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P

p’yesa (p’ye-suh) f: play pal’to (puhl’-toh) n: coat

pasport (pahs-puhrt) m: passport pis’mo (pees’-moh) n: letter pit’/vypit’ (peet’/vih-peet’): to drink pivo (pee-vuh) n: beer

plash’ (plahsh’) m: raincoat plat’ye (plaht’-ee) f: dress

platit’/zaplatit’ (pluh-teet’/zuh-pluh- teet’): pay

plokhoj (plah-khohy): bad pochyemu (puh-chee-moo): why podarok (pah-dah-ruhk) m: gift

pokazyvat’/pokazat’ (pah-kah-zih- vuht’/puh-kuh-zaht’): to show

pokupat’/kupit’(puh-koo-paht’/koo- peet’): to buy

pomogat’/pomoch’ (puh-mah-gaht’/ pah-mohch’): to help

ponyedyel’nik (puh-nee-dyel’-neek) m: Monday

povorachivat’/povyernut’ (puh-vah-rah- chee-vuht’/puh-veer-noot’): to turn

poyezd (poh-eest) m: train

pozdno (pohz-nuh): late

pozhalujsta (pah-zhahl-stuh): please, you’re welcome

pozhar (pah-zhahr) m: fire

prikhodit’/pridti (pree-khah-deet’/preet- tee): to come

prinosit’/prinyetsi (pree-nah-seet’/pree- nees-tee): to bring

privyet (pree-vyet): hi

problyema (prahb-lye-muh) f: problem

prodavat’/prodat’(pruh-duh-vaht’/prah- daht’): to sell

prodavyets (pruh-duh-vyets): m: sales assistant

pryedstavlyat’/pryedstavit’ (preet- stuhv-lyat’/preet-stah-veet’): to introduce

putyeshyestvovat’ (poo-tee-shehst-vuh- vuht’): to travel

pyatnitsa (pyat-nee-tsuh) f: Friday

R

rabota (ruh-boh-tuh) f: work; job rabotat’ (ruh-boh-tuht’): to work rano (rah-nuh): early

rasprodazha (ruhs-prah-dah-zhuh) f: sale

rasskazyvat’/rasskazat’ (ruhs-kah-zih- vuht’/ruhs-kuh-zaht’): to tell

ris (rees) m: rice

rubashka (roo-bahsh-kuh) f: shirt ruka (roo-kah) f: arm, hand

ryba (rih-buh) f: fish

ryebyonok (ree-byo-nuhk) m: child ryeka (ree-kah) f: river

ryestoran (rees-tah-rahn) m: restaurant rynok (rih-nuhk) m: market

S

sakhar (sah-khuhr) m: sugar salat (suh-laht) m: salad

samolyot (suh-mah-lyot) m: airplane sdacha (sdah-chuh) f: change shapka (shahp-kuh) f: hat

shkola (shkoh-luh) f: school shtat (shtaht) m: state shyeya (sheh-ye) f: neck sidyet’ (see-dyet’): to sit sinij (see-neey): blue skazat’ (skuh-zaht’): to say

skol’ko (skohl’-kuh): how many, how much

skuchnyj (skoosh-nihy): boring sladkij (slaht-keey): sweet

slishkom (sleesh-kuhm): too (excessively)

slovo (sloh-vuh) n: word

smotryet’/posmotryet’ (smaht-ryet’/ puhs-mah-tryet’): to look, to watch

smyeyat’sya (smee-yat-sye): to laugh snimat’ (snee-maht’): to rent

snyeg (snyek) m: snow

sobirat’/sobrat’ (sub-bee-raht’/sahb- raht’): to collect

sol’ (sohl’) f: salt

spasibo (spuh-see-buh): thank you spat’ (spaht’): to sleep

spina (spee-nah) f: back sport (spohrt) m: sports

sprashivat’/sprosit’(sprah-shih- vuht’/sprah-seet’): to ask

sryeda (sree-dah) f: Wednesday stakan (stuh-kahn) m: glass staryj (stah-rihy): old

