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I.......Ya,
You.....Ty
He.... On
She....Ana
It....Ano
This, That.....
We......My
You, plural....Vy
They.....Anee

Good Morning (Dobroe utro)
Good Afternoon/Day (Dobryj den')
Good Evening (Dobryj večer)
Good Night (Spokojnoj noči)
Good Bye ("da-svee-da-nee-ye")
Please/Your Welcome ("pa-zhal-sta")
Thank You Спасибо ("spa-see-ba")
Yes ("da")
No ("nyet")
Sir/Mister
Madam/Misses

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I want/desire
I don't want
I want a ticket
To me/For me
I need
I want/need coffee
Where/Where is
Where is the toilet?
How much/many?
How much does it/that cost?
Hour/O'clock
What time, which hour?
At what time?
Is (exists)
You have
A book
You have a book
Do you have a map?
Do you have a pencil?
I understand
I don't understand
Do you understand?
I don't speak
I don't speak Russian
It is
Is it?

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The water
The drinkable water
The luggage/baggage
My luggage
The suitcase
The suitcases
My suitcase/s
This suitcase
That suitcase
This one
That one
That one over there
This ticket
A backpack
The baggage check
A locker
The key
The town/city
A map
A map of the town/city map
Open
Closed
The passport
The Police
The Police officer
The city center
The old city

Zero (nol)
One Half
One ("a-deen")
Two ("dva")
Three ("tree")
Four ("chye-tir-ye")
Five ("pyat")
Six ("shest")
Seven ("syem")
Eight ("vo-syem")
Nine ("dyev-yat")
Ten ("dyes-yat")

Eleven.. odynatsat
Twelve .. dvenatsat
Thirteen ..treenatsat
Fourteen .. chetyrnatsat
Fiveteen .. pyatnatsat
Sixteen .. shesnatsat
Seventeen .. semnatsat
Eighteen .. vosemnatsat
Nineteen .. devyatnatsat
Twenty .. dvatsat

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Source: LanguageHelpers.com

Russian letters that are (almost) the same as English.

А а - Pronounced like the "a" in the word "father" or "car". It is not the 'flat' "a" sound
you sometimes hear in words like"cat" or "Adam".

К к - Pronounced like the "k" in "kitten" or "kangaroo". This letter replaces the
english "c" in words like "cat".

М м - Pronounced like the "m" in man. (Note: Unlike english, the hand-written "м"
should always start from the bottom)

O o - When stressed, it is pronounced like the "o" in "bore". When un-stressed it is
pronounced more like the letter "a". (See later notes.)

Т т - Pronounced like the "t" in "tap". (Note: The hand-written form for "т" should
always start from the top, as it looks quite similar to the letter "м")

Russian letters that look like english letters but sound different.

В в - Pronounced like the "v" in "vet". (Equivalent to the english letter "v").

Е е - Pronounced like the "ye" in "yes".

Н н - Pronounced like the "n" in "no". (Equivalent to the english letter "n").

Р р - Pronounced like the "r" in "run", but it is rolled. (Equivalent to the english letter
"r", but always rolled.).

С с - Pronounced like the "s" in "see". (Equivalent to the english letter "s"). (It might
help to remember that it's used like the "s" sound in the english words "centre"
and "cent".)

У у - Pronounced like the "oo" in "boot" or "root".

Х х - Pronounced like the "h" in "hello". However, this is often pronounced more
like the "ch" in the Scottish "Loch" or German "Bach", or the spanish "x" in "Mexico".

Russian letters that look unusual, but have familiar
sounds

Б б - Pronounced like the "b" in "bat". (Equivalent to the
english letter "b").

Г г - Pronounced like the "g" in "go". (Equivalent to the english
letter "g").

Д д - Pronounced like the "d" in "dog". (Equivalent to the
english letter "d").

З з - Pronounced like the "z" in "zoo". (Equivalent to the
english letter "z").

И и - Pronounced like the "ee" in "see". (Note: The hand-
written form for "и" looks a little like the english "u").

Л л - Pronounced like the "l" in "love". (Equivalent to the
english letter "l").

П п - Pronounced like the "p" in "pot". (Equivalent to the
english letter "p").

Ф ф - Pronounced like the "f" in "fat". (Equivalent to the english
letter "f").

Э э - Pronounced like the "e" in "fed".

New Russian letters and sounds

Ю ю - Pronounced like the "u" in "universe". (Pronounced much like
the english word "you").

Я я - Pronounced like the "ya" in "yard".

Ё ё - Pronounced like "yo" in "yonder".

Ж ж - Like "s" in "measure", "pleasure" or "fusion" or like "g" in
colour "beige". (As there is no english symbol for this sound, it is
usually represented as "zh")

Ц ц - Similar to the "ts" sound in "sits" or "its".

Ч ч - Pronounced like the "ch" in "chips" or "church" .

Ш ш - Pronounced like the "sh" in shut.

Щ щ - Pronounced like "sh" but with your tongue on the roof of your
mouth. Try putting your tongue in the same position as you would to
say "ch" but say "sh" instead. English speakers may find it hard to
define the difference between "ш" and "щ".

Ы ы - Pronounced like the "i" in "bit" or "ill". (Said with your tounge
slightly back in your mouth.)

Й й - This letter is used to form diphthongs. So "oй" is like the "oy"
sound in "boy" or "aй" is like the "igh" in "sigh".

Pronunciation Symbols
(These letters have no sound on there own, but are still considered
letters.).

Ъ ъ - The 'Hard Sign' is rarely used. It indicates a slight pause
between sylables.

Ь ь - The 'Soft Sign' makes the previous letter 'soft'. Think of the "p"
sound in the word "pew". (Try inflecting a very slight "y" sound onto
letter before it.)
A note about vowels

You may have noticed that there are often two forms of a vowel,
hard and soft. It may help to note the corresponding vowels.
А ("a")         Я ("ya")
Э ("e")         Е ("ye")
У ("oo")        Ю ("yoo")
О ("o")         Ё ("yo")

Ы, И and Й don't really follow this pattern.

Directions

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