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Most Common Russian Words
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Essential Russian vocabulary with pronunciation guides. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
Nouns
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| дом (dom) | house | dom |
| вода (voda) | water | va-DA |
| мужчина (muzhchina) | man | muzh-CHEE-na |
| женщина (zhenshchina) | woman | ZHEN-shchi-na |
| ребёнок (rebyonok) | child | re-BYON-ok |
| друг (drug) | friend | druk |
| время (vremya) | time | VREM-ya |
| день (den') | day | dyen' |
| жизнь (zhizn') | life | zhizn' |
| мир (mir) | world | meer |
| страна (strana) | country | stra-NA |
| город (gorod) | city | GO-rod |
| работа (rabota) | work | ra-BO-ta |
| деньги (den'gi) | money | DYEN'-gi |
| еда (yeda) | food | ye-DA |
| семья (sem'ya) | family | sem'-YA |
| машина (mashina) | car | ma-SHEE-na |
| книга (kniga) | book | KNEE-ga |
| школа (shkola) | school | SHKO-la |
| улица (ulitsa) | street | U-li-tsa |
Verbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| быть (byt') | to be | byt' |
| иметь (imet') | to have | i-MET' |
| делать (delat') | to do | DE-lat' |
| идти (idti) | to go | id-TEE |
| приходить (prikhodit') | to come | pri-kho-DIT' |
| говорить (govorit') | to speak | go-va-RIT' |
| видеть (videt') | to see | VEE-det' |
| знать (znat') | to know | znat' |
| есть (yest') | to eat | yest' |
| пить (pit') | to drink | pit' |
| спать (spat') | to sleep | spat' |
| работать (rabotat') | to work | ra-BO-tat' |
| думать (dumat') | to think | DU-mat' |
| любить (lyubit') | to love | lyu-BIT' |
| брать (brat') | to take | brat' |
| давать (davat') | to give | da-VAT' |
| понимать (ponimat') | to understand | po-ni-MAT' |
| хотеть (khotet') | to want | kho-TET' |
| читать (chitat') | to read | chi-TAT' |
| писать (pisat') | to write | pi-SAT' |
Adjectives
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| большой (bol'shoy) | big | bol'-SHOY |
| маленький (malen'kiy) | small | MA-len'-kiy |
| хороший (khoroshiy) | good | kho-RO-shiy |
| плохой (plokhoy) | bad | plo-KHOY |
| красивый (krasivyy) | beautiful | kra-SEE-vyy |
| новый (novyy) | new | NO-vyy |
| старый (staryy) | old | STA-ryy |
| молодой (molodoy) | young | mo-lo-DOY |
| счастливый (schastlivyy) | happy | shchas-LEE-vyy |
| грустный (grustnyy) | sad | GRUS-nyy |
| сильный (sil'nyy) | strong | SIL'-nyy |
| быстрый (bystryy) | fast | BYS-tryy |
| медленный (medlennyy) | slow | MED-len-nyy |
| горячий (goryachiy) | hot | go-RYA-chiy |
| холодный (kholodnyy) | cold | kho-LOD-nyy |
| лёгкий (lyogkiy) | easy | LYOG-kiy |
| трудный (trudnyy) | difficult | TRUD-nyy |
| важный (vazhnyy) | important | VAZH-nyy |
| свободный (svobodnyy) | free | svo-BOD-nyy |
| правдивый (pravdivyy) | true | prav-DEE-vyy |
Adverbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| очень (ochen') | very | O-chen' |
| тоже (tozhe) | also / too | TO-zhe |
| всегда (vsegda) | always | vseg-DA |
| никогда (nikogda) | never | ni-kog-DA |
| часто (chasto) | often | CHAS-to |
| сейчас (seychas) | now | sey-CHAS |
| уже (uzhe) | already | u-ZHE |
| ещё (eshchyo) | still / yet | yesh-CHYO |
| может быть (mozhet byt') | maybe | MO-zhet byt' |
| хорошо (khorosho) | well | kho-ro-SHO |
| быстро (bystro) | quickly | BYS-tro |
| здесь (zdes') | here | zdyes' |
| там (tam) | there | tam |
| вместе (vmeste) | together | VMES-te |
| только (tol'ko) | only | TOL'-ko |
| действительно (deystvitel'no) | really | deyst-VI-tel'-no |
| много (mnogo) | a lot | MNO-go |
| немного (nemnogo) | a little | nem-NO-go |
| слишком (slishkom) | too much | SLISH-kom |
| сразу (srazu) | immediately | SRA-zu |