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VOCABULARY USED IN THIS LESSON

Russian	Pronunciation	English
как	kak	how
вы	vweh / vwei	you (formal)
ты	theh * / tei	you (informal)
поживаете	pa-zhi-vA-ye-tye	living / going (as in 'How are you going?')
дела	dyl-Ah	business / affairs / things (as in 'How's things?')
там	tam	there
жизнь	zhI-zn	life

* Note: don't pronounce the first two letters of 'theh' as th in thumb. Instead use the laughing word 'heh' and add a 't' at the beginning, similar to the t in tent. Listen to the sounds below and you will understand.
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How are you going?

как вы поживаете?

Pronounced:

kak vweh pa-zhi-vA-ye-tye?

Audio:

(Lena)

Audio:

(Irina)

How are you Jonathon?

как поживаете Джонатон?

Pronounced:

kak pa-zhi-vA-ye-tye jon-a-ton?

Audio:

(Lena)

Audio:

(Irina)

How's things? (more informal than above)

как дела?

Pronounced:

kak dyl-Ah?

Audio:

(Lena)

Audio:

(Irina)

How are you? (formal version of 'you')

как вы?

Pronounced:

kak vweh?

Audio:

(Lena)

Audio:

(Irina)

How are you? (informal version of 'you')

как ты?

Pronounced:

kak tei?

Audio:

(Lena)

Audio:

(Irina)

How are you there? (another variant of 'How are you?')

как вы там?

Pronounced:

kak vweh tam?

Audio:

(Lena)

Audio:

(Irina)

How's life?

как жизнь?

Pronounced:

kak zhI-zn?

Audio:

(Lena)

Audio:

(Irina)