Russian · Русский
Learn Russian by speaking
Russian uses the Cyrillic alphabet, and some letters look familiar but sound different: Р is an r, Н is an n. Word stress moves and is not written down. Speaking with a tutor who answers out loud is how you learn where it falls.
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Your first phrases
Six phrases for your first Russian conversation, in Cyrillic with a Latin transliteration to help you read them aloud.
Здравствуйте
zdravstvuyte
Meaning: Hello (polite)
Как дела?
kak dela?
Meaning: How are you? (informal)
Меня зовут …
menya zovut …
Meaning: My name is …
Пожалуйста
pozhaluysta
Meaning: Please
Спасибо
spasibo
Meaning: Thank you
До свидания
do svidaniya
Meaning: Goodbye
Example conversation
What a practice session sounds like
Introducing yourself in Russian, with the polite вы form.
This is an illustration. In a real session you speak and the tutor answers out loud, so every conversation follows what you say.
- AI tutor
Здравствуйте! Как вас зовут?
zdravstvuyte! kak vas zovut?
Hello! What is your name?
- You
Меня зовут Анна.
menya zovut Anna.
My name is Anna.
- AI tutor
Очень приятно, Анна! Откуда вы?
ochen’ priyatno, Anna! otkuda vy?
Nice to meet you, Anna! Where are you from?
- You
Я из Лондона.
ya iz Londona.
I am from London.
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