Russian Vocabulary for Beginners: Meaning, Stress and Everyday Use
96 English-guided cards: recognise 72 everyday Russian words and expressions in short contexts, then retrieve 24 selected items from clear English cues. Includes Cyrillic stress marks and original examples.
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Practise a small, useful set of Russian words and expressions for greeting people, finding things at home, buying food, asking about places and talking about daily activities. This deck is written for English-speaking beginners who can read basic Cyrillic, or are learning it alongside a structured course.
What you retrieve
- 72 Russian words or expressions → their English meaning in a short Russian context. Noun gender, selected form notes and register are explained where useful.
- 24 selected English meaning or situation cues → a useful Russian word or expression. These are separate cards; the deck does not reverse every item mechanically. A model answer is supplied, and other natural answers can be valid when they fit the cue.
There are six groups of 16 cards: greetings and help; people and family; home; food and shopping; places and directions; daily activities and time. Each group introduces 12 recognition targets before four selected production tasks. A concept's two tasks have at least three intervening cards. Later review intervals are set by the app.
Stress marks show the stressed vowel in multisyllabic Russian words; ё already indicates stress in the words used here. These learning marks are usually absent from ordinary Russian writing. Monosyllabic words need no added mark. The examples show real forms, so the word in a sentence can have a different ending or stress from its dictionary form: вода́ → во́ду, for example.
This is text-based vocabulary practice. It does not test listening, supply native audio or phonetic transliteration, teach every word meaning, drill full conjugation or case tables, or constitute a complete A1 course or examination preparation. A stress mark alone does not explain all Russian pronunciation, including vowel reduction.
Sources and original work
The selection, English glosses, prompts, examples and order were authored independently with AI assistance. Spelling, lexical stress and relevant forms were checked against Akademos, the normative orthographic resource of the Vinogradov Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Its dictionary articles were not copied into these cards. General beginner scope was checked against the Pushkin Institute's beginner outcomes and the Между нами unit-one goals; no course vocabulary inventory, exercises or dialogues were copied.
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کارڈ 1
سوال
Russian meaning: Здра́вствуйте
Здра́вствуйте! Как дела́?
جواب
hello (polite greeting)
Здра́вствуйте! Как дела́? — Hello! How are you?
A polite greeting to one person or a greeting to several people.
کارڈ 2
سوال
Russian meaning: приве́т
Приве́т! Я до́ма.
جواب
hi; hello (informal)
Приве́т! Я до́ма. — Hi! I'm home.
Use with friends or people you address informally.
کارڈ 3
سوال
Russian meaning: спаси́бо
Спаси́бо за по́мощь.
جواب
thank you
Спаси́бо за по́мощь. — Thank you for your help.
A common expression of thanks.
کارڈ 4
سوال
Russian meaning: пожа́луйста
Во́ду, пожа́луйста.
جواب
please (in this request)
Во́ду, пожа́луйста. — Water, please.
It also means “you're welcome” when responding to thanks.
کارڈ 5
سوال
Russian meaning: извини́те
Извини́те, где апте́ка?
جواب
excuse me; I'm sorry (polite)
Извини́те, где апте́ка? — Excuse me, where is the pharmacy?
A polite form for one person or a form for several people. Informal singular: извини́.
کارڈ 6
سوال
Russian meaning: да
Да, я гото́в.
جواب
yes
Да, я гото́в. — Yes, I'm ready.
The example uses the masculine form гото́в.
کارڈ 7
سوال
Russian meaning: нет
Нет, я не зна́ю.
جواب
no
Нет, я не зна́ю. — No, I don't know.
In other constructions нет can mean “there is no” or “do not have.”
کارڈ 8
سوال
Russian meaning: хорошо́
Всё хорошо́.
جواب
well; fine
Всё хорошо́. — Everything is fine.
Here it describes how things are going.
کارڈ 9
سوال
Russian meaning: мо́жно
Мо́жно войти́?
جواب
may; can; it is allowed
Мо́жно войти́? — May I come in?
In this request it asks permission.
کارڈ 10
سوال
Russian meaning: ну́жно
Мне ну́жно рабо́тать.
جواب
need to; it is necessary
Мне ну́жно рабо́тать. — I need to work.
Мне ну́жно + infinitive expresses something I need to do.
