Russian

Russian Characters

Russian Letter	Pronunciation	English Equivalent
А а	“a” as in “father”	A a
Б б	“b” as in “bat”	B b
В в	“v” as in “vet”	V v
Г г	“g” as in “go”	G g
Д д	“d” as in “dog”	D d
Е е	“ye” as in “yes”	YE ye
Ё ё	“yo” as in “yonder”	YO yo
Ж ж	“zh” as in “measure”	ZH zh
З з	“z” as in “zoo”	Z z
И и	“ee” as in “see”	I i
Й й	“y” as in “boy”	Y y
К к	“k” as in “kite”	K k
Л л	“l” as in “lamp”	L l
М м	“m” as in “man”	M m
Н н	“n” as in “note”	N n
О о	“o” as in “not”	O o
П п	“p” as in “pot”	P p
Р р	“r” as in “run” (rolled)	R r
С с	“s” as in “see”	S s
Т т	“t” as in “top”	T t
У у	“oo” as in “boot”	U u
Ф ф	“f” as in “fun”	F f
Х х	“kh” as in “Bach”	KH kh
Ц ц	“ts” as in “cats”	TS ts
Ч ч	“ch” as in “chess”	CH ch
Ш ш	“sh” as in “shut”	SH sh
Щ щ	“shch” as in “fresh cheese”	SHCH shch
Ъ ъ	Hard sign (no sound)	–
Ы ы	“i” as in “ill”	I i
Ь ь	Soft sign (no sound)	–
Э э	“e” as in “bet”	E e
Ю ю	“yu” as in “universe”	YU yu
Я я	“ya” as in “yard”	YA ya

20 common Russian Words

Russian Word	Transliteration	Meaning
Привет	privet	Hello
Спасибо	spasibo	Thank you
Пожалуйста	pozhaluysta	Please/You’re welcome
Да	da	Yes
Нет	nyet	No
Извините	izvinite	Excuse me/Sorry
Доброе утро	dobroye utro	Good morning
Добрый вечер	dobryy vecher	Good evening
Спокойной ночи	spokoynoy nochi	Good night
Пока	poka	Bye
Как дела?	kak dela	How are you?
Я люблю тебя	ya lyublyu tebya	I love you
Друг	drug	Friend
Семья	sem’ya	Family
Еда	yeda	Food
Вода	voda	Water
Дом	dom	House
Школа	shkola	School
Работа	rabota	Work
Время	vremya	Time

20 common Russian sentences

Russian Sentence	Transliteration	Meaning
Привет!	privet	Hello!
Как дела?	kak dela	How are you?
Меня зовут [Имя].	menya zovut [Imya]	My name is [Name].
Откуда вы?	otkuda vy	Where are you from? (formal)
Я из [Страна].	ya iz [Strana]	I am from [Country].
Сколько это стоит?	skol’ko eto stoit	How much does this cost?
Где находится туалет?	gde nakhoditsya tualet	Where is the bathroom?
Я не понимаю.	ya ne ponimayu	I don’t understand.
Вы говорите по-английски?	vy govorite po-angliyski	Do you speak English?
Помогите, пожалуйста.	pomogite, pozhaluysta	Help me, please.
Я люблю тебя.	ya lyublyu tebya	I love you.
Извините.	izvinite	Excuse me/Sorry.
Спасибо.	spasibo	Thank you.
Пожалуйста.	pozhaluysta	Please/You’re welcome.
Доброе утро!	dobroye utro	Good morning!
Добрый вечер!	dobryy vecher	Good evening!
Спокойной ночи!	spokoynoy nochi	Good night!
До свидания!	do svidaniya	Goodbye!
Как вас зовут?	kak vas zovut	What is your name? (formal)
Я хочу это.	ya khochu eto	I want this.