Russian for beginners
These are basic Russian words - about one thousand of them:
Russian to English
ya I
ty you
vy you
on he
ona she
oni they
ono it
zhit' live
spat' sleep
lyubit' like
lyublyu love
gde where
kogda when
tam there
tut here
vezde everywhere
vse all
ves' all
vsya all
hleb bread
zhizn' life
rabota work
lyubov' love
schast'e happiness
schastlivyj happy
horoshij good
plohoj bad
privet Hi
zdravstvuj hello
proschaj bye
do svidan'ya goodbye
ochen' very
moloko milk
ryba fish
koshka cat
sobaka dog
korova cow
osel donkey
kozel goat
ptitsa bird
zmeya snake
yascheritsa lizard
cherepaha tortouse
lev lion
devochka girl
devushka girl
muzhchina man
zhenschina woman
spasibo thanks
pozhalujsta please
pojdem go
idem go
idti go
stoyat' stand
lezhat' lie
prygat' jump
hodit' walk
otkryt' open
okno window
krysha roof
stena wall
potolok ceiling
cherdak attic
moloko milk
doroga road
znak sign
metro Metro
trollejbus trolley-bus
mashina machine
avtobus bus
tramvaj tram
avtomobil' car
zhivu live
zhivet lives
zhivut live
zhitel' inhabitant
grazhdanin citizen
pit' drink
est' eat
hotet' want
prosit' beg
proshu beg
prosit begs
prosyat beg
sprashivat' ask
mozhno may
mogu can
mogut can
mozhet can
vozmozhno possibly
abrikos apricot
absurd absurd
avariya crash
avos' maybe
nehaj letitbe
fig ...butusedveryoften:)
avtor author
ad hell
raj paradise
dusha soul
Bog God
smert' death
spasenie salvation
akter actor
akula shark
aktsent accent
govorit' speak
molchat' besilent
sheptat' whisper
ostanovit'sya stop
ostanovit' stop
akkuratnyj accurate
almaz diamond
goluboj light-blue
zheltyj yellow
sinij blue
chernyj black
zelenyj green
krasnyj red
belyj white
oranzhevyj orange
fioletovyj violet
alkogol' alcohol
vodka vodka
pivo beer
vino wine
voda water
spirt spirit
kon'yak cognac
liker liquor
sok juice
kvas ...kwass
al'bom album
alyuminij aluminium
med' copper
stal' steel
zhelezo iron
nikel' nikel
svinets lead
dom house
rodina motherland
strana country
gorod city
derevnya village
vozduh air
kislorod oxygen
vodorod hydrogen
azot nitrogen
alchnyj avid
zhadnyj greedy
zloj malice
zlaya wicked
zlye wicked
antenna anten
apparat apparat
arab Arab
evrej Jew
russkij Russian
anglichanin Englishman
amerikanets American
amerikanskij American
frantsuz Frenchman
arka arch
arbuz water-melon
dynya melon
yabloko apple
grusha pear
persik peach
vinograd grape
morkov' carrot
kartoshka potato
osetr sturgeon
losos' salmon
schuka pike
okun' perch
apel'sin orange
banan banana
ananas pineapple
argument argument
apteka drugstore
vrach doctor
lechit' cure
lechit'sya cure
bolet' beill
bol'noj ill
glupyj foolish
umnyj clever
obychnyj ordinary
srednij average
ochen' very
sovsem atall
nikogda never
vsegda always
togda then
potom after
sejchas now
zdes' here
tam there
tut here
gde where
kak how
kogda when
zachem whatfor
pochemu why
aeroport airport
vokzal station
aerodrom airport
pistolet pistol
ruzh'e rifle
avtomat machine-gun
nozh knife
vilka fork
lozhka spoon
stol table
stul chair
krovat' bed
pol floor
polka shelf
shkaf wardrobe
kartina picture
hudozhnik artist
astronom astronom
uchitel' teacher
uchit' teach
znat' know
pomnit' remember
vspominat' remember
vspomnit' remember
zabyt' forget
zabyvat' forget
zabyl forgot
zabyla forgot
samolet airplane
letat' fly
letit flies
letel flied
leteli flied
plyt' swim
plavat' swim
plyvet swim(he)
plyvut swim(they)
prygat' jump
prygayut jump
baba woman(folk)
muzhik man(folk)
chelovek human
rebenok kid
mal'chik boy
starik oldman
starushka oldwoman
mladenets baby
babushka grandmother
dedushka grandfather
zhena wife
muzh husband