کارڈ 11
سوال
Russian meaning: где
Где мой ключ?
جواب
where (location)
Где мой ключ? — Where is my key?
Где asks about location. It does not mean “where to.”
کارڈ 12
سوال
Russian meaning: когда́
Когда́ обе́д?
جواب
when
Когда́ обе́д? — When is lunch?
A question word for time.
کارڈ 13
سوال
Russian, polite greeting: Say “hello” to a shop assistant you do not know.
جواب
Здра́вствуйте.
A polite greeting. Приве́т is informal.
کارڈ 14
سوال
Russian: Thank someone for helping you. Give the short expression for “thank you.”
جواب
Спаси́бо.
For “thank you for your help”: Спаси́бо за по́мощь.
کارڈ 15
سوال
Russian: Add “please” to a request for water. Give only the word for “please.”
جواب
Пожа́луйста.
Во́ду, пожа́луйста. — Water, please.
کارڈ 16
سوال
Russian, polite singular: Get a stranger’s attention with “excuse me.”
جواب
Извини́те.
Извини́те, где апте́ка? — Excuse me, where is the pharmacy?
کارڈ 17
سوال
Russian meaning: челове́к
Э́тот челове́к здесь рабо́тает.
جواب
person; human being
Э́тот челове́к здесь рабо́тает. — This person works here.
Masculine noun. The ordinary plural “people” is лю́ди.
کارڈ 18
سوال
Russian meaning: же́нщина
Э́та же́нщина — врач.
جواب
woman
Э́та же́нщина — врач. — This woman is a doctor.
Feminine noun.
کارڈ 19
سوال
Russian meaning: мужчи́на
Э́тот мужчи́на — учи́тель.
جواب
man (adult male)
Э́тот мужчи́на — учи́тель. — This man is a teacher.
Masculine noun despite its ending in -а.
کارڈ 20
سوال
Russian meaning: ребёнок
Ребёнок спит.
جواب
child
Ребёнок спит. — The child is sleeping.
Masculine noun. The ordinary plural “children” is де́ти. Ё marks the stressed vowel here.
کارڈ 21
سوال
Russian meaning: друг
Мой друг живёт ря́дом.
جواب
friend (male)
Мой друг живёт ря́дом. — My friend lives nearby.
Masculine noun; a female friend is подру́га.
کارڈ 22
سوال
Russian meaning: семья́
У меня́ больша́я семья́.
جواب
family
У меня́ больша́я семья́. — I have a large family.
Feminine noun.
کارڈ 23
سوال
Russian meaning: ма́ма
Ма́ма до́ма.
جواب
mum; mom
Ма́ма до́ма. — Mum is at home.
Feminine noun; a familiar family word.
کارڈ 24
سوال
Russian meaning: па́па
Па́па на рабо́те.
جواب
dad
Па́па на рабо́те. — Dad is at work.
Masculine noun despite its ending in -а.
کارڈ 25
سوال
Russian meaning: брат
Мой брат чита́ет.
جواب
brother
Мой брат чита́ет. — My brother is reading.
Masculine noun.
کارڈ 26
سوال
Russian meaning: сестра́
Моя́ сестра́ у́чится.
جواب
sister
Моя́ сестра́ у́чится. — My sister is studying.
Feminine noun.
کارڈ 27
سوال
Russian meaning: и́мя
Моё и́мя — А́нна.
جواب
name (a person's name)
Моё и́мя — А́нна. — My name is Anna.
Neuter noun. The more general name of a thing can be назва́ние.
کارڈ 28
سوال
Russian meaning: рабо́та
У меня́ но́вая рабо́та.
جواب
work; job
У меня́ но́вая рабо́та. — I have a new job.
Feminine noun. In this example it means “job.”
کارڈ 29
سوال
Russian noun: a family, such as parents and children.
جواب
Семья́.
Feminine. У меня́ больша́я семья́. — I have a large family.
کارڈ 30
سوال
Russian noun: a male friend.
جواب
Друг.
Masculine. A female friend is подру́га.
کارڈ 31
سوال
Russian noun: a person’s name, as in “What is your name?”
جواب
И́мя.
Neuter. Моё и́мя — А́нна. — My name is Anna.
کارڈ 32
سوال
Russian noun: a job, as in “I have a new job.”
جواب
Рабо́та.