stoyat’ (stah-yat’): to stand strana (struh-nah) f: country subbota (soo-boh-tuh) f: Saturday sumka (soom-kuh) f: bag

suvyenir (soo-vee-neer) m: souvenir syegodnya (see-vohd-nye): today syejchas (see-chahs): now

syekryetar’ (seek-ree-tahr’) m: secretary syem’ya (seem’-ya) f: family

syentyabr’ (seen-tyabr’) m: September syeryj (sye-rihy): gray

syestra (seest-rah) f: sister syevyer (sye-veer) n: north syn (sihn) m: son

syr (sihr) m: cheese

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T

tamozhnya (tuh-mohzh-nye) f: customs taryelka (tuh-ryel-kuh) f: plate

tol’ko (tohl’-kuh): only tozhye (toh-zhih): also tsvyet (tsvyet) m: color tsyena (tsih-nah) f: price

tsyerkov’ (tsehr-kuhf’) f: church tufli (toof-lee): shoes

tut (toot): here

ty (tih): you (singular, informal) tyeatr (tee-ahtr) m: theater tyelyefon (tee-lee-fohn) m: phone tyepyer’ (tee-pyer’): now

tyerapyevt (teh-ruh-pehft) m: physician tyoplyj (tyop-lihy): warm

U

uchityel’ (oo-chee-teel’) m: teacher

ukhodit’/ujti (oo-khah-deet’/ooy-tee): to leave

ulitsa (oo-lee-tsuh) f: street

univyersityet (oo-nee-veer-see-tyet) m: university

utro (oot-ruh) n: morning uzhin (oo-zhihn) m: dinner

V

vazhnyj (vahzh-nihy): important vchyera (fchee-rah): yesterday vidyet’ (vee-deet’): to see

vilka (veel-kuh) f: fork vino (vee-noh) n: wine

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viza (vee-zuh) f: visa

vkhod (vkhoht) m: entrance

vkhodit’/vojti (vkhah-deet’/vahy-tee): to enter

voda (vah-dah) f: water vokzal (vahk-zahl) m: station volosy (voh-luh-sih): hair

vopros (vahp-rohs) m: question

voskryesyen’ye (vuhs-kree-syen’-ee) n: Sunday

vostok (vahs-tohk) m: east vrach (vrahch) m: doctor vryemya (vrye-mye) n: time

vstryecha (vstrye-chuh) f: meeting vsye (fsye): everybody

vsyo (fsyo): everything vtornik (ftohr-neek) m: Tuesday vy (vih): you (plural, formal)

vyechyer (vye-cheer) m: evening

vyechyerinka (vee-chee-reen-kuh) f: party

vyesh’ (vyesh’) f: thing vyesna (vees-nah) f: spring vykhod (vih-khuht): exit

vysokij (vih-soh-keey): high, tall

Y

ya (ya): I

yanvar’ (een-vahr’) m: January yeda (ee-dah) f: food

yest’ (yest’): to eat

yezdit’/yekhat’ (yez-deet’/ye-khuht’): to go by vehicle

yubka (yup-kuh) f: skirt yug (yuk) m: south

yurist (yu-reest) m: lawyer

Z

zakanchivat’/zakonchit’ (zuh-kahn-chee- vuht’/zuh-kohn-cheet’): finish

zapad (zah-puht) m: west zavtra (zahf-truh): tomorrow

zavtrak (zahf-truhk) m: breakfast

zayavlyeniye (zuh-eev-lye-nee-ee) n: application

zdorov’ye (zdah-rohv’-ee) n: health zdravstvujtye (zdrah-stvooy-tee): hello zdyes’ (zdyes’): here

