Learn 20 high-frequency expressions, including common pets and modes of transportation
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| In this video, you'll learn 20 of the most common words and phrases in Russian. | |
| Hi everybody, my name is Katya. | |
| Welcome to The 800 Core Russian Words and Phrases video series! | |
| This series will teach you the eight hundred most common words and phrases in Russian. | |
| Ok! Let's get started! First is… | |
| 1. | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| собака | |
| (sobaka) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "dog" | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| собака | |
| (SLOW) | |
| собака | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| dog | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| Моя собака потерялась. | |
| (Moya sobaka poteryalas'.) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "My dog got lost." | |
| (SLOW) | |
| Моя собака потерялась. | |
| 2. | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| кот | |
| (kot) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "cat" | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| кот | |
| (SLOW) | |
| кот | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| cat | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| Какой милый кот. | |
| (Kakoy milyy kot.) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "What a cute cat." | |
| (SLOW) | |
| Какой милый кот. | |
| 3. | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| хомяк | |
| (khomyak) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "hamster" | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| хомяк | |
| (SLOW) | |
| хомяк | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| hamster | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| Хомяки любят спать днём. | |
| (Khomyaki lyubyat spat' dnyom.) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "Hamsters like to sleep during the day." | |
| (SLOW) | |
| Хомяки любят спать днём. | |
| 4. | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| тепло | |
| (teplo) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "warm" | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| тепло | |
| (SLOW) | |
| тепло | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| warm | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| Вам тепло? | |
| (Vam teplo?) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "Are you warm?" | |
| (SLOW) | |
| Вам тепло? | |
| 5. | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| дождь | |
| (dozhd') | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "rain" | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| дождь | |
| (SLOW) | |
| дождь | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| rain | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| Дождь уже перестал, пойдём. | |
| (Dozhd' uzhe perestal, poydyom.) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "The rain has stopped already; let's go." | |
| (SLOW) | |
| Дождь уже перестал, пойдём. | |
| 6. | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| помидор | |
| (pomidor) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "tomato" | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| помидор | |
| (SLOW) | |
| помидор | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| tomato | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| Извините, вы бы не могли передать этот помидор. | |
| (Izvinite, vy by ne mogli peredat' etot pomidor.) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "Excuse me, would you be so kind to pass the tomato to me." | |
| (SLOW) | |
| Извините, вы бы не могли передать этот помидор. | |
| 7. | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| клубничный | |
| (klubnichnyy) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "strawberry" | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| клубничный | |
| (SLOW) | |
| клубничный | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| strawberry | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| Купи клубничный кекс, пожалуйста. | |
| (Kupi klubnichnyy keks, pozhaluysta.) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "Buy a strawberry cake, please." | |
| (SLOW) | |
| Купи клубничный кекс, пожалуйста. | |
| 8. | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| вишнёвый | |
| (vishnyovyy) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "cherry" | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| вишнёвый | |
| (SLOW) | |
| вишнёвый | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| cherry | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| У моей мамы есть фирменное блюдо – вишнёвый пирог. | |
| (U moyey mamy yest' firmennoye blyudo – vishnyovyy pirog.) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "My mom has a specialty: a cherry pie." | |
| (SLOW) | |
| У моей мамы есть фирменное блюдо – вишнёвый пирог. | |
| 9. | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| ребёнок | |
| (rebyonok) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "child" | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| ребёнок | |
| (SLOW) | |
| ребёнок | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| child | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| Ребёнок сидел у него на коленях. | |
| (Rebyonok sidel u nego na kolenyah.) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "The child was sitting on his lap." | |
| (SLOW) | |
| Ребёнок сидел у него на коленях. | |
| 10. | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| друг | |
| (drug) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "friend" | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| друг | |
| (SLOW) | |
| друг | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| friend | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| Друг - это тот, кто дает вам полную свободу быть самим собой. | |
| (Drug - eto tot, kto dayot vam polnuyu svobodu byt' samim soboy.) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself." | |
