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.

The letter combinations ЖИ and ЖЕ are correct in standard written Russian but in real-life speech, we always pronounce them ЖЫ and ЖЭ. In this lesson, you will learn why we do so and practice the sounds in words.

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.

The Russian letter О produces two sounds: А and О. In this lesson, you will learn when we pronounce О and we pronounce А. You will also have a short practice that will allow you to sound more natural and better understand Russian real-life speech.

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.

The Russian letter В produces only two sounds - В and Ф. In this lesson, you will learn why the letter produces the sound Ф when it comes before dull-sounding letters. You will also learn the most common words in which the letter В changes to Ф.

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.