Part
1.
(Words and phrases of everyday
use, Pronouns)
For
Part 2 click HERE
Interrogative
Pronouns. Family.
Travel words and phrases.
Directions.
Numbers.
Russian language (russkiy
yazyk),
the most widespread of the Slavic languages, is a widely
spoken language in Ukraine and is the most widely spoken language of Eurasia.
Russian belongs to the family of Indo-European languages. Within the Slavic family, Russian is one of three living members of the East Slavic group, the other two being Belarusian and Ukrainian.
These languages use the Cyrillic
alphabeth. Russian is one of the official languages of the United Nations.
From the point of view of the spoken language, its closest relatives are Ukrainian and Belarusian, the other two national languages in the East Slavic group.
In many places in Ukraine and Belarus, these languages are spoken interchangeably, and in certain areas traditional bilinguism resulted in language mixture, e.g. Surzhik in Central and
Southern Ukraine.
Many words in modern literary Russian are closer in form to the modern Bulgarian language than to Ukrainian or Belarusian. However, the East Slavic forms have tended to remain in the various dialects that are experiencing a rapid decline.
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In Kiev
(Kyiv), both languages Ukrainian and Russian are spoken. Actually, this is
a notable shift from the
recent past when the city was primarily Russian speaking. The shift is caused,
largely, by an influx of migrants from the western regions of Ukraine but also
by some Kievans' turning to use the language they speak at home more widely in
everyday matters. In northern and central Ukraine, Russian is the language of
the urban population, while in rural areas Ukrainian or a mix of Ukrainian and
Russian (called "surzhik") is much more common. This
is also true of much of the south and the east. But you can hardly find anybody
speaking Ukrainian in Crimea.
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English
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Russian
(transliteration)
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Hello!
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Zd`rastvuyte
(formal) |
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Hi!
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Priviet!
(informal)
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Goodbye!
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Da svi`daniya
(formal) |
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Bye!
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Pa
'ka! (informal)
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Good morning
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Dobroye
utro
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Good afternoon
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Dobryi
vecher
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Good evening
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Dobryi
vecher
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Good night
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Spokoinoi
nochi
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Yes
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Da
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No
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Nyet
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Thank you
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Spa`siba |
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Thank you very much
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Bol'shoye
spa`siba
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You're welcome
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Pa`zhalsta |
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Please
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Pa`zhalsta |
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Excuse me
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Izvi`neete
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I
am sorry
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Izvi`neete |
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Okey!
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Hara`sho |
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How
are you?
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Kak de`la? |
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Good
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Hara`sho |
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Bad
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Ploho
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So-so
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Tak
syebe
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Just
a moment
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Mi`noutku |
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I do not understand
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Ya ne pani`mayu |
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Do
you undersand?
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Pani`mayesh?
(informal)
Pani`mayete? (formal) |
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How do you say this in
(Ukrainian) (Russian)?
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Kak
vy eto skazhetye po (russki)?
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Do
you speak (English)?
German
French
Spanish
Italian
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Vy
govoritye po awngleeski?
po nimyets'ki
po frantsuzki
po ispans'ki
po
ital'yans'ki
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Nice
to meet you
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Priyatno
s vami poznakomitsa
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What
is your name?
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Kak
vas za-vout?
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My
name is
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Me`nya
za`vout |
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Where
are you from?
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Otkuda
Vy?
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I
love you!
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Ya
tebya lyublyu! (informal)
Ya vas lyublyu!
(formal or can be more romantic)
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I
like you!
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Ti
mnye nravishsya! (informal)
Vy mnye nravityes'!
(formal)
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How
old are you?
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Skol'ko
tyebe(informal) (vam- fromal) lyet?
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How
much (does it cost)?
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Skol'ko
eto stoit?
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I
want (to know)!
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Ya
hochu (znat')!
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I
need
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Mnye
nuzhno
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Where
is a bathroom (toilet)?
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Gde
tut ubornaya (tualyet)
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Let's
go
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Poshli
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I
don't have..! (time)
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U
menya nyet! (vremeni)
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Cheers!
(when drinking)
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Na
zdarov'ye! Za vashe zdarovye! (for your
health)
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I would like a beer please |
Mne pa`zhalsta `piva |
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Do you have a menu in English? |
U `vas `yest’ me`nyu na ang`liiskom? |
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Today
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Syegodnya
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Tomorrow
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Zavtra
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Yesterday
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Vchyera
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