doch' daughter
syn son
sestra sister
brat brother
plemyannik nephew
tetya aunt
dyadya uncle
plemyannitsa niece
babochka butterfly
muha fly
pchela honey-bee
shmel' bee
tarakan cockroach
zhuk beetle
osa wasp
chervyak snail
klop bug
bagazh baggage
vesch' thing
veschi things
delo affair
dela affairs
delat' do
stroit' build
lomat' break
razrushat' destroy
slomat' break
slomannyj broken
ubit' kill
ubivat' kill
rezat' cut
otrezat' cutoff
razrezat' cut
zalezt' getinto
zalezat' getinto
popast' getinto
upast' fall
bol' pain
bol'no painful
bak can
dacha dacha
telefon phone
televizor TVset
priemnik receiver
radiopriemnik radio
banda gang
bandit gangster
bandity gangsters
ubijtsa killer
ubijtsy killers
banka can
kruzhka mug
stakan glass
chashka cup
tarelka plate
bednyj poor
bednost' poverty
bogatyj rich
bogatstvo wealth
biznesmen businessman
torgovets trader
voennyj militery
ofitser officer
soldat soldier
voin fighter
voevat' fight
drat'sya fight
ssorit'sya quarrel
mirit'sya makepeace
zemlya ground
trava grass
derevo tree
kust bush
reka river
ozero lake
prud pond
ruchej kreek
gora mountain
nebo sky
sneg snow
led ice
dozhd' rain
solntse sun
luna moon
veter wind
zhara heat
zharko hot
goryachij hot
holodnyj cold
ledyanoj icy
ruka hand
noga leg
golova head
plecho shoulder
palets finger
beda trouble
ploho bad
baraban drum
baran ram
dver' door
ruchka handle
derzhat' hold
davat' give
brat' take
vzyat' get
sprosit' ask
prosit' ask
bezhat' run
ubegat' runaway
bez without
s with
na on
pri within
kogda when
kem withwhom
kto who
chto what
gde where
polet flight
letat' fly
padat' fall
upast' fall
sprashivat' ask
moch' beable
mogu can(I)
mozhet can(he/she)
byt' be
budet willbe
byl was
byla was(she)
byli were
bylo was(it)
davno longtimeago
nedavno notalongtimeago
vchera yesterday
segodnya today
zavtra tomorrow
poslezavtra dayaftertomorrow
noch' night
den' day
noch'yu bynight
nochnoj nocturnal
dnem byday
utro morning
utrom inthemorning
vecher evening
vecherom intheevening
svet light
temnota darkness
svetlo light
svetlyj light
temnyj dark
polosatyj stripped
gladkij smooth
veselyj merry
smeshnoj funny
smeshno funny
horosho well
Moskva Moscow
Leningrad Leningrad
Peterburg Petersburg
Penza Penza
Tula Tula
Astrahan' Astrakhan
Hovgorod Novgorod
durak fool
umnyj clever
est' is
zhenskij female
muzhskoj male
vkus taste
vkusno tasty
vkusnyj tasty
skala rock
zvezda star
kosmos cosmos
raketa rocket
sputnik sattelite
belka squirrel
volk wolf
lisa fox
sobaka dog
koshka cat
kuritsa chicken
tsyplenok chicken
petuh cock
gus' goose
gusynya goose
indyushka turkey
koza goat(female)
les wood
pole field
zemlya earth
pustynya desert
pesok sand
zvonok ring
zvonit' call
faks fax
komp'yuter computer
personal'nyj personal
moj my
ee her
ego his
ih their
chuzhoj alien
inostranets foreigner
Rossiya Russia
Rus' Russ
Amerika America
nachalo beginning
nachinat' begin
konets end
beskonechnyj endless
poslednij last
pervyj first
vtoroj second
tretij third
chetvertyj fourth
pyatyj fifth
shestoj sixth
sed'moj seventh
vos'moj eighth
devyatyj nineth
desyatyj tenth
odinadtsatyj eleventh
dvenadtsatyj twelweth
trinadtsatyj thirteenth
chetyrnadtsatyj fourteenth
pyatnadtsatyj fifteenth
shestnadtsatyj sixteenth
semnadtsatyj seventeenth
vosemnadtsatyj eighteenth
devyatnadtsatyj nineteenth
dvadtsatyj twelweth
odin one
dva two
tri three
chetyre four
pyat' five
shest' six
sem' seven
vosem' eight
devyat' nine
desyat' ten
odinadtsat' eleven
dvenadtsat' twelve
trinadtsat' thirteen
chetyrnadtsat' fourteen
pyatnadtsat' fifteen
shestnadtsat' sixteen
semnadtsat' seventeen
vosemnadtsat' eighteen
