Unit One and Two Flashcards by Cotton McKnight

Please

Also used as “You’re welcome”

Пожалуйста

Pah-zha-loosta

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You

Informal; used also for kids

Ты

Tee

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You

Formal; plural form

Вы

Vwee

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“From where” or “Where from”

Откуда

Otkooda

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So, where are you from?

А откуда вы?

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An American male

Американец

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An American female

Американка

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Means “truth” and can also be used to mean “right?”

Правда

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Chicken

Куритсу

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Strong

Сильный

Ex. Сильный акцент?

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Big or large

Большой

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Means “nothing” or “no big deal”

Ничего

Nee-chye-vo

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Means “May I?” Or “Is it possible?”

Можно

Moh-zhnuh

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“You speak Russian well”

Вы хорошо говорите по-русский

Lit. “You well speak Russian”

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“I speak…”

present tense

Я говорю

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In present tense..

Я …verb + ?

For present tense, action verbs paired with “я” will end in either “у” or “ю”

Examples:

Я говорю (I speak)

Я могу (I can)

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Present tense

Вы … Verb + ?

For present tense, action verbs paired with “вы” will end in either “ете”

Examples:

Вы говорите (you speak…)

Вы хотите (you want…)

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“My name is…”

Меня зовут…

Lit. “Me they call…”

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“What’s your name?” (formal)

Как вас зовут?

lit. “How you they call?” Or “How do they call you?”

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“By the way…”

Кстати

word Russians use to change the subject

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“Very”

Очень

Example:

“Очень приятно”
“Very nice” or “very pleasant”

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“Juice”

Сок

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“Beer”

Пиво

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“I am listening”

Я слушаю

lit. “I listen” (present tense)

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"I'm listening to you"

Я слушаю вас Or Я вас слушаю

"Hello" (formal)

Здравствуйте lit. "Be healthy"

"Hello" "informal"

Здравствуй

"I want..."

Я хочу

"Soup"

Суп

"Which?" or "which one?"

Какой

"Is there?"

Есть lit. "there exist"

Banana

Банан

Say "Anything else?" Lit. "Anything more"

Что-нибудь ешё? | Shto-neeboot-yishyo

"Это суп?" uses what variation of "это"?

Unchanging это. Translates to "this is" or "is this" and does not change upon gender

Translate "I'm calling your attention to this banana"

Вот етот (банан) The form of это is changed to этот because the item being indicated is masculine (banana; ends in consonant)

Translate "I'm calling your attention to this beer"

Вот это Пиво (the item indicated ends in "o" and is therefore neuter. Это does not change

Translate "I want this soup, please"

Я хочу этот суп пожалуйста We are indicating a particular item, суп, and since it is masculine we use the masculine form of это

Translate "Yes, is there tea?"

Да, есть чай? Lit. exist tea?

Translate "Yes there is. Which tea do you want?"

Да есть чай. Какой чай вы хотите? Notice that because "чай" ends in a constant and is masculine, the form of "which" doesn't change in order to agree with it

Translate "This one here" (pointing to a certain tea)

Вот етот Lit. "I'm calling your attention to this one here (masculine item)"

Translate "Is this water?"

Это вода? | Unchanging это

Translate "No, this beer"

Нет это пиво

Translate "I want a banana and that's all"

Я хочу банан и это всё

"Anything"

Что-нибудь | Shto-nee-boot

How do you say "Do you want anything else?"

Вы что-нибудь ещё хотите?

How do you say "more"?

Ещё | Yish-yo

How do you say "all"?

Всё (Fsyo) Implies "that's all" or "all that I want"

Say "thank you"

Спасибо

Say "thanks a lot"

Большое спасибо or спасибо большое Lit. Big thanks, or thanks big Since спасибо ends in "o" it is neuter, so the adjective "большой" must change to agree with a neuter noun

Feminine form of "my"

Моя

Masculine form of "my"

Мой

Neuter form of "my"

Моё | Ma-yo

"For you", formal

Вам

Presenting a gift, "This is for you"

Это вам

(I'm calling your attention to this) and its for you

Вот вам

Passport

Паспорт

Visa

Виза

"Here's my passport, and here's my visa"

Вот мой паспорт и вот моя виза

"This is my passport"

Это мой паспорт

Masculine version of "which"

Какой

Feminine version of "which"

Какая

Neuter version of which

Какое

Which version of "big" goes with "пицца"

Большая

Which version of "big" goes with "пиво"

Большое

Which version of "big" goes with "офис"

Большой

Which version of "big" goes with "спасибо"

Большое

Which version of "big" goes with "банан"

Большой

How do you say "Here you go, borscht and a Russian salad"

Вот вам борщ и русский салат

How do you say "this is for you. A big beer"

Это вам. Большое пиво

How do you say "I want a big salad"

Я хочу большой салат

How do you say "Which salad?"

Какой салат?

"This one here..." (salad)

Вот этот | Салат is masculine

Mama

Мама

Dad (papa)

Папа

Sister

Сестра

Brother

Брат

Family

Семья

Friends

Друзья

Friend (male)

Друг

Friend (female)

Подруга

Pasta

Паста

Telephone

Телефон

Home

Дом

Car

Машина

Say "This is my family"

Это моя семья

Say "This is my mom and this is my dad"

Это моя мама и это мой папа

Say "This is my brother and this is my sister"

Это моя сестра и это мой брат

Say "These are my friends" Lit. "This is my friends"

Это мои друзья

Say "This is me, and these are my friends"

Это я и это мои друзья

Say "This is my friend John"

Это мой друг Джон

Say "This is my (female) friend Marina"

Это моя подруга Марина

Ask "Is this my phone?"

Это мой телефон