Basic Phrases

in Russian

Written and Illustrated by

Yvonne Crawford
© Yvonne Crawford, 2011
 Polite Phrases in Russian is a booklet designed to help
children learn greetings and other basic phrases in
Russian. Read the following pages with your children,
learning a polite phrase on each page. You can use the
pages as visual prompts or you can print out each child
their own copies and they can create their own Russian
dictionary. Then, you can help them complete the
activities at the end of the booklet which will help to
reinforce the phrases in Russian. After they complete all
of the activities, you can fill out the certificate at the end
of the booklet and present it to your child.

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 Russian Alphabet

There are 33 letters in the Russian Alphabet. They are divided into
four groups in this section to help you learn them more easily.

These letters look and sound almost the same as English:

A a - This letter sounds like the ‘a’ in ‘father’.
K k - This letter sounds like the English ‘k’.
M m - This letter sounds like the English ‘m’.
O o - This letter sounds like the ‘o’ in ‘more’ or when unstressed it
sounds more like the Russian A.
T t - This letter sounds like the ‘t’ in ‘tap’.

Letters that look like the English letters but sound different:
В в - This letter sound like the English ‘v’.
E e - This letter sounds like the ‘ye’ in ‘yes’.
Н н - This letter sounds like the English ‘n’.
Р р - This letter sounds like the English ‘r’.
С с - This letter sounds like ‘s’ in ‘seen’.
У у - This letter sounds like the ‘oo’ in ‘root’.
Х х - This letter sounds like the ‘h’ in ‘helm’ and sometime like the ‘ch’
as in loch.

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 Russian Alphabet Continued

These letters sound the same, but look different than English:
Б б - This letter sounds like the English ‘b’.
Г г - This letter sounds like the English ‘g’.
Д д - This letter sounds like the English ‘d’.
Ё ё - This letter sounds like ‘yo’ in york.
Ж ж - This letter sounds like the ‘s’ in measure.
П п - This letter sounds like the English ‘p’.
Ф ф - This letter sounds like the English ‘f’.
И и - This letter sounds like the ‘ee’ in feet.
Й й - This letter sounds like the ‘y’ in boy.
Л л - This letter sounds like the English ‘l’.
Ц ц - This letter sounds like the ‘ts’ in ‘bits’.
Ш ш - This letter sounds like the ‘sh’ in shop.
Щ щ - This letter sounds like ‘shsh’ in blush shop.
Э э - This letter sounds like the ‘e’ in ‘red’.
Ю ю - This letter sounds like “you”.
Я я - This letter sounds like the ‘ya’ in ‘yard’.
Ч ч - This letter sounds like the ‘ch’ in church.
З з - This letter sounds like the English ‘z’.

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 Russian Alphabet Continued

These letters sound different and look different and symbols

Ы ы - This letter sounds like the ‘i’ in ‘mit’, but it is said with your tongue
further back in your mouth than normal.
Ъ ъ - This is a hard sign that means there is a slight pause in between the
syllables of a word.
Ь ь - This is a soft sign that makes the preceding letter sound soft.

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 Polite Phrases in Russian
Привет - hi
Доброе утро - good morning
Добрый день - good afternoon
Добрый вечер - good evening
До скорой встречи - see you soon
До свидания - good-bye
Пожалуйста - please
Спасибо - thank you
Пожалуйста - you’re welcome
Как дела? - How are you?
Xорошо - good/fine
Плохо - bad

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 Привет

Привет
pree-vyeht
hi
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 Доброе утро

Доброе утро
doh-bruh-ee-oo-truh
good morning
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 Добрый день

Добрый день
doh-brihy-dyehn
good afternoon/good day
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 Добрый вечер

Добрый вечер
doh-brihy-vye-cheer
good evening
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 До скорой
встречи

До скорой встречи
dah-skoh-rai-vstrye-chee
see you later
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 До
свидания

До свидания
dah-svee-dah-nee-ye
good-bye
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 Пожалуйста

Пожалуйста
pah-zhahl-stah
please
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 Спасибо

Спасибо
spah-see-bah
thank you
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 Пожалуйста

Пожалуйста
pah-zhahl-stah
you’re welcome
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 Как дела?

