Let's start your 1st lesson- GREETINGS and learn to greet people in Russian!

The most typical greetings in Russian are :

Привет  - Hi

Приветик (mostly used by girls) - Hi

Здравствуйте - Hello (official)

Also you can use parts of the day to greet people:

Доброе утро! - Good Morning!

Добрый день!  - Good Afternoon!

Добрый вечер! - Good Evening!

Some very informal ones:

Здрасте (short from Здравствуйте)

Здорова! - What's up!

It's a good thing to ask people how they're doing:

formal:

Как у вас дела? - How are you?

Как вы поживаете? - How are you doing?

Какие у вас новости? - What's going on?

Чем вы занимались? - What have you been up to?

informal

Как у тебя дела? - How are you?

or simply  - Как дела? - How are you?

Как поживаешь? - How are you doing?

Какие новости? - What's going on?

Чем занимался? Чем занималась? Чем занимались?(if addressing more than one) - What have you been up to?

very informal (mostly among teenagers):

Как оно? How's it going?

Asking about your friend's family :

Как семья? - How's your family?

Как родители? - How are your parents?

And about other things:

Как бизнес? - How's business?

Как здоровье? How is your health?

If you haven't met your friend for a lot time you might say:

Сколько лет, сколько зим! Haven't seen you for ages!

Some funny replies to typical questions:

Как дела? - Пока не родила!  - How are you? I haven't delivered the baby yet (makes no sense but it rhymes)

Здорово! - Здоровей видали!  - Hello! - We've seen bigger! (здорово is similar to здоровый which means big, powerful, strong, mighty)

ok now you can watch the video and practice

more to come ... comments appreciated

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written by yafi , October 02, 2009

Oh, this is a very good clip, and it makes much more sense to me now even though it's been a few days since I last listened. Wonderful! Thank you!

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written by Mancebo Reis , December 10, 2009

Extremely usefull!!!

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written by ioannis , January 16, 2010

Отлично

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written by Bobby , February 07, 2010

I'm so sorry, but I thought German was difficult. I could never learn to speak half as fast as normal-speed Russian, unless I lived there. I may be back, though. Spaceba.

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written by Gillian , March 07, 2010

What is the difference between "Рад (рада) познакомиться" and "Очень приятно"? Do they mean essentially the same thing? When would you use one phrase instead of the other? Спасибо.

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written by Chechkina , March 29, 2010

People! Don't use здрасте! It sounds too informal, I was trying to get rid of it at school! Anyone who wants to speak to a native user - write me!

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written by mody , December 18, 2010

Отлично .... i luv it

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written by PAULO JAN , March 25, 2011

ЙЦУКЕНГШЩЗХЪ
ФЫВАПРОЛДЖЭ
ЯЧСМИТЬБЮ. ( just to memorise the positions at the keyboard.. )

ПРИТНА - РАД
ОТДИЧНО - ПРЕКРАСНО
may I use both , or does it depend on?

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written by rubp , April 27, 2011

there are so many greetings here my teacher never told me about. thanks so much Mr. Vyacheslav!

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