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