Feminine. У меня́ но́вая рабо́та. — I have a new job.
کارڈ 33
سوال
Russian meaning: дом
Э́то наш дом.
جواب
house; home
Э́то наш дом. — This is our house.
Masculine noun. The example identifies a house or home.
کارڈ 34
سوال
Russian meaning: кварти́ра
У нас ма́ленькая кварти́ра.
جواب
flat; apartment
У нас ма́ленькая кварти́ра. — We have a small flat.
Feminine noun.
کارڈ 35
سوال
Russian meaning: ко́мната
Э́та ко́мната све́тлая.
جواب
room
Э́та ко́мната све́тлая. — This room is bright.
Feminine noun.
کارڈ 36
سوال
Russian meaning: дверь
Дверь закры́та.
جواب
door
Дверь закры́та. — The door is closed.
Feminine noun despite having no -а ending.
کارڈ 37
سوال
Russian meaning: окно́
Окно́ откры́то.
جواب
window
Окно́ откры́то. — The window is open.
Neuter noun.
کارڈ 38
سوال
Russian meaning: стол
Кни́га на столе́.
جواب
table; desk
Кни́га на столе́. — The book is on the table.
Masculine noun. Столе́ is the form used here after на for location.
کارڈ 39
سوال
Russian meaning: стул
Э́тот стул свобо́ден.
جواب
chair
Э́тот стул свобо́ден. — This chair is free.
Masculine noun.
کارڈ 40
سوال
Russian meaning: крова́ть
Крова́ть у окна́.
جواب
bed
Крова́ть у окна́. — The bed is by the window.
Feminine noun.
کارڈ 41
سوال
Russian meaning: ку́хня
Ку́хня спра́ва.
جواب
kitchen
Ку́хня спра́ва. — The kitchen is on the right.
Feminine noun.
کارڈ 42
سوال
Russian meaning: ва́нная
Ва́нная сле́ва.
جواب
bathroom
Ва́нная сле́ва. — The bathroom is on the left.
Feminine noun, also expressed as ва́нная ко́мната.
کارڈ 43
سوال
Russian meaning: ключ
Ключ на столе́.
جواب
key (for a lock)
Ключ на столе́. — The key is on the table.
Masculine noun. This example uses the lock-key meaning.
کارڈ 44
سوال
Russian meaning: телефо́н
Мой телефо́н здесь.
جواب
telephone; phone
Мой телефо́н здесь. — My phone is here.
Masculine noun.
کارڈ 45
سوال
Russian noun: a flat or apartment.
جواب
Кварти́ра.
Feminine. У нас ма́ленькая кварти́ра. — We have a small flat.
کارڈ 46
سوال
Russian noun: the door to a room.
جواب
Дверь.
Feminine. Дверь закры́та. — The door is closed.
کارڈ 47
سوال
Russian noun: a window.
جواب
Окно́.
Neuter. Окно́ откры́то. — The window is open.
کارڈ 48
سوال
Russian noun: a key that opens a lock.
جواب
Ключ.
Masculine. Ключ на столе́. — The key is on the table.
کارڈ 49
سوال
Russian meaning: вода́
Вода́ холо́дная.
جواب
water
Вода́ холо́дная. — The water is cold.
Feminine noun.
کارڈ 50
سوال
Russian meaning: хлеб
Хлеб на столе́.
جواب
bread
Хлеб на столе́. — The bread is on the table.
Masculine noun.
کارڈ 51
سوال
Russian meaning: молоко́
Молоко́ в холоди́льнике.
جواب
milk
Молоко́ в холоди́льнике. — The milk is in the fridge.
Neuter noun.
کارڈ 52
سوال
Russian meaning: чай
Я пью чай.
جواب
tea
Я пью чай. — I'm drinking tea.
Masculine noun.
کارڈ 53
سوال
Russian meaning: ко́фе
Ко́фе гото́в.
جواب
coffee
Ко́фе гото́в. — The coffee is ready.
Masculine in the standard usage practised here; the noun does not change its ending.
کارڈ 54
سوال
Russian meaning: суп
Суп горя́чий.
جواب
soup
Суп горя́чий. — The soup is hot.
Masculine noun.
کارڈ 55
سوال
Russian meaning: я́блоко
Э́то кра́сное я́блоко.
