The Russian language offers a few greeting words that we use every day. In this lesson, you will learn and practice the Russian greeting words and also important rules that regulate their use depending on the situation and other factors.

Привет is the most common greeting word we use every day to greet each other. In this lesson, you will learn more about it and practice it. You will also listen to a short dialogue, in which we use the word.

Доброе утро/день/вечер is a universal form of greeting people depending on the period of the day. The phrase is easy to use because you can use it to greet people in any situation whether someone is familiar or unfamiliar or older than you.

In this audio lesson, you will practice another greeting word - здравствуйте (zdravstvuyte), which is used as a formal way to greet a person and a group of people. You will also listen to a short dialogue, in which the word is used.

Здорово is another informal form of greeting, which is specifically used by a man to greet another man or men. Men use здорово to highlight their masculinity and ruggedness. The lesson might be useful to ladies too.

Здравствуй is a singular form of the greeting word - здравствуйте. We use this word to greet a familiar person. In this lesson, you will practice the word and listen to a dialogue.

Before starting a conversation, you need to learn some aspects of Russian culture and mentality. In this lesson, you will learn how to start a conversation in Russian using different questions and how to answer such questions.