does anyone speak fluent russian?
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 at
7:14 pm
im trying to learn some russian, cuz one of my best friends is from russia, and when i go to her gmaws house, and they speak russian, im just kinda standing there like "huh?" and then i get even mroe confused when they mention my name so yea i would like to know some, and like what the symbols are
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yes i do what do you want to learn? the whole thing or certain phrases? it would help if you asked how to say direct phrases and i would spell them out for you and their pronounciation
the cyrillic alphabet… actually isn’t so hard to learn.
Looks confusing and scary at first, but don’t worry. I promise you’ll have it down in a week, if not a day.
What you have to remember though, is that letters in Russian that look like letters from the Latin alphabet don’t necessarily mean they correspond.
For example, the Russian V looks like a B. R looks like P. etc, etc.
Maybe this chart will help you http://www.friends-partners.org/oldfriends/language/russian-alphabet.html
Here are some basic phrases:
One thing to remember again is that Russian spelling is kinda like English. There’s silent letters, stressed and unstressed syllables, so you need to learn the sound of the whole word and not just the individual letters:
Hello (formal/ plural) : Здравствуйте/ Zdravstvujte (Zdrrast-vu-teeh)
Hello (formal to ppl you know, ie. teachers): Здрасте/ Zraste (Zdrrast-eeh)
Hi (informal) : Привет (Privet) (Prree-viette)
How are you? (informal) : Как дела?/ Kak dela (Kak dyela)
How are you? (formal/ plural ) Как поживаете/ Kak Pozhivaete (Kak Pah-juh-v-eye-ee-tee)
How old are you? (formal) Cколько вам лет?/Skol’ko vam let (Skohl-ka vahm liet)
How old are you? (informal) сколько тебе лет/ Skol’ko tebe let (Skohl-ka tebey liet)
My name is: Меня зовут/ menya zovut (Meen-ya zavoot)
Goodbye: (Dasvidahn-ya)
Bye (informal): (Pah- ka)
Good: (Hara-shoh)
Bad: (Plo-ha)
Thank you: Спасибо/ Spasibo (pronounced spasiba)
More here: http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/russian.php
http://www.russianlessons.net/