Hello!
Russian Vocabulary • Greetings Привет!  Hello! | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Русский | Listen | Notes |
| Hello | здрáвствуйте | · | |
| здрáвствуй | · | ||
| Hi | привéт | · | X |
| Good morning! | дóброе ýтро | ||
| Good day! | дóбрый день | ||
| Good evening! | дóбрый вéчер | ||
| Good night! | спокóйной нóчи | ||
| See you later! | покá | · | X |
| Goodbye | до свидáния | · | O |
- The first "в" in "здравствуйте" is silent.
- The adjective добрый means "kind".
Formal and Informal
Russian distinguishes between formal and informal modes of address (register). Friends and family address each other using the informal register with the second person singular pronoun "ты" (you), while employees and students use the formal register with bosses and professors with the second person plural pronoun "вы" (you, referring to more than one person). In the vocabulary tables "Notes" column, the "X" denotes an exclusively informal term, and the "O" indicates an exclusively formal term.
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