جواب
apple
Э́то кра́сное я́блоко. — This is a red apple.
Neuter noun.
کارڈ 56
سوال
Russian meaning: сыр
Сыр в холоди́льнике.
جواب
cheese
Сыр в холоди́льнике. — The cheese is in the fridge.
Masculine noun.
کارڈ 57
سوال
Russian meaning: са́хар
Са́хар на по́лке.
جواب
sugar
Са́хар на по́лке. — The sugar is on the shelf.
Masculine noun.
کارڈ 58
سوال
Russian meaning: соль
Мне нужна́ соль.
جواب
salt
Мне нужна́ соль. — I need salt.
Feminine noun.
کارڈ 59
سوال
Russian meaning: магази́н
Магази́н уже́ откры́т.
جواب
shop; store
Магази́н уже́ откры́т. — The shop is already open.
Masculine noun. It does not mean an English-language magazine.
کارڈ 60
سوال
Russian meaning: цена́
Цена́ сли́шком высо́кая.
جواب
price
Цена́ сли́шком высо́кая. — The price is too high.
Feminine noun.
کارڈ 61
سوال
Russian noun: water. Give its dictionary form.
جواب
Вода́.
Feminine. A direct request uses во́ду: Во́ду, пожа́луйста. — Water, please.
کارڈ 62
سوال
Russian noun: bread.
جواب
Хлеб.
Masculine. Хлеб на столе́. — The bread is on the table.
کارڈ 63
سوال
Russian noun: milk.
جواب
Молоко́.
Neuter. Молоко́ в холоди́льнике. — The milk is in the fridge.
کارڈ 64
سوال
Russian noun: the price of an item.
جواب
Цена́.
Feminine. Цена́ сли́шком высо́кая. — The price is too high.
کارڈ 65
سوال
Russian meaning: у́лица
Э́та у́лица ти́хая.
جواب
street
Э́та у́лица ти́хая. — This street is quiet.
Feminine noun.
کارڈ 66
سوال
Russian meaning: го́род
Э́то большо́й го́род.
جواب
city; town
Э́то большо́й го́род. — This is a large city.
Masculine noun.
کارڈ 67
سوال
Russian meaning: остано́вка
Остано́вка ря́дом.
جواب
stop (for a bus or tram)
Остано́вка ря́дом. — The stop is nearby.
Feminine noun. Here it means a public-transport stop.
کارڈ 68
سوال
Russian meaning: ста́нция
Э́та ста́нция метро́ закры́та.
جواب
station (railway or metro)
Э́та ста́нция метро́ закры́та. — This metro station is closed.
Feminine noun. Вокза́л usually means the station building or passenger terminal.
کارڈ 69
سوال
Russian meaning: вокза́л
Вокза́л далеко́.
جواب
railway station; passenger terminal
Вокза́л далеко́. — The railway station is far away.
Masculine noun; commonly used for the railway station building or terminal.
کارڈ 70
سوال
Russian meaning: апте́ка
Апте́ка ря́дом.
جواب
pharmacy; chemist's
Апте́ка ря́дом. — The pharmacy is nearby.
Feminine noun.
کارڈ 71
سوال
Russian meaning: банк
Банк откры́т.
جواب
bank (financial institution)
Банк откры́т. — The bank is open.
Masculine noun.
کارڈ 72
سوال
Russian meaning: парк
Парк недалеко́.
جواب
park
Парк недалеко́. — The park is not far away.
Masculine noun.
کارڈ 73
سوال
Russian meaning: нале́во
Поверни́те нале́во.
جواب
to the left; left
Поверни́те нале́во. — Turn left.
An adverb used for a direction of movement.
کارڈ 74
سوال
Russian meaning: напра́во
Поверни́те напра́во.
جواب
to the right; right
Поверни́те напра́во. — Turn right.
An adverb used for a direction of movement.
کارڈ 75
سوال
Russian meaning: пря́мо
Иди́те пря́мо.
جواب
straight ahead (here)
Иди́те пря́мо. — Go straight ahead.
It has other meanings, but this card practises a direction.
کارڈ 76
سوال
Russian meaning: ря́дом
Магази́н ря́дом.
جواب
nearby; next to
Магази́н ря́дом. — The shop is nearby.
Ря́дом с + instrumental means “next to.” This card tests the standalone meaning.
