RUSSIAN PHRASEBOOK (with audio and video)


TIME EXPRESSIONS

It's difficult to express with gestures concepts such as "later", "now", "always", "never",... that's why we've included in this guide a place where you can learn words and phrases related to time. They're so important that you'll be using them in all kind of conversations. Listen carefully to the audio and repeat every word. Don't forget to watch the videos below. There's not time to lose.


VIDEO
Summary with images and sound:
We've put together in video the most important words and phrases to help you memorize them.
After watching it, you can read and listen to all the vocabulary we've prepared for this topic.

The days of the week:
The months of the year:












Now, later, soon...

We've tried to create a list as wide as possible with words related to time. They're very useful because a single word gives a specific time reference to the person you are talking to. Now just listen and repeat:


PHRASE PRONUNCIATION
 
никогда́
never
ni-kag-dá

 
всегда́
always
fsyeg-dá

 
иногда́
sometimes, occasionally
i-nag-dá

 
сейча́с / не сейча́с
now / not now
sej-chás / nye sej-chás

 
пото́м
later
pa-tóm

 
пять мину́т
five minutes
pyat mi-nút

 
Одну́ мину́ту, пожа́луйста
one minute, please
ad-nú mi-nú-tu, pa-zhá-lus-ta

 
ско́ро
soon
skó-ra

 
оди́н раз
once (one time)
a-dín ras

 
ещё раз
again
ye-schyó ras

 
че́рез неде́лю
in a week
chyé-ryes nye-dyé-lyu

 
в сле́дующий раз
next time
f slyé-du-schij ras

 
когда́-нибу́дь
some day, some time
kag-dá ni-bút

 
когда́ вы хоти́те
whenever you want (formal)
kag-dá vy ha-tí-tye

 
когда́ ты хо́чешь
whenever you want (informal)
kag-dá ty hó-chyesh

 
Не зна́ю, когда́
I don't know when
nye zná-yu kag-dá

Yesterday, today, tomorrow

It's that simple. Here you'll learn how to say these three useful words. You'll be using the very often. We also recommend that you learn the days of the week (at the beginning of this section there's a video where you can listen to them):


WORD PRONUNCIATION
 
вчера́
yesterday
fchye-rá

 
сего́дня
today
sye-vód-nya

 
за́втра
tomorrow
záf-tra



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The parts of the day

Thanks to something called "grammatical cases" (you don't need to learn this to use this phrasebook) one Russian word expresses something for which you need three words in English (for example "in the morning"). You can see it here:


WORD PRONUNCIATION
 
у́тром
in the morning
ú-tram

 
днём
in the daytime
dnyom

 
ве́чером
in the evening
vyé-chye-ram

 
но́чью
at night
nóch-yu

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