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Povtoritye, pozhalujsta. (puhf-tah-ree-tee pah-zhahl-stuh; Please repeat what you said.

Govoritye, pozhalujsta, pomyedlyennyeye. (guh-vah-ree-tee pah-zhahlstuh pah-myed-lye-nee-ee;


Please speak a little more slowly.)

Skazhitye, pozhalujsta, kak proiti do myetro? (skah-zhih-tee pah-zhahlstuh kahk prahy-tee duh meet-
roh; Please tell me how to get to the subway station.)

Spasibo bol’shoye (spuh-see-buh bahl’- shoy-ee; thank you very much).

Izvinitye, pozhalujsta, mnye pora. (eez-vee-nee-tee pah-zhahl-stuh mnye pah-rah; Excuse me, it’s time
for me to go.)

Izvinitye, pozhalujsta, ya vas nye ponimayu. (eez-vee-nee-tee pahzhahl-stuh yah vahs nee puh-nee-
mah-yu; Excuse me, I didn’t understand what you said.)

Dobro pozhalovat’! (dahb-roh pah-zhah-luh-vuht’; Welcome!)

Pozdravlyayu vas! (puhz-druhv-la-yu vahs; Congratulations!)

Zhyelayu udachi! (zhih-lah-yu oo-dah-chee; Good luck!)

Nichyego. (nee-chee-voh; It’s all right/no problem.)

Vsyego khoroshyego! (vsee-voh khah-roh-shih-vuh; All the best!)

Priyatnogo appyetita! (pree-yat-nuh-vuh uh-pee-tee-tuh; Bon appetit!)

Zhal’! (zhahl’; Too bad!)

Khorosho. (khuh-rah-shoh; It’s all right.)

mal’chik (mahl’-cheek; boy)

dyevushka (dyeh-voosh-kuh; girl)

muzhchina (moo-sh’ee-nuh; man)

papa (pah-puh; dad)

dyedushka (dye-doosh-kuh; grandfather)

dyadya (dya-dye; uncle)

dvyer’ (dvyer’; door)

pol (pohl; floor)

Okno (ahk-noh; window)

zanavyeska (zuh-nuh–vyes-kuh; curtain)


Ya kupil drugu mashinu (yah koo-peel droog-oo muh-shih-noo; I bought my friend a car).

U tyebya yest’ karandash? (oo tee-bya yest’ kuh-ruhn-dahsh; Do you have a pencil?)

U myenya mnogo karandashyej (oo mee-nya mnoh-guh kuh-ruhn-duh-shyey; I have many pencils)

Gdye moya rubashka? (gdye mah-ya roo-bahsh-kuh; Where’s my shirt?)

Chyej eto dom? (chyey eh-tuh dohm; Whose house is that?)

Ch’ya eta kniga? (ch’ya eh-tuh knee-guh; Whose book is that?)

Kakoj magazin ty pryedpochitayesh’? (kuh-kohy muh-guh-zeen tih preed-puh-chee-tah-eesh’; Which


store do you prefer?)

Kakoye blyudo ty pryedpochitayesh’? (kuh-koh-ee blyu-duh tih preedpuh-chee-tah-eesh’; Which dish


do you prefer?)

Viktor: Privyet Marina, chto novogo? Kuda vy propali? pree-vyet mah-ree-nuh, shtoh noh-vuh-vuh?
koo-dah vih prah-pah-lee? Hi Marina, what’s new? Where’ve you disappeared to?

Marina: Privyet, Viktor! Ya nyeskol’ko myesyatsyev otdykhala, a potom nachala rabotat’ v shklolye.
Pree-vyet, veek-tuhr! ya nyes-kuhl’-kuhl’ mye-seetsehf uh-dih-khah-luh, ah pah-tohm nuh-chuh-lah rah-
boh-tuht’ f shkoh-lee. Hi Viktor! I relaxed for several months, and then I started to work at a school.

Viktor: Oj kak intyeryesno! Ya tozhye rabotal odnazhdy v shkolye. Kak vam eto nravitsya? Ohy kahk
een-tee-ryes-nuh! ya toh-zheh rah-boh-tuhl ahd-nahzh-dih f shkoh-lee. kahk vahm eh-tuh nrahveet-sye?
Oh, how interesting! I also worked once at a school. How do you like it?

Marina: Nichyego, no ya predpochitayu otdykhat’. Nee-chee-voh, noh ya preet-puh-chee-tah-yu uh-


dihkhaht’. Not bad, but I prefer to relax.

Viktor: Soglasyen, no k sozhalyeniyu nado rabotat’. sah-glah-seen, noh k suh-zhah-lye-nee-yu nah-duh


ruh-boh-tuht’. I agree, but unfortunately one has to work.

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