کارڈ 77
سوال
Russian noun: a pharmacy where medicines are sold.
جواب
Апте́ка.
Feminine. Апте́ка ря́дом. — The pharmacy is nearby.
کارڈ 78
سوال
Russian direction: turn left. Give only the adverb for “left.”
جواب
Нале́во.
Поверни́те нале́во. — Turn left.
کارڈ 79
سوال
Russian direction: go straight ahead. Give only the adverb for “straight ahead.”
جواب
Пря́мо.
Иди́те пря́мо. — Go straight ahead.
کارڈ 80
سوال
Russian adverb: nearby, as in “The shop is nearby.”
جواب
Ря́дом.
Магази́н ря́дом. — The shop is nearby.
کارڈ 81
سوال
Russian meaning: чита́ть
Я люблю́ чита́ть.
جواب
to read
Я люблю́ чита́ть. — I like reading.
Imperfective infinitive; this card tests the meaning, not conjugation.
کارڈ 82
سوال
Russian meaning: писа́ть
Я хочу́ писа́ть.
جواب
to write
Я хочу́ писа́ть. — I want to write.
Imperfective infinitive. The stressed final а distinguishes this verb from пи́сать, a colloquial verb meaning “to pee.”
کارڈ 83
سوال
Russian meaning: говори́ть
Я могу́ говори́ть по-ру́сски.
جواب
to speak; to talk
Я могу́ говори́ть по-ру́сски. — I can speak Russian.
Imperfective infinitive.
کارڈ 84
سوال
Russian meaning: слу́шать
Я люблю́ слу́шать му́зыку.
جواب
to listen to
Я люблю́ слу́шать му́зыку. — I like listening to music.
Imperfective infinitive. Russian uses слу́шать + a direct object, without a separate word for “to.”
کارڈ 85
سوال
Russian meaning: смотре́ть
Мы бу́дем смотре́ть фильм.
جواب
to watch; to look
Мы бу́дем смотре́ть фильм. — We will watch a film.
Imperfective infinitive; the example uses “watch.”
کارڈ 86
سوال
Russian meaning: жить
Я хочу́ жить здесь.
جواب
to live
Я хочу́ жить здесь. — I want to live here.
Imperfective infinitive.
کارڈ 87
سوال
Russian meaning: рабо́тать
Здесь мо́жно рабо́тать.
جواب
to work
Здесь мо́жно рабо́тать. — You can work here.
Imperfective infinitive.
کارڈ 88
سوال
Russian meaning: учи́ться
Мне нра́вится учи́ться.
جواب
to study; to learn
Мне нра́вится учи́ться. — I like studying.
Imperfective reflexive infinitive. It ends in -ся.
کارڈ 89
سوال
Russian meaning: сего́дня
Сего́дня понеде́льник.
جواب
today
Сего́дня понеде́льник. — Today is Monday.
An adverb of time; the example is a practice sentence, not today's date.
کارڈ 90
سوال
Russian meaning: за́втра
До за́втра!
جواب
tomorrow
До за́втра! — See you tomorrow!
The full expression literally means “until tomorrow.”
کارڈ 91
سوال
Russian meaning: у́тром
Я рабо́таю у́тром.
جواب
in the morning
Я рабо́таю у́тром. — I work in the morning.
An adverb of time. Compare the noun у́тро, “morning.”
کارڈ 92
سوال
Russian meaning: ве́чером
Ве́чером я чита́ю.
جواب
in the evening
Ве́чером я чита́ю. — I read in the evening.
An adverb of time. Compare the noun ве́чер, “evening.”
کارڈ 93
سوال
Russian infinitive: to read.
جواب
Чита́ть.
Imperfective. Я люблю́ чита́ть. — I like reading.
کارڈ 94
سوال
Russian infinitive: to write. Mark the stressed vowel.
جواب
Писа́ть.
Stress falls on а. Я хочу́ писа́ть. — I want to write.
کارڈ 95
سوال
Russian: tomorrow.
جواب
За́втра.
До за́втра! — See you tomorrow!
کارڈ 96
سوال
Russian: in the morning. Give the single-word time expression.
جواب
У́тром.
Я рабо́таю у́тром. — I work in the morning.
96 کارڈز
Russian Vocabulary for Beginners: Meaning, Stress and Everyday Use
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