zharko (zhahr-kuh): hot zhdat’ (zhdaht’): to wait zhit’ (zhiht’): to live

zhivot (zhih-voht) m: stomach zhyena (zhih-nah) f: wife

zhyensh’ina (zhehn-sh’ee-nuh) f: woman zhyoltyj (zhohl-tihy): yellow

zima (zee-mah) f: winter znat’ (znaht’): to know

zubnoj vrach/dantist (zoob-nohy vrahch/duhn-teest) m: dentist

zvonit’/pozvonit’ (zvah-neet’/puh- zvah- neet’): to call

zyelyonyj (zee-lyo-nihy): green

A

address: adryes (ahd-rees) m airplane: samolyot (suh-mah-lyot) m airport: aeroport (uh-eh-rah-pohrt) m also: tozhye (toh-zhih)

apartment: kvartira (kvuhr-tee-ruh) f

application: zayavlyeniye (zuh-eev-lye- nee-ee) n

April: apryel’ (uhp-ryel’) m arm: ruka (roo-kah) f

ask: sprashivat’/sprosit’ (sprah-shih- vuht’/sprah-seet’)

August: avgust (ahv-goost) m

B

back: spina (spee-nah) f bad: plokhoj (plah-khohy) bag: sumka (soom-kuh) f ballet: balyet (buh-lyet) m bank: bank (bahnk) m be: byt’ (biht’)

beautiful: krasivyj (kruh-see-vihy) bed: krovat’ (krah-vaht’) f

beer: pivo (pee-vuh) n big: bol’shoj (bahl’-shohy)

black: chyornyj (chohr-nihy) blue: sinij (see-neey)

book: kniga (knee-guh) f boring: skuchnyj (skoosh-nihy) bottle: butylka (boo-tihl-kuh) f boy: mal’chik (mahl’-cheek) m bread: khlyeb (khlyep) m

breakfast: zavtrak (zahf-truhk) m

bring: prinosit’/prinyesti (pree-nah- seet’/pree-nees-tee)

brother: brat’/vzyat’(braht’/vzyat’) m

brown: korichnyevyj (kah-reech-nee- vihy)

bus: avtobus (uhf-toh-boos) m but: no (noh)

buy: pokupat’/kupit’ (puh-koo-paht’/koo- peet’)

C

call: zvonit’/pozvonit’ (zvah-neet’/puh- zvah-neet’)

can: moch’/smoch’ (mohch’/smohch’) car: mashina (muh-shih-nuh) f

cash: nalichnyye (nuh-leech-nih-ee) cash register: kassa (kah-suh) f change: sdacha (sdah-chuh) f cheap: dyeshyovyj (dee-shoh-vihy) check: chyek (chyek) m

cheese: syr (sihr) m

child: ryebyonok (ree-byo-nuhk) m church: tsyerkov’ (tsehr-kuhf’) f

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city: gorod (goh-ruht) m

clock: chasy (chee-sih) coat: pal’to (puhl’-toh) n coffee: kofye (koh-fee) m

cold: kholodnyj (khah-lohd-nihy)

collect: sobirat’/sobrat’ (sub-bee- raht’/sah-braht’)

come: prikhodit’/pridti (pree-khah- deet’/preet-tee)

company: kompaniya (kahm-pah- nee-ye) f

country: strana (struh-nah) f

credit card: kryeditnaya kartochka

(kree-deet-nuh-ye kahr-tuhch-kuh) f cup: chashka (chahsh-kuh) f

customs: tamozhnya (tuh-mohzh-nye) f

D

daughter: doch’ (dohch’) f day: dyen’ (dyen’) m

dear: dorogoj (duh-rah-gohy) December: dyekabr’ (dee-kahbr’) m

dentist: zubnoj vrach/dantist (zoob-nohy vrahch/duhn-teest) m

department: otdyel (aht-dyel) m dessert: dyesyert (dee-syert) m dinner: uzhin (oo-zhihn) m

do: dyelat’/sdyelat’ (dye-luht’/sdye-luht’) doctor: vrach (vrahch) m

door: dvyer’ (dvyer’) f dress: plat’ye (plaht’-ee) n

E

early: rano (rah-nuh) east: vostok (vahs-tohk) m easy: legko (leekh-koh) eat: yest’ (yest’)

e-mail: imyeil (ee-meh-eel) m

end: konets (kah-nyets) m

enter: vkhodit’/vojti (vkhah-deet’/ vahy-tee)

entrance: vkhod (vkhoht) m evening: vyechyer (vye-cheer) m everybody: vsye (fsye) everything: vsyo (fsyo)

exit: vykhod (vih-khuht) expensive: dorogoj (duh-rah-gohy)

