100 Most Common Russian Words

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- in, into, to [v]
. - (I live in Moscow.)
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- not [nyeh]
. - (I don't know.)
. - (A fork is on the
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- on, at, to [nah]
table.)
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- I [yah]
- . - (I'm a student.)
- what,
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? - (What were you doing?)
that [shtoh]
- to be, there is,
. - (I want to be with
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there are [bit']
you.)
. - (I'm glad to
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- with, from [s]
meet [with] you.)
? . - (Where's he? He's
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- he, it [ohn]
at work.)
, . - (This is Tim,
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- and, but [ah]
and that is his wife.)
- how, as,
? - (What is your name? /
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like [kahk]
How are you called?)
- this is, that
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- . - (This is a computer.)
is [eh-tuh]
- along, around,
. - (She's talking
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according to [poh] on the phone.)
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- this [eh-tuht]
(Please, fill in this form.)
. - (The
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- to, towards [k]
bus drove up to the restaurant.)
, . - (I'm sorry,
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- but [noh]
but I have to go.)
. - (They are our
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- they [uh-nee]
friends.)
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- we [mi]
. - (We are friends.)
- all,
. - (It's been
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whole [vyehs']
raining all day.)
. - (The car is
parked by the window.)
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- by, at [oo]
. - (I have two
tickets. / [At me there are two tickets.])
- which [kah-toh- ? - (What time is it? / [Which
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riy]
hour?])
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- from, out of [is] . - (We're from Russia.)
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- she [uh-nah]
. - (She's in the theater.)
. - (Thank you
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- for, behind [zah]
for the invitation.)
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- from [oht]
. - (From me to you.)
. - (He's thinking about
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- about [oh]
you.)
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- so [tahk]
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- one's own [svoy]
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- for [dlyah]

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- and, as for, but,

(a particle used for

emphasis) [zheh]

- year [goht]
- you (plural or

polite) [vi]
- you (single,

familiar) [ti]
- can, to be able

to [mohch']
- person,
human [chee-luhvyehk]
- such [tah-koi]

- all [fsyeh]

- his [ee-voh]
- only [tohl'-kuh]
- yet, still,

more [yi-schoh]

- or [ee-lee]

- would [bi]
- to say,

speak [skah-zaht']
- oneself [see
byah]

- her [ee-yoh]

- if [yes-lee]

- already [oo-zhe]

- till, until [doh]

- when [kuhg-dah]
- time [vryeh-mya]
- here,

there [voht]

- that [toh]
- other, another,
different [droogoi]
- to talk [guh-vuh
reet']

- our [nahsh]

- yes [dah]
- themost [sah
miy]

- my, mine [moi]

- at, in, by [pree]

- not, no [nyeht]
- that, than, in
order that,
so [shtohbi]

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- who [ktoh]
- even [dahzhe]
- business,
affair [dyehluh]
- no, not, not
a [nee]
- life [zhizhn']
- to
become [staht']
- first [pyerviy]
- very [oh-cheen']
- two [dvah]
- oneself, myself,
himself, herself,
alone [sahm]
- there [tahm]
- time, occasion,
bout, once [rahs]
- new [noh-viy]
- well [noo]
- one can, one
may, it's
possible [mohzhnah]
- day [dyehn']
- hand, arm [rookah]
- with (a different
spelling of
'c') [soh]
- which [kah-koi]
- their,
theirs [eekh]
- under,
below [poht]
- many [mnohguh]

- if, whether [lee]

- than [chyem]
- after [pohs-lee]
- work, job,
86) labor [rah-bohtah]
- must, it's
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necessary [nahduh]
- to want [khat88)
tyeht']

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- good, nice,

fine [khah-roh
shiy]

- without [byes]
- now [see-chahs]
- a word [sloh
vuh]
- due, owing,
proper, just,

indebted [dohlzhn
iy]
- after,
afterwards [puhtohm]
- to have, own [ee
myeht']
- a place [myehs
tuh]
- a question [vah
prohs]
- nothing [neesh
toh]
- also, too [toh
zhe]

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- a face [lee-tsoh]