{"id":64924,"date":"2020-07-15T19:28:47","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T23:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/learn\/basic-russian-words\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T10:24:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T14:24:21","slug":"basic-russian-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/russian\/basic-russian-words\/","title":{"rendered":"185 Basic Russian Vocabulary Words and Phrases"},"content":{"rendered":"

Word frequency lists can be a great resource for Russian language learners.<\/p>\n

But there’s a caveat: most word frequency lists are taken from written texts, not spoken language.<\/p>\n

As a result, commonly-spoken Russian words like \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0432\u0435\u0442 (hi) and \u0437\u0434\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0443\u0439\u0442\u0435 (hello) might not even make it onto some Russian word lists.<\/p>\n

This practical, user-friendly, conversation-focused list of basic Russian words<\/strong> promises to fix that!<\/p>\n

Plus, we share links to several word lists in case you want to go even deeper into certain topics.<\/p>\n

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Greetings and Departures<\/h2>\n

Naturally, one of the first things any language learner should grasp is the ability to greet other individuals, so here are some of the most common Russian greetings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Russian<\/th>Romanization<\/th>English<\/th>Notes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
\u041f\u0440\u0438\u0432\u0435\u0442 <\/a>\n <\/td>Privet<\/td>Hi<\/td>Informal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0417\u0434\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0443\u0439\u0442\u0435 <\/a>\n <\/td>Zdravstvujte<\/td>Hello<\/td>Formal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0414\u043e\u0431\u0440\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0436\u0430\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c <\/a>\n <\/td>Dobro pozhalovat'<\/td>Welcome<\/td>Formal or informal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0414\u043e\u0431\u0440\u043e\u0435 \u0443\u0442\u0440\u043e <\/a>\n <\/td>Dobroe utro<\/td>Good morning<\/td>Used between dawn and noon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0414\u043e\u0431\u0440\u044b\u0439 \u0434\u0435\u043d\u044c <\/a>\n <\/td>Dobryj den'<\/td>Good afternoon<\/td>Used from late morning to sunset<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0414\u043e\u0431\u0440\u044b\u0439 \u0432\u0435\u0447\u0435\u0440 <\/a>\n <\/td>Dobryj vecher<\/td>Good evening<\/td>Used in evening hours before dinner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0421\u043f\u043e\u043a\u043e\u0439\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u043d\u043e\u0447\u0438 <\/a>\n <\/td>Spokojnoj nochi<\/td>Good night<\/td>Only use when you or someone else is going to bed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u041f\u043e\u043a\u0430 <\/a>\n <\/td>Poka<\/td>Bye<\/td>Informal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0414\u043e \u0441\u0432\u0438\u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f <\/a>\n <\/td>Do svidanija<\/td>Good-bye<\/td>Most common way to say good-bye<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u0414\u043e \u0441\u043a\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0433\u043e <\/a>\n <\/td>Do skorogo<\/td>See you soon<\/td>Informal, use with people you know you'll see again very soon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

23 Ways to Say “Hello” in Russian<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n