F

face: litso (lee-tsoh) n fall: osyen’ (oh-seen’) f

family: syem’ya (seem’-ya) f father: otyets (ah-tyets) m fax: faks (fahks) m

February: fevral’ (feev-rahl’) m

find: nakhodit’/najti (nuh-khah- deet’/nuhy-tee)

finish: zakanchivat’/zakonchit’(zuh- kahn-chee-vuht’/zuh-kohn-cheet’)

fire: pozhar (pah-zhahr) m firm: firma (feer-muh) f fish: ryba (rih-buh) f

fly: lyetat’/lyetyet’ (lee-taht’/lee-tyet’) food: yeda (ee-dah) f

foreign: inostrannyj (ee-nahs-trah-nihy) fork: vilka (veel-kuh) f

Friday: pyatnitsa (pyat-nee-tsuh) f friend: drug (drook) m

from: iz (ees)

fruits: frukty (frook-tih) m

G

get: dostavat’/dostat’ (duhs-tah- vaht’/dahs-taht’)

gift: podarok (pah-dah-ruhk) m girl: dyevochka (dye-vuhch-kuh) f

give: davat’/daht’ (duh-vaht’/daht’) go: idti/yekhat’ (eet-tee/ye-khuht’) good: khoroshij (khah-roh-shihy)

goodbye: do svidaniya (duh svee-dah- nee-ye)

grandfather: dyedushka (dye-doosh- kuh) f

grandmother: babushka (bah-boosh- kuh) f

gray: syeryj (sye-rihy)

green: zyelyonyj (zee-lyo-nihy) guest: gost’ (gohst’) m

H

hair: volosy (voh-luh-sih) hand: ruka (roo-kah) f hat: shapka (shahp-kuh) f have: imyet’ (ee-myet’)

have to: dolzhyen (dohl-zhihn) he: on (ohn)

head: golova (guh-lah-vah) f health: zdorov’ye (zdah-rohv’-ee) n

hello: zdravstvujtye (zdrah-stvooy-tee)

help: pomogat’/pomoch’ (puh-mah- gaht’/pah-mohch)

here: zdyes’/tut (zdyes’/toot) hi: privyet (pree-vyet)

high: vysokij (vih-soh-keey) hospital: bol’nitsa (bahl’-nee-tsuh) f hot: zharko (zhahr-kuh)

hotel: gostinitsa (gahs-tee-nee-tsuh) f hour: chas (chahs) m

house: dom (dohm) m how: kak (kahk)

how many, how much: skol’ko (skohl’-kuh)

husband: muzh (moosh) m

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I

I: ya (ya)

ill: bolyen (boh-leen)

important: vazhnyj (vahzh-nihy)

introduce: pryedstavlyat’/pryedstavit’

(preet-stuhv-lyat’/preet-stah-veet’)

it: ono (ah-noh)

J

jacket: kurtka (koort-kuh) f January: yanvar’ (een-vahr’) m jeans: dzhinsy (dzhihn-sih) job: rabota (ruh-boh-tuh) f July: iyul’ (ee-yul’) m

June: iyun’ (ee-yun’) m

K

knee: kolyeno (kah-lye-nuh) n knife: nozh (nohsh) m

know: znat’ (znaht’)

