Первые фразы (First phrases)

​Hello!

​Russian greetings.

Здравствуйте! (formal).

Привет! (informal)​

Доброе утро! (Good morning!)​

Добрый день! (Good afternoon!)

Добрый вечер! (Good evening!)​

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​How are you?

Как дела?

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How can we answer?

Хорошо (good).

Нормально (alright).

Плохо (не очень). (bad((​

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​What is your name?

​Как тебя зовут?

Меня зовут Джон.​

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Приятно познакомиться! / Очень приятно!

Nice to meet you.​

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​Where are you from?

Я из США.

I am from the USA.​

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​Добро пожаловать в Россию!

​Where-do-you-live question.

The Russian Language has a quiet tricky system of morphology. But don't worry. Here's how we change endings of words with the preposition из (from).

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In Russian, there are 3 grammatical genders: masculine, neutral & feminine.
Masculine nouns usually end with a consonant, which is not always a case:

​дом (home\house)

холодильник (fridge)

Вова (a name, familiar form of Vladimir)

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Feminines usually end​ with а, я or ь (after sibilants).

Керчь (town Kerch)

Россия (Russia).

Америка (America).​

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If you combine any word with a masculine with a consonant at the end, add -а:

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Мозамбик (Mosambique)

из Мозамбика (from Mosambique).

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Китай (China)

из Китая (from China) !!! REMEMBER: й + а = я.​

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Replace а, я with -и, if followed by sibilants or к & г. In other cases -ы.

ь with и.​

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Россия (Russ​ia)

из России

Америка

из Америки

Керчь

из Керчи, BUT:

Тоскана - из Тосканы​

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