Russian Phrases For Dummies

Hundreds of useful phrases at your fingertips

Speak Russian — instantly!

Traveling to Russia but don't know Russian? Need to kick up your conversation skills? This handy little phrasebook will jump-start your comprehension and have you speaking basic Russian in no time.

Andrew Kaufman, PhD, is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia. Serafima Gettys, PhD, is a Coordinator of the Foreign Language Program at Lewis University. Nina Wieda is a doctoral student at Northwestern University.

Discover how to:

Get directions, shop, and eat out

Talk numbers, dates, and times

Chat about family and work

Discuss sports and the weather

Deal with problems and emergencies

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Title of ebook: Russian Phrases For Dummies
ISBN: 9780470228265
parent-ISBN: 9780470149744
Publisher: For Dummies
Internet download file size: 1798 kb
Pages: 216
Published: 08-2007
Released online for download: 08-13-2007
Author of eBook: Kaufman PhD, Andrew
Joint Author: Gettys PhD, Serafima
Joint Author: Wieda, Nina

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Russian Phrases For Dummies

Chapter One

I Say It How? Speaking Russian

In This Chapter

* Understanding the Russian alphabet

* Pronouncing words properly

* Discovering popular expressions

Welcome to Russian! Whether you want to read a Russian menu, enjoy Russian music, or just chat it up with your Russian friends, this is the beginning of your journey. In this chapter, you get all the letters of the Russian alphabet, discover the basic rules of Russian pronunciation, and say some popular Russian expressions and idioms.

Looking at the Russian Alphabet

If you're like most English speakers, you probably think that the Russian alphabet is the most challenging aspect of picking up the language. But not to worry. The Russian alphabet isn't as hard as you think.

From A to Ya: Making sense of Cyrillic

The Russian alphabet is based on the Cyrillic alphabet, which was named after the ninth-century Byzantine monk, Cyril. But t ... read full excerpt from Russian Phrases For Dummies ebook

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