[0:00]Привет. Hey everyone, my name is Alina or just call me Ellie and today we will learn 50 basic phrases in Russian. If you have just started to learn the language or maybe if you're going to Russia and you need some phrases to get around. Of course, there is no magic pill and you will not start speaking Russian fluently right after this video, but it's the Russian language, so you need to work hard. Even we Russians learned Russian for 11 years in high school, but believe me, you don't need all that complicated grammar from high school. So, let's start with 50 basic phrases that will be very useful for you if you're just starting your journey in the Russian language. Let's start, давайте начнём. To say hi in Russian, you say Privet. Privet. Or, Zdravstvuyte, which is much more complicated to pronounce. Здравствуйте, дорогие наши друзья и коллеги. Здравствуйте, меня зовут Андрей Курпатов, я Здравствуйте, меня зовут Мадия. Я хочу поговорить с вами о депрессии. And it is used in formal situations. If you don't know the person or if he's older than you. For example, children will always say it to their teachers, professors, some very, very formal situation. Also, to say the greeting, you can say Dobroe utro, Good morning. Dobriy den', Good day. Or Dobriy vecher, Good evening. If you want to know how your friend is doing, you say Kak dyela. Kak dyela? О, привет, как дела? But remember that in the Russian language, this question has a very different meaning rather than in English. In English, I noticed that this question is used just as a form of greeting. Hey, how are you? But in Russian, if you ask this question, be ready to hear everything that is going on in person's life. So, ask this question only if you're genuinely interested. And to answer this question, you say Normalno, I'm fine. Vsyo horosho, All is good. Or Prekrasno, Wonderful. By the way, the word Horosho is very important, which means good, and it can be used both as a question and as an answer. And with this word, the whole dialogues can be built. For example, Ya vozmu eta, horosho? Which means I'm going to take this, okay? And another person can answer Horosho, which means, okay, you can take it. Первый пив за любовь, будет хорошо. Всё будет хорошо. Now, let's talk about the phrases that you will need upon arrival in Russia. For example, when you are at the airport or simply when you meet people in the streets. The word that you will need a lot is Gde. Which means where. And it's very easy to form a question. Just add a noun after the word Gde. Gde avtobusnaya astanovka? Where is the bus stop? Gde metro? Where is the subway? Gde magazin? Super easy. But then, if the person is telling something to you and you don't understand, you can ask him, maybe he speaks English. Vy govorite po-angliyski? Do you speak English? My name is Aleksandra. I work on to I don't want to disappoint you, but in most of the time the answer will be no. Нет. Or the person will say, Ya vas ne panimayu, I don't understand you. Ya vas ne panimayu. But don't panic because you have an opportunity to learn Russian in our Russian speaking club in a very informal and fun way. And you don't have to have any prior knowledge in Russian because we have a group from zero, where we start with the alphabet. And if you don't have an opportunity to practice Russian, here you will have it in our live speaking sessions, and we also make different tasks, where you practice Russian through audio and video messages with other members in our group chat. So, I hope that I will see you there soon in our lessons. Well, if you're still trying to understand that person, you can say, Povtorite, pozhaluysta, Repeat please.
