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Russian/Transliteration
English
Доброе утро!/Dobroe utro!
Good morning!
Добрый день!/Dobryy den'!
Good afternoon!
Здравствуйте!/Zdravstvuyte!
Hello!
До свидания!/Do svidaniya!
Goodbye!
Как тебя зовут?/ Kak tebya zovut?
What is your name?
Меня зовут (name). / Menya zovut (name).
My name is (name).
Сколько тебе лет?/ Skol'ko tebe let?
How old are you?
Мне (number) лет. / Mne (number) let.
I am (number) years old.
Что тебе (не) нравится делать?/ Chto tebe (ne) nravitsya delat'?
What do you (not) like (to do)?
Мне (не) нравится [activity]. / Mne (ne) nravitsya [activity].
I (do not) like [activity].
Какой цвет тебе (не) нравится?/ Kakoy tsvet tebe (ne) nravitsya?
What color do you (not) like?
Мне (не) нравится [color]. / Mne (ne) nravitsya [color].
I (don’t) like [color].
Как дела?/ Kak dela?
How are you?
Хорошо/horosho
good
Плохо/ploho
bad
Нормально/normal'no
ok
Встаньте/Vstan'te
Stand up
Садитесь/Sadites'
Sit Down
Идите сюда/Idite syuda
Come here
Тихо/Ticho
Be quiet
Поднимите руку/Podnimite ruku
Raise your hand
Смотрите/Smotrite
Look
Слушайте/Slushayte
Listen
Говорите по-русски/Govorite po-russki
Speak Russian
Извините/Izvinite
I am sorry
Спасибо/Spasibo
Thank you
Пожалуйста/Pozhaluysta
You are welcome/Please
Белый/belyy
white
Красный/krasnyy
red
Синий/siniy
blue
Зелёный/zelyoniy
green
Розовый/rozovyy
pink
Фиолетовый/fioletovy
purple
Желтый/zheltyy
yellow
Черный/chernyy
black
Петь/pet'
sing
Танцевать/tancevat'
dance
Играть/igrat'
play
Рисовать/risovat'
draw
Смотреть телевизор/
Smotret' televizor
watch TV
1. Один/оdeen
one
2. Два/dva
two
3. Три/tree
three
4. Четыре/chetyre
four
5. Пять/pyat'
five
6. Шесть/shest'
six
7. Семь/sem'
seven
8. Восемь/vosem'
eight
9. Девять/devyat'
nine
10. Десять/desyat'
ten
Солнце/solntse
sun
Дождь/dozhd'
rain
Ветер/veter
wind
Облакo/oblako
cloud
Снег/sneg
snow
Russian Alphabet
The History of the Cyrillic Alphabet
The Cyrillic alphabet owes its name to the 9th century Byzantine missionary St. Cyril, who, along with his brother, Methodius, created the first Slavic alphabet—the Glagolitic—in order to translate Greek religious text to Slavic. It is on the basis of this alphabet that the Cyrillic alphabet was developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 10th century AD by the followers of the brothers, who were beatified as saints.
Based on the Greek ceremonial script, the original Cyrillic alphabet included the 24 letters of the Greek alphabet and 19 letters for sounds specific to the Slavic language.
The Cyrillic alphabet has gone through many reforms in both Russia and other countries. In Russia, the first reformer of the Cyrillic was printer and publisher Ivan Fyodorov. He eliminated the letters Е and С and many forms of the letter О.
Most reforms saw the number of letters decrease and the simplicity of their inscription increase. But the reverse has also happened: at the end of 18th century the Russian writer and historian Nikolay Karamzin suggested to introduce the letter Ё. Letters Э and Й were officially added to the alphabet in 18th century.
The Cyrillic alphabet achieved its current form in 1708 during the reign of Peter the Great. He introduced lower case characters (before all letters were written with capital letters) and mandated the use of westernized letter forms, making the modern Cyrillic similar to the modern Latin font.
The very existence of the Cyrillic alphabet in Russia was once under threat. In 1919 there was an idea to replace it with the Latin one and bring it into harmony with the alphabet used in Western countries. That could have made the process of learning Russian much easier for some, but this was not to be and we can still enjoy the masterpieces of Russian literature in their original script.
