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VOCABULARY USED IN THIS LESSON

Russian	Pronunciation	English

вам	vam	to you
года	goh-da	years; plural of год (year)
двадцать пять	de-vaht-st' pyat'	25
ей	yey	to her
ему	yi-moo	to him
лет	lyet	years (literally: summers)
мне	mn-yeh	to me
сколько	skol'-ka	how many?
тридцать четыре	tree-tsat' che-teih-ree	34

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How old are you?

сколько вам лет?

Pronounced:

skol'-ka vam lyet

Listen:

(Lena)

How old is she?

сколько ей лет?

Pronounced:

skol'-ka yey lyet

Listen:

(Lena)

How old is he?

сколько ему лет?

Pronounced:

skol'-ka yi-moo lyet

Listen:

(Lena)

She is 25 years old

ей двадцать пять лет

Pronounced:

yey de-vaht-st' pyat' lyet

Listen:

(Lena)

She is 25

ей двадцать пять

Pronounced:

yey de-vaht-st' pyat'

Listen:

(Lena)

I am 34 years old

мне тридцать четыре года

Pronounced:

mn-yeh tree-tsat' che-teih-ree goh-da

Listen:

(Lena)

Years

The Russian word for 'years' changes depending on how many years you are talking about. There are 3 versions and are fairly easy if you practice.

1 - год (god)

2, 3, 4 - года (goh-da)

5 to 20 - лет (lyet)

For numbers over 20 you need to look at the last digit. If it is a 1 use год, if it is 2 to 4 use года, and if it is 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or a multiple of 10 then use лет.