L

late: pozdno (pohz-nuh)

laugh: smyeyat’sya (smee-yat-sye) lawyer: yurist (yu-reest) m

leave: ukhodit’/ujti (oo-khah-deet’/ ooy-tee)

leg: noga (nah-gah) f

letter: pis’mo (pees’-moh) n

like: nravit’sya/ponravit’sya (nrah-veet’- sye/pah-nrah-veet’-sye)

live: zhit’ (zhiht’)

long: dlinnyj (dlee-nihy)

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look: smotryet’/posmotryet’ (smaht- ryet’/puhs-mah-tryet’)

love: lyubit’ (lyu-beet’) lunch: obyed (ah-byet) m

M

main: glavnyj (glahv-nihy)

make: dyelat’/sdyelat’(dye-luht’/sdye- luht’)

man: muzhchina (moo-sh’ee-nuh) m March: mart (mahrt) m

market: rynok (rih-nuhk) m May: maj (mahy) m

may: mozhno (mohzh-nuh) meat: myaso (mya-suh) n

medicine: lyekarstvo (lee-kahrst-vuh) n meeting: vstryecha (fstrye-chuh) f milk: moloko (muh-lah-koh) n

minute: minuta (mee-noo-tuh) f

Monday: ponyedyel’nik (puh-nee-dyel’- neek) m

money: dyen’gi (dyen’-gee) month: myesyats (mye-seets) m morning: utro (oot-ruh) n mother: mat’ (maht’) f mountain: gora (gah-rah) f movie theater: kino (kee-noh) n museum: muzyej (moo-zyey) m

N

name: imya (ee-mye) n

never: nikogda (nee-kahg-dah) new: novyj (noh-vihy)

newspaper: gazyeta (guh-zye-tuh) f night: noch’ (nohch’) f

north: syevyer (sye-veer) n November: noyabr’ (nah-yabr’) m

now: syejchas/tyepyer’ (see-chahs/ tee-pyer’)

number: nomyer (noh-meer) m nurse: myedsyestra (meet-sees-trah) f

O

October: oktyabr’ (ahk-tyabr’) m office: offis (oh-fees) m

old: staryj (stah-rihy) only: tol’ko (tohl’-kuh)

P

palace: dvoryets (dvah-ryets) m pants: bryuki (bryu-kee)

party: vyechyerinka (vee-chee-reen-kuh) f passport: pasport (pahs-puhrt) m

pay: platit’/zaplatit’(pluh-teet’/zuh- pluh-teet’)

people: lyudi (lyu-dee)

phone: tyelyefon (tee-lee-fohn) m physician: tyerapyevt (teh-ruh-pehft) m plate: taryelka (tuh-ryel-kuh) f

please: pozhalujsta (pah-zhahl-stuh) police: militsiya (mee-lee-tsih-ye) f price: tsyena (tsih-nah) f

problem: problyema (prahb-lye-muh) f

Q

question: vopros (vahp-rohs) m

R

rain: dozhd’ (dohsht’) m raincoat: plash’ (plahsh’) m

read: chitat’/prochitat’ (chee-taht’/pruh- chee-taht’)

red: krasnyj (krahs-nihy)

rent: snimat’/snyat’ (snee-maht’/snyat’) restaurant: ryestoran (rees-tah-rahn) m river: ryeka (ree-kah) f

room: komnata (kohm-nuh-tuh) f

S

salad: salat (suh-laht) m

sale: rasprodazha (ruhs-prah-dah-zhuh) f

sales assistant: prodavyets (pruh-duh- vyets) m

salt: sol’ (sohl’) f

Saturday: subbota (soo-boh-tuh) f

say: govorit’/skazat’ (guh-vah-reet’/skuh- zaht’)

school: shkola (shkoh-luh) f sea: morye (moh-ree) n seat: myesto (myes-tuh) n

see: vidyet’/uvidet’ (vee-deet’/oo-vee- deet’)

sell: prodavat’/prodat’ (pruh-duh- vaht’/prah-daht’)