Today Cyrillic is the third official script of the European Union, following the Latin and Greek scripts. It is used in over 50 different languages, especially those of Slavic origin, mainly in Russia, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe.
In Russia the Old Slavic language, which uses the Cyrillic alphabet has been historically used for religious services, and is sometimes used for these purposes today. The modern Russian alphabet differs from its forefather dramatically, and only experts will be able to tell how the letters of the original Cyrillic alphabet looked like and read were texts using it.
From: http://learnrussian.rt.com/alphabet/the-history-of-the-cyrillic-alphabet/
The History of the Cyrillic Alphabet
The Cyrillic alphabet owes its name to the 9th century Byzantine missionary St. Cyril, who, along with his brother, Methodius, created the first Slavic alphabet—the Glagolitic—in order to translate Greek religious text to Slavic. It is on the basis of this alphabet that the Cyrillic alphabet was developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 10th century AD by the followers of the brothers, who were beatified as saints.
Based on the Greek ceremonial script, the original Cyrillic alphabet included the 24 letters of the Greek alphabet and 19 letters for sounds specific to the Slavic language.
The Cyrillic alphabet has gone through many reforms in both Russia and other countries. In Russia, the first reformer of the Cyrillic was printer and publisher Ivan Fyodorov. He eliminated the letters Е and С and many forms of the letter О.
Most reforms saw the number of letters decrease and the simplicity of their inscription increase. But the reverse has also happened: at the end of 18th century the Russian writer and historian Nikolay Karamzin suggested to introduce the letter Ё. Letters Э and Й were officially added to the alphabet in 18th century.
The Cyrillic alphabet achieved its current form in 1708 during the reign of Peter the Great. He introduced lower case characters (before all letters were written with capital letters) and mandated the use of westernized letter forms, making the modern Cyrillic similar to the modern Latin font.
The very existence of the Cyrillic alphabet in Russia was once under threat. In 1919 there was an idea to replace it with the Latin one and bring it into harmony with the alphabet used in Western countries. That could have made the process of learning Russian much easier for some, but this was not to be and we can still enjoy the masterpieces of Russian literature in their original script.
Today Cyrillic is the third official script of the European Union, following the Latin and Greek scripts. It is used in over 50 different languages, especially those of Slavic origin, mainly in Russia, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe.
In Russia the Old Slavic language, which uses the Cyrillic alphabet has been historically used for religious services, and is sometimes used for these purposes today. The modern Russian alphabet differs from its forefather dramatically, and only experts will be able to tell how the letters of the original Cyrillic alphabet looked like and read were texts using it.
From: http://learnrussian.rt.com/alphabet/the-history-of-the-cyrillic-alphabet/
DAYS OF THE WEEK
Russian calendar starts with Monday instead of Sunday. Just think of it this way: Monday is the first day of the week, that's when you start your week and go to school, you go to school Monday through Friday, and Saturday and Sunday are at the end of the week.
When Russian people write the date, they first write the date and then the month. For example, the 26th of June will be 26/06/2019 and not 06/26/2019.
Russian calendar starts with Monday instead of Sunday. Just think of it this way: Monday is the first day of the week, that's when you start your week and go to school, you go to school Monday through Friday, and Saturday and Sunday are at the end of the week.
When Russian people write the date, they first write the date and then the month. For example, the 26th of June will be 26/06/2019 and not 06/26/2019.
1. Ponedel'nik 2. Vtornik 3. Sreda 4. Chetverg 5. Pyatnitsa 6. Subbota 7. Voskresen'ye
MONTHS/SEASONS
Месяцы года
yanvar' январь
fevral' февраль
mart март
aprel' апрель
may май
iyun' июнь
iyul' июль
avgust август
sentyabr' сентябрь
oktyabr' октябрь
noyabr' ноябрь
dekabr' декабрь
Месяцы года
yanvar' январь
fevral' февраль
mart март
aprel' апрель
may май
iyun' июнь
iyul' июль
avgust август
sentyabr' сентябрь
oktyabr' октябрь
noyabr' ноябрь
dekabr' декабрь
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