Russian Alphabet
There are 33 letters in the Russian Alphabet: 10 vowels, 21 consonants, and 2 signs (ь, ъ).
Russian is an Eastern Slavonic language closely related to Ukrainian and Belorussian with about 277 million speakers in Russia and 30 other countries.
The Cyrillic alphabet was introduced into Russia (Kievan Rus' ) at the time of its conversion to Christianity (988 AD). The alphabet, the Cyrillic script is named in honor of the Byzantine scholar and monk, Cyril (827-869 AD), who, together with his brother Methodius (826-885 AD), created the first Slavic writing system in the second half of the ninth century in order to translate the Bible and other Christian texts into the Slavic languages.
Useful Russian phrases
A collection of useful phrases in Russian for most of them. Most of the sentences below are used for everyday life conversations, so they might come handy if you memorize them. If you don't know how to say a word then check our alphabet in Russian which can be found on the menu above to get some help.
Russian Greetings
| Доброе утро |
Dobraye ootro |
Good morning |
| Добрый день |
Dobriy den' |
Good afternoon |
| Добрый вечер |
Dobriy vyecher |
Good evening |
| Здравствуйте |
Zdrastvooyte |
Hello |
| Привет! |
Preevyet |
Hi! |
| Рад тебя видеть |
Rat teebya veedet' |
Nice to see you! |
| Как поживаешь? |
Kak pazhivayesh? |
How are you? |
| Спасибо,
прекрасно! |
Spaseeba preekrasna! |
Fine, thanks! |
| Неплохо! |
Neeploha! |
Not so bad |
| Как Вас зовут? |
Kak vas zavoot? |
What's your name? |
| Меня зовут... |
Meenya zavoot... |
My name is... |
Saying Thanks in Russian
| Спасибо |
Spaseeba |
Thank you |
| Большое
спасибо |
Bal'shoye spaseeba |
Thank you very much. |
| Не за что |
Nyezashta |
That's all right |
| Пожалуйста |
Pazhalooysta |
You're welcome |
Apologies
| Извините |
Eezveeneete |
Sorry! |
| Простите |
Prasteete |
Excuse me |
| Ничего, ничего,
пожалуйста |
Neechevo, neechevo,
pazhaloosta |
That's all right |
| Ничего
страшного |
Neechevo srashnava |
No harm |
Saying Goodbye in Russian
| К сожалению,
мне (нам) пора идти |
K sazhalyeneeyoo mnye
(nam) para eettee |
I'm sorry I (we) should be
going |
| До свидания! |
Da sveedaneeya |
Good-bye! |
| Пока! |
Paka |
Bye-bye! |
| Увидимся |
Ooveedeemsya |
See you |
| Счастливого
пути! |
Schasleevava pootee |
Have a nice trip! |
Speaking, Comprehension
| Вы говорите по-английски? |
Vi gavareetye pa angleeskee? |
Do you speak English? |
| Я плохо говорю
по-русски |
Ya plokha gavaryoo pa rooskee |
My Russian is bad |
| Говорите,
пожалуйста, медленнее |
Gavareetye pazhalooysta myedleeney |
Could you speak more slowly? |
| Я не понимаю |
Ya nee paneemayoo |
I don't understand |
| Я понимаю |
Ya paneemayoo |
I understand |
