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ReadingLesson 1. Greetings and Farewells
In this lesson, you will find the most frequently used formulas of politeness in Russian and you will learn:
- How to say hello and how to greet people in Russian
- How to say goodbye in Russian
- How to thank and apologize in Russian
You will also find information about polite and familiar forms of address> in Russian.
I. Russian formulas of politeness
Listen and repeat after the speaker:
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The Russian language has respectful and familiar forms of address to other people. The polite form is used in formal situations or if you are you talking to someone you don't know very well. Russian familiar form is generally used among friends and relatives.
In this course, we mainly use polite phrases for formal situations. However, in some cases, we will introduce familiar expressions which will be marked as "informal" in brackets.
Notice also that certain formulas of politeness (e.g. до свидания goodbye and спасибо thank you) can be used both for formal and informal situations.
For more info, see the page Polite and familiar address in Russian
II. Greetings and farewells
Listen and repeat:
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b) Listen and find the corresponding English word:
III. How are you?
a) Listen and repeat the following expressions:
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b) Answer the questions in Russian following the model and check yourself:
Model:
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How are you getting on? - I'm fine, thanks. |
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Как дела? - (Perfectly well.)
[kak dila?]
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Check yourself
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Как поживаете? - (Not so bad, thanks. And how are you?)
[kak pajivaiti?]
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Check yourself
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Привет! Как дела? - (Fine. And what about you?)
[privyet! kak dila?]
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Check yourself
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Как поживаете? - (Thanks, I'm fine. And how are you?)
[kak pajivaiti?]
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Check yourself
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Как у Вас дела? - (Perfectly, thanks.)
[kak oo vas dila?]
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Check yourself
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IV. Request and thanks
a) Listen and repeat the following expressions:
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b) Listen and find the corresponding English word:
V. Hello guys!
Listen to the phrases in Russian and choose the correct replies.
Listen to the phrases. Drag the Russian phrases from the list below and drop them into the corresponding fields.
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