September: syentyabr’ (seen-tyabr’) m she: ona (ah-nah)

shirt: rubashka (roo-bahsh-kuh) f shoes: tufli (toof-lee)

shop: magazin (muh-guh-zeen) m

show: pokazyvat’/pokazat’ (pah-kah- zih-vuht’/puh-kuh-zaht’)

sister: syestra (sees-trah) f sit: sidyet’ (see-dyet’) skirt: yubka (yup-kuh) f sleep: spat’ (spaht’)

small: malyen’kij (mah-leen’-keey) snow: snyeg (snyek) m something: chto-to (shtoh-tuh) son: syn (sihn) m

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south: yug (yuk) m

souvenir: suvyenir (soo-vee-neer) m spoon: lozhka (lohsh-kuh) f

sports: sport (spohrt) m spring: vyesna (vees-nah) f square: plosh’ad’ (ploh-sh’iht’) f stand: stoyat (stah-yat’)

state: shtat (shtaht) m station: vokzal (vahg-zahl) m stomach: zhivot (zhih-voht) m street: ulitsa (oo-lee-tsuh) f subway: myetro (meet-roh) n sugar: sakhar (sah-khuhr) m suit: kostyum (kahs-tyum) m

suitcase: chyemodan (chee-mah-dahn) m summer: lyeto (lye-tuh) n

Sunday: voskryesyen’ye (vuhs-kree- syen’-ee) n

sweet: sladkij (slaht-keey)

T

take: brat’/vzyat’ (braht’/vzyat’) tall: vysokij (vih-soh-keey) teacher: uchityel’ (oo-chee-teel’) m

tell: rasskazyvat’/rasskazat’ (ruhs-kah- zih-vuht’/ruhs-kuh-zaht’)

thank you: spasibo (spuh-see-buh) theater: tyeatr (tee-ahtr) m

they: oni (ah-nee) thing: vyesh’ (vyesh’) f

think: dumat’ (doo-muht’)

Thursday: chyetvyerg (cheet-vyerk) m ticket: bilyet (bee-lyet) m

tie: galstuk (gahls-took) m time: vryemya (vrye-mye) n

today: syegodnya (see-vohd-nye)

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tomorrow: zavtra (zahf-truh)

too (excessively): slishkom (sleesh- kuhm)

train: poyezd (poh-eest) m

travel: putyeshyestvovat’(poo-tee-shehst- vuh-vuht’)

Tuesday: vtornik (ftohr-neek) m

turn: povorachivat’/povyernut’ (puh- vah-rah-chee-vuht’/puh-veer-noot’)

U

university: univyersityet (oo-nee-veer- see-tyet) m

V

vacation: otpusk (oht-poosk) m vegetables: ovosh’i (oh-vuh-sh’ee) visa: viza (vee-zuh) f

W

wait: zhdat’ (zhdaht’)

waiter: ofitsiant (uh-fee-tsih-ahnt) m want: khotyet’ (khah-tyet’)

warm: tyoplyj (tyop-lihy) water: voda (vah-dah) f

wear: nosit’/nyesti (nah-seet’/nees-tee) Wednesday: sryeda (sree-dah) f

week: nyedyelya (nee-dye-lye) f well: khorosho (khuh-rah-shoh) west: zapad (zah-puht) m what: chto (shtoh)

when: kogda (kuhg-dah) where: gdye (gdye) white: byelyj (bye-lihy)

who: kto (ktoh)

why: pochyemu (puh-chee-moo) wife: zhyena (zhih-nah) f window: okno (ahk-noh) n wine: vino (vee-noh) n

winter: zima (zee-mah) f

woman: zhyensh’ina (zhehn-sh’ee-nuh) f word: slovo (sloh-vuh) n

work: rabotat’ (ruh-boh-tuht’)

Y

year: god (goht) m

yellow: zhyoltyj (zhohl-tihy) yesterday: vchyera (fchee-rah) you (plural, formal): vy (vih) you (singular, informal): ty (tih) young: molodoj (muh-lah-dohy)

you’re welcome: pozhalujsta (pah-zhah- loos-tuh)

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zip code: indyex (een-dehks) m