[4:50]Or if this person is talking way too fast and your level is not enough to understand, you can say, Govorite, pozhaluysta, pomedlenneye. Please speak more slowly. Govorite, pozhaluysta, pomedlenneye. Well, if you still haven't understood that person, you can say, Ya ne ponimayu po-russki. I do not understand Russian. Or, Ya ne govoryu po-russki. Ya ne govoryu po-russki. And you can add, Prostite, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Or, Izvinite. Sorry. Простите, пожалуйста, извините, пожалуйста, прошу прощения. Всё от всего от всей души, от всего сердца. Another very important and useful word Spasibo, which means thank you. канал. Спасибо за внимание. Говорит, спасибо. Спасибо. Спасибо. Спасибо. And to answer, spasibo, we say, pozhaluysta, you're welcome. Pozhaluysta. But this word is not only you're welcome, but also it means please. For example, Podskazhite, pozhaluysta. Please tell me. Podskazhite, pozhaluysta, gde metro? Please tell me where the subway is. They're Russian. Пожалуйста, отпустите меня. Пожалуйста, отпустите меня. And another way to say you're welcome is, Ne za chto, which means it's okay, it's nothing. Another useful phrase to get around is Kak doehat do, or Kak doyti do. The first one is by transport and the second one is by walking. And if you want to show a direction or someone is showing you a direction, he will probably use the words Zdes', here or Tam, there. Maybe you will ask, Gde metro? And the person will say, Tam or Zdes'. Which is closer than Tam. But if you're really lost in the city and you can't even understand where you are at on a map, you can ask a person, Gde ya? Or Gde ya nahazhus'? Where am I? If you want to know the name of the street or of the metro station, you say, Kak nazyvayetsya. What is the name of... And then add a noun, very simple. For example, Kak nazyvayetsya eta stantsiya? Lubyanka. What is the name of this station? Lubyanka. Kak nazyvayetsya eta stantsiya metro? Another necessary phrase, Skolko vremeni. We use it to find out time. But according to the rules of the Russian language, the correct question for this is Kotoryi chas. What time is it? But in the conversational language, we use both of these questions. Девушка, а девушка, а который час? Минут 10-15 минут 5-10 пятого 4-5. After answering this question, the person might ask you a counter question, Vy ponyali? Did you understand? Did you get me, did you understand me? Or an informal way, Doshlo, but it's very informal, so don't use it with strangers, but only with those who you know very well. Doshlo? And to answer this, you can say, Da, which means yes. But a much cooler and more conversational will be, Konechno, of course. But don't use this word with the adverb Konechnaya, which you will hear a lot in the metro announcement, which means the last. Konechnaya stantsiya Mayakovskaya. Конечная. Also, you can say, Konechno, bez problem. Bez problem means no problem. It's okay. And in order to diversify your vocabulary and not to say Da or Konechno all the time, you can say, Ladno. And this is very, very conversational and if you use this, everyone will think that you speak Russian very well. Just say Ladno, which means okay. Okay. Ladno, ya sdelyau eta. Mozhno, is another form of consent. For example, someone asks you a permission and you can say, Mozhno, which means okay. You can do it. And you can also use it to form different questions.
[9:36]Just use any noun after this word and you're ready to order something at the restaurant. For example, you can say, Mozhno eta? Can I have this? Or in order to draw attention of the waiter, you just say, Mozhno? Mozhno? And if you say, Mozhet byt', it means maybe. For example, someone asks you to go out and you say, Mozhet byt'. Or Vozmozhno, maybe. Возможно, просто Mne nravitsya. A phrase that you need to approve of something or to say that you like something or someone. For example, Mne nravitsya chai. By the way, Russians love tea a lot. They drink it five or more times per day. Мне не нравишься, ты мне нравишься. But to disapprove of something, you say, Mne ne nravitsya. Mne ne nravitsya kofe. Мне не нравится эта экспедиция. Мне не нравятся эти матросы. И вообще, да, нет. Мне вообще ничего не нравится. Skolko eta stoit. A necessary phrase that you will need in a shop or if you want to buy anything. Skolko eta stoit? Дымоход, сколько стоит шмот, дымоход, дымоход. Another word, Sdacha, which means change, so always check your sdacha very carefully. If you didn't understand something, you say, Chto? For example, you didn't hear a person, so you say, Chto? It means what? I heard that in English, it's kind of impolite to say what, what. But in Russian, we ask this question all the time. Chto? Chto ty skazal? Or for example, you are at the restaurant and you don't understand what is this weird Russian dish. And you can say, Chto eta? Да что ты чёрт побери такое несёшь? And a very informal way to say chto is Che. But it is used in a very conversational way. And it is considered not a beautiful language and not educated language, but still people use it a lot and they shorten already a short word chto into Che. Che eta? Che ty skazal? Another phrase that you might need, Kakaya raznitsa. For example, again, you're at the restaurant and you can't choose between two dishes which seem super similar and you say, Kakaya raznitsa? And also you can use this phrase to say that you don't care. Someone told you something and you say, Kakaya raznitsa? Одно слово, румын. Так он болгарин. Да? Какая разница. Another word that you might need is Seryezno, which means serious, but you can make it as a question and say Seryezno? If someone told you some shocking news and you say, Seryezno? And the last words you need to remember is to say goodbyes. We say, Poka or Poka-poka. We'll also say, Do svidaniya, if it's a formal situation. Or Uvidimsya, see you later. Пока-пока, Рокси. Привет. I hope that you liked this video and watched it till the end. And I hope that this is only the beginning of your journey in Russian and you will continue and not give up. Ne zdavaytes'. I'm going to say to you. And if you liked this video, put the mne nravitsya sign. Mne nravitsya sign. And Uvidimsya. Poka-poka.
