Learn how to greet someone
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| 3-Minute Russian Season 1, Lesson 2 - Greetings |
| Introduction |
| Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Russian Season 1, Lesson 2 - Greetings. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to greet someone in Russian. |
| Body |
| Becky: Here's the informal way to say 'Hi.' in Russian. |
| Elena: [Normal] Привет.(Privet.) |
| Becky: This expression has only one word meaning 'Hi' |
| Elena: [Normal] привет. [Slow] привет. (privet) |
| Becky: Listen again to the informal expression meaning 'Hi.' |
| Elena: [Slow] Привет. [Normal] Привет. |
| Becky: Ok, now let's see the formal way to say 'Good day.' |
| Elena: [Normal] Добрый день.(Dobryy den'.) |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'good' |
| Elena: [Normal] добрый [Slow] добрый (dobryy) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'day' |
| Elena: [Normal] день [Slow] день(den') |
| Becky: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'Good day.' |
| Elena: [Slow] Добрый день. [Normal] Добрый день. |
| Becky: Following is the informal way to say 'See you.' |
| Elena: [Normal] Пока.(Paka.) |
| Becky: This expression has only one word meaning 'see you.' |
| Elena: [Normal] Пока. [Slow] Пока.(Paka.) |
| Becky: Listen again to the informal expression meaning 'See you.' |
| Elena: [Slow] Пока. [Normal] Пока. |
| Becky: Finally is a formal way to say 'Goodbye.' |
| Elena: [Normal] До свидания.(Da svidaniya.) |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'till' |
| Elena: [Normal] до [Slow] до(da) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'meeting (next)' |
| Elena: [Normal] свидания [Slow] свидания(svidaniya) |
| Becky: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'Goodbye.' |
| Elena: [Slow] До свидания. [Normal] До свидания. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Elena: There are many greetings in the Russian language. If you’re not sure which one to choose, you can just say [здравствуйте (zdrastvuyte)], which means "hello". This is a polite greeting that is appropriate at any time of the day. |
Outro |
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| Becky: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
| Elena: Пока. |
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