Russian 101
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| Not an actual student of mine :) |
Welcome to the super- duper beginner's course in learning Russian. Taught by me. How, you may ask, do I know Russian? Well, I don't really, but I have taught at least 3 children who came to my class as 2 year olds that only spoke Russian. So I will teach you what I learned from their parents. "Ne plach"- that means no crying. Seems harsh to say to a little kid but that was what they taught me to say. Also, "moloko" is milk. I probably also learned how to say "let me change your diaper" and "mommy will be back" but I don't remember those. There, that is the extent of my teaching. I know, pretty impressive. Luckily, I was able to get some words and phrases from the internet. The Russian language also uses its own alphabet so I found an example of that too. Isn't the internet the best thing ever invented???
Here goes... (the capital letters should be stressed in these first 2 sections)
Hi - privEt Good Bye- dos vidAnya Thank You- spasiba
Yes- da No - Nyet I Love You- ya tiby A l'ubly U
1- adin 2- dva 3- tri 4- chitYri 5- p'At 6- shEst
7- sEm 8- vOsim 9- dEvit 10- dEsit
(not sure exactly which syllable is stressed- sorry)
Black- chyor-niy White- byeh-liy Red- krahs-niy
Blue- see-niy Green- zee-lyoh-niy Yellow- zhyol-tiy
Russia is a wonderful country- Rasiya zamichAtel naya stranA
Tonight we are going out to eat at a Russian restaurant :) I will let you know tomorrow how it went, but I thought it fitting that the last phrase should be......
Bon Appetit- Khoroshiy Appetit!!!!
No, this is not the Russian restaurant!!! Dosvidanya everyone!!!
