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Russian Alphabet For those men at a loss for words when trying to speak Russian to a beautiful lovely lady from Ukraine, we offer the following support guide. Any marriage-minded man with thoughts of making his loving woman a bride will find this invaluable and a must to know.
| 0 Zero |
nol |
My joy |
Radost' moya |
small |
malinkiy |
| 1 One |
adin |
A bit tired |
Nemnogo ustal |
big |
bolshoy |
| 2 Two |
dva |
I am busy |
Ya zanyat |
wife |
zhena |
| 3 Three |
tri |
I'll help you |
Ya pomogoo tebe |
husband |
muzh |
| 4 Four |
chityri |
I'm here |
Ya zdes |
mother |
mama |
| 5 Five |
pyat |
Because |
patamooshta |
father |
otets |
| 6 Six |
shest |
Cool |
Klass |
brother |
brat |
| 7 Seven |
sem |
Family |
semya |
sister |
sistra |
| 8 Eight |
vosim |
Fine |
kharasho |
son |
syn |
| 9 Nine |
devit |
I forgot |
ya zabyl |
daughter |
doch |
| 10 Ten |
desit |
It is good |
eta kharasho |
When |
kogda |
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|
Lunch |
obed |
Why |
pochemu |
| Sunday |
voskresenye |
May I? |
Mozhna? |
I |
ya |
| Monday |
panyedelnik |
Now |
seychas |
You (informal) |
ty |
| Tuesday |
vtornik |
One minute! |
Minutku! |
You (formal/plural) |
vy |
| Wednesday |
sreda |
That’s all |
vsyoh |
She/It (f) |
ona |
| Thursday |
chetvyerg |
Wait |
pa dozh dee |
He |
on |
| Friday |
pyatnetsa |
Word |
slova |
We |
my |
| Saturday |
subota |
red |
krasniy |
It (n) |
ono |
| |
|
yellow |
zholtiy |
They |
oni |
| January |
yanvar |
white |
beliy |
fast |
bystriy |
| February |
feevral |
black |
chorniy |
important |
vazhniy |
| March |
mart |
green |
zelioniy |
cheap |
deshoviy |
| April |
aprel |
blue |
siniy |
expensive |
dorogoy |
| May |
mai |
water |
vada |
hot |
zharkiy |
| June |
eeyoon |
bred |
khleb |
interesting |
interesniy |
| July |
eeyul |
cheese |
syr |
beautiful |
krasivyi |
| August |
avgust |
butter |
maslo |
slow |
medliniy |
| September |
seentyabr |
meat |
miaso |
new |
noviy |
| October |
aktyabr |
juice |
sok |
sad |
pechalniy |
| November |
nayabr |
plate |
tarelka |
bad |
plokhoy |
| December |
deekabr |
cup |
chashka |
pleasant |
priyatbiy |
| |
|
glass |
stakan |
simple |
prostoy |
| one o'clock |
chas |
fork |
vilka |
boring |
skuchniy |
| two o'clock |
dva chasa |
spoon |
loshka |
strong |
silniy |
| three o'clock |
tree chasa |
knife |
nozh |
old |
stariy |
| four o'clock |
chetier chasa |
tea |
chai |
happy |
schastliviy |
| five o'clock |
pyats chasov |
coffee |
kofe |
difficult |
trudniy |
| six o'clock |
shyest chasov |
20 Twenty |
dvatsat |
comfortable |
udobniy |
| seven o'clock |
syem chasov |
30 Thirty |
tridtsat |
cold |
kholodniy |
| eight o'clock |
vosyem chasov |
40 Forty |
sorok |
good / nice |
khoroshiy |
| nine o'clock |
dyevyat chasov |
50 Fifty |
piatdesiat |
clean |
chistiy |
| ten o'clock |
desyat chasov |
60 Sixsty |
shestdesiat |
400 |
chetyresta |
| eleven o'clock |
adinadsats chasov |
70 Seventy |
semdesiat |
500 |
piatsot |
| twelve o'clock |
dvyenadsats chasov |
80 Eighty |
vosemdesiat |
600 |
shestsot |
| morning |
utra |
90 Ninty |
dvianosto |
700 |
semsot |
| afternoon |
dyen |
100 Hundred |
sto |
800 |
vosemsot |
| evening |
vecher |
200 |
dvesti |
900 |
deviatsot |
| night |
noch |
300 |
trista |
1000 |
tysachia |
Russian alphabet The Russian alphabet is known as the Cyrillic alphabet. There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet. 11 Vowels, 20 consonants and 2 pronunciation signs. What is great thing about Russian language is that almost all words can be sounded out as they are written. Unlike English where the pronunciation of a word may not be clear from it’s written form. Russian also has one letter to one sound, unlike English where two letter often make one sound.
| Russian letter |
Pronounced like in English word |
Marked as |
| А а |
car / father |
a |
| Б б |
bachelor / bat |
b |
| В в |
vitamin |
v |
| Г г |
garden / go |
g |
| Д д |
door |
d |
| Е е |
yellow / yes |
e |
| Ё ё |
york / yoga |
yo |
| Ж ж |
television |
zh |
| З з |
zebra / zoo |
z |
| И и |
see / meat |
i |
| Й й |
boy / joy (diphthong) |
i |
| К к |
Kansas / cat |
k |
| Л л |
love |
l |
| М м |
man |
m |
| Н н |
no |
n |
| O o |
object |
o |
| П п |
passport |
p |
| Р р |
rice / rabbit |
r |
| С с |
sea / center |
s |
| Т т |
table |
t |
| У у |
boot / look |
u |
| Ф ф |
face / family |
f |
| Х х |
Bach / loch |
kh |
| Ц ц |
its / cats |
ts |
| Ч ч |
chips / chair |
ch |
| Ш ш |
ship / shine |
sh |
| Щ щ |
Michael Schumacher |
sh |
| Ъ ъ |
Hard Sign |
- |
| Ы ы |
ill / bit |
y |
| Ь ь |
Soft Sign |
- |
| Э э |
lend |
e |
| Ю ю |
university / music |
yu |
| Я я |
Yahoo |
ya |
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