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Russian Language and Culture
This category includes questions and answers relating to Russian, the Slavic language of Russia, its people and their culture.
1,156 Questions
How do you say Russian in Russian?
The Russian word for "Russian" is русский, pronounced ROOS-ski.
If you want to write it in English, you can write it as russky.
Why do most Russians live in Russia?
Russians live in Russia because that is the country of their births.
Note: Today, the name of Russia is "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics" (U.S.S.R.), also called Soviet Union Russian or Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, or Sovetsky Soyuz
Note: Russians have and do migrate to live in other countries across the world.
The Russian language belongs to which branch of the Indo-European family of languages?
The Russian language belongs to the Slavic branch of the Indo-European family of languages.
How do you say the word 'father' in Russian?
In Russian, "father" is pronounced as "отец" which is transliterated as "otets".
How do you say Hello and Thank you in Russian?
There are a few ways to say hello in Russian. Thank you is easier. "Spa-CEE-ba". For someone you know well, you can greet them with "zdrasty", but for most people you'd say the whole word, "zdrast-voo-tye". On the phone, you'd say, "Ah-lo"
The look mostly like other Europeans. Some might have a somewhat squarish face or a rather large thyroid cartilage in guys, but typically, they don't look much different from other Caucasians.
How do you spell Jason in Russian?
I'm not a native Russian speaker but here's my best guess: iacon although you'll need the Cyrillic i (looks like a backwards N => и).
Why "iacon"?
We'll, consider Josef Stalin's name. It was "iosef" with Cyrillic characters for the i (и) and f.
In Cyrillic the 's' looks like the 'c' of the Latin alphabet.
Hence, Jason => иacon
It's actually: Джейсон. The combination of the first 4 Cyrillic letters is pronounced the same as the English J
in Russian we don't use "do" in sentances like how do you do? or, what do you think?; because Russian uses grammatical case for each set of words or sentence. Most common translation of 'do' to Russian is Дело-Delo means Doing or Business
Is there is any recent political development in Russia?
As of now, the recent political development in Russia is the tightening of control over internet activity with the passing of new laws and regulations. This includes measures to restrict access to certain websites and increasing surveillance of online communications.
How do you say what's wrong in Russian?
To say "what's wrong" in Russian, you can say "что не так" (pronounced: shto nye tak).
How do you say Yes Sir in Russian?
if u mean it in military way, then "yest, ser". if u mean it just like polite version of yes, then we don't have it, just say "da" - yes.
In Russian, "Ziva" is not a common word or name. However, it can be transliterated as "Зи́ва" and could potentially be used as a name.
"пожар" or "puh-zhar" (note that the "zh" is pronounced like the "ge" in "courage" and the stress is on tthe "ar"). with correct stress, the word should sound like "puhzhAR"
Who invented the Russian alphabet?
The Russian alphabet, also known as the Cyrillic alphabet, was developed by the brothers Saints Cyril and Methodius in the 9th century. They were Byzantine theologians and missionaries who created the alphabet for the purpose of translating religious texts into the Old Church Slavonic language.
How do you say no thank you in Russian?
written phonetically in English it would be... "Nyet Spasiba." In Russian it is нет спасибо.
The response "Нет, спасибо" (Nyet, spasEEbah) expresses a polite refusal.
Sometimes you can hear even "Да нет, спасибо" (Da nyet, spasEEbah), which means the same.
How do you day nice to meet you in Russian?
In Russian, "nice to meet you" is "Приятно познакомиться" pronounced as "Priyatno poznakomitsya."
How do pronounce idiot in Russian?
In Russian, "idiot" is pronounced as "и́диот" (ee-dee-ott). The stress is on the first syllable.
