Routine phrases

When your knowledge of grammar is quite limited but you already want to speak Russian the best way to do it is to start with the routine phrases of the Russian language. All you can do at this stage is listen, learn and repeat getting used to the new sounds and mentality. Actually, routine phrases represent the real-life Russian language we use every day to communicate with each other. The category contains a number of lessons about the most common words and phrases, all of which are demonstrated in dialogues.

Sometimes we want to find out about new things that happened in a person's life. For this, we use a simple question - Что нового? (Any news?). In this lesson you will learn when you can ask the question and all the possible answers you may give.

Despite the fact that we are not divided into doctors and patients it is quite common to inquire about a person's health In the Russian culture, especially if you have close relationships or you are interested to learn how your colleague, friend, or patient feels.

If you want to learn how a person is doing in general you may ask him - Как жизнь? If you ask the question then be ready to get a short answer or listen to a lengthy story about the recent events in a person's life.

If we want to learn how a meeting or any other event was, we use the question - Как прошёл? which has four forms depending on the gender of the noun. In this lesson, you will learn how to use the question and select the correct form.

Как дела? - is the most common question that we ask to learn about someone's progress or general situation. We ask the question when we meet a familiar person, especially when we haven't seen him recently and there is a lot to tell.

Routine phrases

Routine phrases

Что нового? (Chto-novogo)

Как здоровье? (Kak-zdorovje)

Как жизнь? (Kak-zhizn?)

Как прошёл (Kak proshol )

Как дела? (Kak-dela?)