devyatnadtsat' nineteen
dvadtsat' twenty
tridtsat' thirty
sorok forty
pyat'desyat fifty
shest'desyat sixty
sem'desyat seventy
vosem'desyat eighty
devyanosto ninety
sto hundred
dvesti twohundred
trista threehundred
chetyresta fourhundred
pyat'sot fivehundred
shest'sot sixhundred
sem'sot sevenhundred
vosem'sot eighthundred
devyat'sot ninehundred
tysyacha thousand
million million
milliard billion
trillion trillion
bespokoit' worry
spokojnyj calm
bespokojnyj un-steady
sueta fuss
suetlivyj fussy
bespechnyj careless
ostorozhnyj careful
svobodnyj free
nichto nothing
nichego nothing
nikogo nobody
nikto nobody
nekto someone
kto-to someone
gde-to somewhere
kak-to somehow
potomu so
poetomu so
tak so
poskol'ku as
hochu want
hotet' want
chto what
kto who
papa father
mama mother
bespoleznyj useless
bestolkovyj useless
tupoj stupid
tupitsa stupid
styd shame
stydno ashamed
besstydnyj shameless
besstyzhij shameless
bestsvetnyj colorless
tsvet color
tsveta colors
tsvetnoj colorful
krasit' paint
krashenyj painted
okrasheno painted
biblioteka library
bilet ticket
bit' beat
bitva battle
blizkij close(friend)
blizko near
ryadom near
skoro soon
neskoro notsoon
vsegda always
togda then
kogda when
vspyshka flash
gaz gas
steklo glass
balkon balcony
benzin gasoline
maslo oil
bloknot notebook
bloha flea
muha fly
beschelovechnyj inhumane
vojna war
mir peace
menyat' change
izmeneniya changes
izmenenie change
vdrug suddenly
vnezapno abruptly
vnezapnyj abrupt
blyudo dish
myaso meat
sous sauce
perets pepper
luk onion
chesnok garlic
bob bean
bogatstvo wealth
boks box
bok side
bokovoj side
perednij frontal
pered front
zad back
zadnij rear
dvor yard
zabor fence
bol'she more
men'she less
bojkij lively
bol'nitsa hospital
boloto swamp
glavnyj main
prostoj simple
bomba bomb
patron cartridge
bombardirovschik bomber
boroda beard
usy moustache
volosy hair
zont umbrella
uho ear
ushi ears
glaza eyes
glaz eye
nos nose
nozdri nostrils
nozdrya nostril
podborodok chin
sheya neck
spina back
brod ford
bred delirium
brevno log
brodyaga tramp
bronza bronze
bronya armour
tank tank
bukva character
pis'mo letter
ruchka pen
karandash pencil
budit' wakeup
prosnut'sya awake
vstal getup
sel sat
sadit'sya sit
sidet' sit
lozhit'sya lie
lezhat' lie
spat' sleep
buduschee future
proshloe past
nastoyaschij real
bol'shoj big
malen'kij small
korova cow
bujvol buffalo
bulavka pin
igolka needle
nozhnitsy scissors
klej adhesive
bumaga paper
kniga book
gazeta newspaper
zhurnal magazine
bryuki trousers
plat'e dress
shapka hat
botinki boots
botinok boot
noski socks
nosok sock
budit' wake
iskra spark
iskry sparks
hlopchatobumazhnyjcotton
bumazhnik wallet
den'gi money
moneta coin
monety coins
drel' drill
gvozd' nail
buhgalter acountant
buhgalteriya book-keeping
schitat' count
kal'kulyator calculator
buterbrod sandwich
kolbasa sausage
sosiska sausage
shtorm storm
byk bull
zherebets stallion
byuro bureau
ofis office
byurokrat bureaucrat
nachal'nik chief
rabotnik worker
rabotat' work
rabotayu work(I)
rabotniki workers
byudzhet budget
v in
vagon vagon
vaza vase
tsvetok flower
tsvety flowers
smotret' look
videt' see
vizhu see
vmeste together
dumat' think
dumayu think
ideya idea
mysl' thought
mysli thoughts
moj my
moya my
moe my
moi my
ee her
ih their
ego his
verno true
pravil'no correct
pravyj right
levyj left
napravo totheright
nalevo totheleft
pryamo forward
nazad back
vpered forward
povorachivat' turn
povernut' turn
vera faith
verblyud camel
vernut' return
vozvraschat' return
vozvraschat'sya return
obratno back
navernoe probably
vernyj correct
pravil'nyj right