Как дела?
kahk-dee-lah
How is it going?
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 Xорошо

Xорошо
hohr-oh-shoh
good
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 Плохо

Плохо
ploh-hoh
bad
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Draw a line from the word in English to the correct word in Russian.

Плохо How are you?

Пожалуйста fine/good

Xорошо bad

Спасибо you’re welcome

Как дела? thank you

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Draw a line from the word in English to the correct word in Russian.

Доброе утро hi

Привет see you soon

Добрый вечер good afternoon

Добрый день good morning

До скорой встречи good evening

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Look at the pictures below and fill in the blank with either ‘Xорошо ’ or
‘Плохо ’ to describe how the little boy is feeling.

Как дела?

_____

Как дела?

_____

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 Draw a picture about how you feel right now and then
write how you feel in Russian on the line below your
picture.

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Look at the clocks and figure out which greeting should be said during that time:
Доброе утро, Добрый день, or Добрый вечер.

___________

In the afternoon

___________

in the evening

___________

in the morning
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Привет ________________________________________
________________________________________

Доброе утро____________________________________
________________________________________

Добрый день____________________________________
_________________________________________

Добрый вечер ___________________________________

_________________________________________

До скорой встречи________________________________
_________________________________________

До свидания_____________________________________
_________________________________________

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Пожалуйста______________________________________
__________________________________________

Спасибо_________________________________________
__________________________________________

Пожалуйста______________________________________
__________________________________________

Как дела?________________________________________
__________________________________________

Xорошо__________________________________________
__________________________________________

Плохо___________________________________________
__________________________________________

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 __________________________
has completed
Basic Phrases in Russian

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 Привет

Привет
pree-vyeht
hi
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 Доброе
утро

Доброе
утро

Доброе утро
doh-bruh-ee-oo-truh
good morning
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 Добрый день
doh-brihy-dyehn
good afternoon
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 Добрый
вечер

Добрый вечер
doh-brihy-vye-cheer
good evening
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 До скорой встречи
dah-skoh-rai-vstrye-chee
see you later
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 До
свидания

До свидания
dah-svee-dah-nee-ye
good-bye
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 Пожалуйста

Пожалуйста
pah-zhahl-stah
please
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 Спасибо

Спасибо
spah-see-bah
thank you
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 Пожалуйста

Пожалуйста
pah-zhahl-stah
you’re welcome
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 Как дела?

Как дела?
kahk-dee-lah
How is it going?
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 Xорошо

Xорошо
hohr-oh-shoh
It’s going well.
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 Плохо

Плохо
ploh-hoh
It’s going poorly.
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Draw a line from the word in English to the correct word in Russian.

Плохо How are you?

Пожалуйста fine/good

Xорошо bad

Спасибо you’re welcome

Как дела? thank you

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Draw a line from the word in English to the correct word in Russian.

Доброе утро hi

Привет see you soon

Добрый вечер good afternoon

Добрый день good morning

До скорой встречи good evening

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Look at the pictures below and fill in the blank with either ‘Xорошо ’ or
‘Плохо ’ to describe how the little boy is feeling.

Как дела?

_____

Как дела?

_____

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Draw a picture about how you feel right now and then
write how you feel in Russian on the line below your pic-
ture.

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Look at the clocks and figure out which greeting should be said during that time:
Доброе утро, Добрый день, or Добрый вечер.

___________

In the afternoon

___________

in the evening

___________

in the morning
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Привет ________________________________________
________________________________________

Доброе утро____________________________________
________________________________________

Добрый день____________________________________
_________________________________________

Добрый вечер ___________________________________

_________________________________________

До скорой встречи________________________________
_________________________________________

До свидания_____________________________________
_________________________________________

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Пожалуйста______________________________________
__________________________________________

Спасибо_________________________________________
__________________________________________

Пожалуйста______________________________________
__________________________________________

Как дела?________________________________________
__________________________________________

Xорошо__________________________________________
__________________________________________

Плохо___________________________________________
__________________________________________

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__________________________________________

has completed Polite Phrases in Russian.

Great Job!

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