Lesson 2: Russian names.

Girls' names

Любовь / Люба = Love (pr. Liubov or Liuba)

Оксана/ Ксения = Roxanne (pr. Oxana or Ksenia)

Варвара/ Варя = Barbara/ Barbie (pr. Varvara/ Varya)

Дарья / Даша = Darya or Dasha 

Алeна = Alena 

Мария/Маша = Maria

Анна/Аня = Anna (pr. Ana or Anna or Anya for short)

Ирина / Ира = Irina

Татьяна = Tatyana

Анастасия / Настя = Anastasia/Annie

Елена/Лена = Helen (pr. Elena or Lena)

Наталья/Наташа = Natalie/Natasha 

Светлана = Svetlana 

Ольга/Оля = Olga (pr. Oliga or Olya)

Александра/ Саша = Alex/ Alexandra/ Sasha 

Евгения/Женя = Eugenia (pr. Evgenia or Zhenia)

Алиса = Alice (pr. Alisa)

Валерия = Valeria 

Eва = Eve or Evie (pr. eva)

Юлия/Юля = Julia/Julie/Yulia/Yulya

София = Sophie (pr. Sofia)

Boys' names

Анатолий/ Толя = Anatole (pr. Anatoliy/ Tolya)

Борис / Боря = Boris or Borya

Александр/Саша = Alex/ Alexander

Йохан = Johann 

Игорь = Igor

Егор = Egor

Дмитрий/ Дима = Dmirtiy/ Dima

Федор/ Федя = Fedor/ Fedya

Даниил = Daniel (pr. Daniil)

Олег = Oleg

Алексей = Aleksey

Глеб = Gleb

Илья = Ilya

Андрей = Andrew (pr. andrey)

Евгений/ Женя = Eugene (pr. Evgeniy/ Zdjenia)

Семён = Simon / Simeon / Sem (pronounced Semyon)

Григорий = George or Gregory (pr. Grigoriy)

Валерий / Валера = Valeriy or Valera

Николай = Nick (pr. Nikolay)

Филипп = Philipp (pr. the same)

Тимур = Timur (pronounced the same)

Адам = Adam (same pronounciation) 

Константин / Костя = Constantin/ Costia/ Costa 

Сергей / Сережа = Sergey (pr. sergey or seryioza)

Иван/Ваня = Ivan or Vania 

Юрий / Юра = Yuriy/Yura

Юлий = Yuliy

Булат = Bulat

Тихон = Tihon
Антон = Anthony (pr. Anton)

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Lesson 1: Greetings and farewells

The most common greetings and farewells in Russian for everyday use:

Hi (informal)                       =  Привет (privet)
Hello (formal or                 =  Здравствуйте (zdravstvuyte) 
How are you? (informal)   =  Как у тебя дела? (kak oo tebya dela?)
How are you? (formal / plural)     = Как у Вас / вас дела?* (kak oo vas dela?) 

*in Russian, when using formal language, word Вы (formal you) or Вас (formal you in different contexts, are used for both formal langauage and plural sayings. For kindness, when using the formal singular way, the 'В' in 'Вы' is always capital; in the plural version, it is not.)

What is your name? (informal) = Как тебя зовут? (kak tebya zovoot?)
What is your name? (formal / plural) = Как Вас/вас зовут? (kak vas zovoot?)
How old are you? (informal singular) = Сколько тебе лет? (skolko tebe let?**)
How old are you? (formal / plural) = Сколько вам лет? (skolko vam let?**)

**in Russian, to say 'сколько' (skolko) the 'l' has to be pronounced more like in 'skoliko'. This soft sound is represented with the soft symbol: 'ь'.

Bye (informal)  =  пока (poka)
Bye (formal / plural)  =  до свидания (do svidania).
See you soon = до скорой встречи (do skoroy vstrechi) or скоро увидимся (skoro oovidimsya)

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