Learn Russian online: Get to know someone
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English | Russian | Transcription |
My name is... | [mee-nyá za-vóot...] | |
What is your name? (formal) | [kak vas za-vóot...] | |
What is your name? (informal) | [kak tee-bya sa-vóot...] | |
Pleased to meet you! | [pree-yát-na paz-na-kó-mee-tsa] | |
Let me introduce you. This is... | [paz-na-kóm-tyis, é-ta...] | |
What are you doing tonight (tomorrow night)? (formal) - | Что вы делаете сегодня (завтра) вечером? - | [shto vi dyé-la-yee-tye see-vód-nya (záf-tra) vyé-chee-ram] - |
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Hello, my name is Peter. | [sdrá-stvooy-tee (pree-vyét) mee-nyá za-vóot Pyotr.] | |
And what is your (you/informal) name? | [A kak vas (tee-byá) za-vóot?] | |
My name is Irina. Where do you (informal) come from? | [mee-nyá za-vóot Ee-rée-na. At-kóo-da vi pree-yé-ha-lee (ti pree-yé-hal)?] | |
I come from England. And you (informal)? | [ya pree-yé-hal is án-glee-yee. A vi (ti)?] | |
I live in Moscow. | [ya zhee-vóo v Mas-kvyé.] | |
How do you (informal) like it here? | [kak vam (tee-byé) sdyes nrá-vee-tsa?] | |
I arrived yesterday and haven't seen much. | [ya fchee-rá pree-yé-hal ee yee-shshó pach-tée nee-chye-vó nye vée-dyel.] | |
I have only four days to see everything. | [oo mee-nyá tól-ka chee-tý-ree dnya shtó-by vsyo pas-mat-ryét.] | |
What would you (informal) recommend? | [shto vi mnye mó-zhi-tye (ti mnye mó-zhish) pa-sa-vyé-ta-vat] | |
It'd be a pleasure for me to show you (informal) the city. | [ya s oo-da-vól-stvee-yem pa-ka-shóo vam (tee-byé) gó-rad.] | |
Let us (formal) meet here tomorrow at 9 o'clock. | [da-váy(tee) fstryé-teem-sya zdyes záf-tra v dyé-veet chee-sóf] | |
Great! Thank you very much! | [at-lée-chna! Bal-shó-ye spa-sée-ba!] | |
See you tomorrow! | [pa-ká! Da záf-tra!] | |

