kind (Russians don't say 'Good Day', they say 'Kind Day'. But essentially it has the same meaning)
утро
OO-tra
morning
день
den
day
вечер
vEIr-cher
evening
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If you travel to the Russian Federation you will probably hear these common greetings, and thankfully they are usually quite easy to understand.
Good Morning
доброе утро
Pronounced:
dOb-ray oo-tra
Audio:
(Lena)
Audio:
(Irina)
Good Day
добрый день
Pronounced:
dOb-ree den
Audio:
(Lena)
Audio:
(Irina)
Good Evening
добрый вечер
Pronounced:
dOb-ree vEIr-cher
Audio:
(Lena)
Audio:
(Irina)
Word suffixes (endings)
Why do we use two different words for 'kind'?
This is because Russian, like many other European languages, distinguishes between three 'genders' of nouns - masculine, feminine, and neuter.
These grammar rules will be covered in a more advanced lesson, but for now just understand that some words might change their endings depending on their 'gender'.
In this example, доброе has a neuter ending ('ое') and добрый has a masculine ending ('ый'). The feminine ending would be 'ая', giving the word добрая.
For now, just try to absorb the sound of Russian speech, don't try to remember too much!