| (SLOW) | |
| Друг - это тот, кто дает вам полную свободу быть самим собой. | |
| 11. | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| взрослый | |
| (vzroslyy) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "adult" | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| взрослый | |
| (SLOW) | |
| взрослый | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| adult | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| Ты уже взрослый и можешь сам принимать решения. | |
| (Ty uzhe vzroslyy i mozhesh' sam prinimat' resheniya.) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "You're already an adult and can make decisions by yourself." | |
| (SLOW) | |
| Ты уже взрослый и можешь сам принимать решения. | |
| 12. | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| велосипед | |
| (velosiped) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "bicycle" | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| велосипед | |
| (SLOW) | |
| велосипед | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| bicycle | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| Хочешь поехать на велосипеде или пойти пешком? | |
| (Khochesh' poyekhat' na velosipede ili poyti peshkom?) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "Do you prefer to go by bicycle or on foot?" | |
| (SLOW) | |
| Хочешь поехать на велосипеде или пойти пешком? | |
| 13. | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| автомобиль | |
| (avtomobil') | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "car" | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| автомобиль | |
| (SLOW) | |
| автомобиль | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| car | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| Эта шуба стоит как автомобиль. | |
| (Eta shuba stoit kak avtomobil '.) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "This fur coat costs as much as a car." | |
| (SLOW) | |
| Эта шуба стоит как автомобиль. | |
| 14. | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| мотоцикл | |
| (mototsikl) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "motorcycle" | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| мотоцикл | |
| (SLOW) | |
| мотоцикл | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| motorcycle | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| Я не умею ездить на мотоцикле. | |
| (Ya ne umeyu yezdit' na mototsikle.) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "I do not know how to ride a motorcycle." | |
| (SLOW) | |
| Я не умею ездить на мотоцикле. | |
| 15. | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| самокат | |
| (samokat) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "scooter" | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| самокат | |
| (SLOW) | |
| самокат | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| scooter | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| Самокат удобен в городе. | |
| (Samokat udoben v gorode.) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "Scooters are convenient in the city." | |
| (SLOW) | |
| Самокат удобен в городе. | |
| 16. | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| лодка | |
| (lodka) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "boat" | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| лодка | |
| (SLOW) | |
| лодка | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| boat | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| Лодка качалась на волнах. | |
| (Lodka kachalas' na volnakh.) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "The boat was swinging on the waves." | |
| (SLOW) | |
| Лодка качалась на волнах. | |
| 17. | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| медуза | |
| (meduza) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "jellyfish" | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| медуза | |
| (SLOW) | |
| медуза | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| jellyfish | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| У меня ядовитый ожог от медузы. | |
| (U menya yadovityy ozhog ot meduzy.) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "I got a poisonous burn from jellyfish." | |
| (SLOW) | |
| У меня ядовитый ожог от медузы. | |
| 18. | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| омар | |
| (omar) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "lobster" | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| омар | |
| (SLOW) | |
| омар | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| lobster | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| Омары очень дорогие. | |
| (Omary ochen' dorogiye.) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "Lobsters are very expensive." | |
| (SLOW) | |
| Омары очень дорогие. | |
| 19. | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| краб | |
| (krab) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "crab" | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| краб | |
| (SLOW) | |
| краб | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| crab | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| Два краба идут по камню. | |
| (Dva kraba idut po kamnyu.) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "The two crabs are walking on a rock." | |
| (SLOW) | |
| Два краба идут по камню. | |
| 20. | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| черепаха | |
| (cherepakha) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "turtle" | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| черепаха | |
| (SLOW) | |
| черепаха | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| turtle | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| Морская черепаха плавает в море. | |
| (Morskaya cherepaha plavayet v more.) | |
| (NORMAL SPEED) | |
| "The sea turtle is swimming in the sea." | |
| (SLOW) | |
| Морская черепаха плавает в море. | |
| Well done! In this lesson, you expanded your vocabulary and learned 20 new useful words. | |
| See you next time! | |
| До свидания. (Do svidaniya.) |
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