pravil'no correct
vertikal'nyj vertical
veteran veteran
staryj old
novyj new
vertolet helicopter
strelyat' shoot
strelyayu shoot
strelyaet shoots
strelyayut shoot
strelyal shooted
strelyali shooted
strelyala shooted
ves' entire
vse all
vetv' branch
vetka branch
vertet' turn
povernut' turn
povorachivat' turn
pozvolit' let
davajte let's
ves weight
vesit weights
vetchina ham
sumasshedshij crazy
bezumnyj mad
dyshat' breathe
dyshit breathes
dyshat breathe
dyshish' breathe
vizit visit
vintovka rifle
vishnya cherry
kratko briefly
korotkij short
dlinnyj long
vovlech' involve
vovlekat' involve
vovlechennyj involved
mokryj wet
suhoj dry
lider leader
vozhd' leader
krichat' shout
krichit cries
krichal cried
krichali cried
vojska troops
volshebnyj magic
volshebnik wizard
feya fairy
skazka fairytale
skazki fairytales
okolo near
vozle near
vokrug around
voobrazhat' imagine
voobrazhayu imagine
voobrazhaet imagines
oruzhie weapon
vorobej sparrow
vorona crow
vorota gate
vorotnik collar
vorotnichok collar
vosk wax
voskresen'e Sunday
ponedel'nik Monday
vtornik Tuesday
sreda Wednesday
chetverg Thursday
pyatnitsa Friday
subbota Saturday
prazdnik holiday
vyhodnoj holiday
rabochij worker
inzhener engineer
krest'yanin peasant
fermer farmer
ferma farm
pole field
vor thief
vorovat' steal
ukrast' steal
ukral stole
ukradennyj stolen
pomnit' remember
vzorvat' explode
vzorvat'sya explode
pet' sing
plyasat' dance
tantsevat' dance
kurit' smoke
sigareta cigarette
sigarety cigarettes
sigara cigar
sigary cigars
pachka pack
pachki packs
korobka box
korobki boxes
zhestyanka tin
fol'ga foil
banka can
vostok East
sever North
yug South
yuzhnyj southern
zapad West
zapadnyj western
vostorg delight
voshod sunrise
vverh up
vniz down
nazad back
vstupit' enter
tabak tobacco
list leaf
vyglyadet' looklike
vyglyadit lookslike
vyglyadyat looklike
platit' pay
oplata payment
zarplata salary
prodavat' sell
pokupat' buy
pokupayu buy
pokupaet buys
pokupayut buy
prodayu sell
prodaet sells
prodayut sell
dobavit' add
pribavit' add
umnozhenie miltiplication
delenie division
dolya share
chast' part
tselyj whole
obschij common
vyazat' knit
gadat' guess
otgadyvat' guess
galereya gallery
arka arch
garazh garage
garantirovat' guarantee
garantiruyu guarantee
garantiruyut guarantee
general general
general'nyj general
bazovyj basic
baza base
mishen' target
nuzhno needed
nuzhdat'sya need
nuzhen needed
genij genius
geroj hero
glava head
glubina depth
globus globe
glotka throat
zhivot stomach
zheludok stomach
glupost' foolishness
gluhoj deaf
slepoj blind
nemoj dumb
gluhota deafness
slepota blindness
glush' wildplace
glyadet' look
gnezdo nest
gnet yoke
gniloj rotten
gnienie rotten
golod hunger
golodnyj hungry
golyj naked
gornyj mountain
goroh pea
gostinitsa hotel
granata grenade
grabezh robbery
gosudarstvo state
shtat state
gradus degree
grazhdanin citizen
granit granite
granitsa border
rascheska comb
grob coffin
ugroza threat
grusha pear
guba lip
guby lips
gruppa group
grustnyj sad
gubit' ruin
gruzit' load
grud' chest
grubyj coarse
davit' press
dazhe even
data date
dvojnoj double
bliznetsy twins
dvizhenie movement
dvigat' move
dvigat'sya move
dvorets palace
dvojnya twins
delit' divide
etazh floor
den' day
deti children
deshevyj cheap
deshevo cheaply
dlina length
do until
ran'she before
dobro kindness
priglashat' invite
priglasil invited
priglasila invited
priglasili invited
nas us
ih them
vesti lead
vyzvat' call
dolgij long
dolgoe long
vremya time
dolg debt
uchit' teach
uchit'sya study
uchenik pupil
student student
drevesina wood
edinenie unity
ob`edinennyj united
dush shower