'll be sure to reply quickly, because I'm on a lot. Also, reply to me and tell me what you think? Should I continue, or should I go back to playing games and pwning noobs?

PlayWithBuddies

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#64073469Saturday, March 10, 2012 3:28 AM GMT

Wow! I didn't know much Russian, but after this, I knew much more! Spasibo!

sinii

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#64080823Saturday, March 10, 2012 5:37 AM GMT

Пожалуйсте / Pozhaluista is pronounced pawzh-al-we-sta, so the z and h aren't in separate syllables. Где ты / Gdie ty is informal, so it would be nice if you gave us the formal version too (Где вы / Gdie vy). Я буду видеть вас позже / Ya budu vidiet vas poz-zhe should be до скорого / do skorowa because your example isn't the proper way to bid farewell. And in Russian, you can simply call Russia Россия / Rossiya. How did you get the Cyrillic to Latin transliteration keyboard, and more importantly, why did you switch apostrophes? One apostrophe you used is the transliterated Russian ь or ъ. The other is the apostrophe you use in English. Where did you get the short i and the transliterated ь / ъ?

sinii

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#64081003Saturday, March 10, 2012 5:41 AM GMT

Your pronunciations are a bit funny, no offense. I take it you're not a native Russian speaker?

RussianHelper

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#64084035Saturday, March 10, 2012 7:39 AM GMT

Yep, I'm not a native Russian. I grew up in America, so I don't have the same knowledge as native Russians. Thank you for your comment, though.

sinii

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#64096370Saturday, March 10, 2012 4:21 PM GMT

Well, nice try.

sinii

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#64169313Sunday, March 11, 2012 6:49 PM GMT

Days of the week... Monday: Понедельник / Ponedelnik (pawn-ee-dell-neek) Tuesday: Вторник / Vtornik (vtour-neek) Wednesday: Среда / Sreda (sree-duh) Thursday: Четверг / Chetverg (cheht-veerg) Friday: Птица / Ptitsa (pet-eets-uh) Saturday: Суббота / Subbota (soo-bot-uh) Sunday: Воскресенье / Voskresenie (vaws-kres-ee-nyeh)