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VOCABULARY USED IN THIS LESSON

Russian	Pronunciation	English

хорошо	kha-ra-shO	good / fine
У меня	oo min-YA	for me / about me
всё	fsyo	everything / all
нормально	nar-mAl'-na	ok / normal
не	nye or nyi	not
плохо	plO-kha	bad
жизнь	zhI-zn	life

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Use one of these phrases to respond positively to the question, "How are you?"

Good / Fine

хорошо

Pronounced:

kha-ra-shO

Audio:

(Lena)

Audio:

(Irina)

Ok or fine (literally: normal)

нормально

Pronounced:

nar-mAl'-na

Audio:

(Lena)

Audio:

(Irina)

Not bad

не плохо

Pronounced:

nyi plO-kha

Audio:

(Lena)

Audio:

(Irina)

Another tip on pronunciation ..

If the letter 'в' appears adjacent to the letter 'с', then Russians often pronounce the в with an F sound, as in Feather.

Hence, the word всё is pronounced 'fsyo'.

There are a number of letter combinations like this that we will teach you. Usually they occur because they are simply easier to say.