How to Ask if a Store Has Something in Stock - Examples and Variations

Learn how to ask if a store has something in stock

Also Appears In: Can Do Russian for Absolute Beginners Can Shop at a Grocery Store

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Let's look at some examples.

Listen and repeat or speak along with the native speakers.

У вас есть соль? (U vas yest' sol'?)

У вас есть молоко? (U vas yest' moloko?)

У вас есть вода? (U vas yest’ voda?)

У вас есть яйца? (U vas yest’ yaytsa?)

Где сахар? (Gde sakhar?)

Did you notice how I replaced У вас есть (U vas yest’) with Где (Gde)?

Где сахар? (Gde sakhar?)

"Where is the sugar?"

With this question, you are presuming that the shop has sugar.

First is Где (Gde), "where." Где. Где.

After this is сахар (sakhar), "sugar." Сахар. Сахар.

All together, Где сахар? (Gde sakhar?). This literally means “Where sugar?” but it translates as "Where is the sugar?"

Где сахар? (Gde sakhar?)

This sentence pattern is

Где ITEM?

“Where is” ITEM?

Gde ITEM?

You should be aware of this pattern, but you won’t need it for this lesson.

соль (Sol’)

“salt”

соль

молоко (moloko)

“milk”

молоко

вода (voda)

“water”

вода

сахар (sakhar)

“sugar”

сахар

яйца (yaitsa)

“egg”

яйца

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