150 words in

Russian you
never knew
you knew
By Julia Ogarkova Russian Language Tuition

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 150 words in
Russian you never
knew you knew

I know what you are going to say. Whenever you have

seen the Russian alphabet - it looked strange.
Whenever you have heard anyone speak Russian it
sounded the same.

But things are about to get a little bit less strange. There
are hundreds and hundreds of words in Russian that
have been borrowed and adopted from English,
French, German and other languages and that have
now found their way into everyday speech. These words
will be like music to your ears because they will sound
familiar and comforting.

The beauty of the Russian language is that most of the

time you say what you read. No complicated consonant

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or vowel combinations to remember, no disappearing
letters when it comes to pronunciation.
The main things you need to keep an eye on are the
stress, or more precisely the vowels with a stress mark,
those will be emphasised during the speech. If there is
more than one o vowel in a word and it is unstressed, it
will be pronounced as a. Here is a quick example: a
word milk- is actually pronounced as
aa, since the first two o vowels arent stressed.
Lastly, dont forget that letter is always stressed and
the letter , appearing between vowels at the end of a
word, is pronounced as a (for example - have a
good day - will actually be pronounced
as aa ).

But like with all things in life, the more you speak, read,
and hear Russian, the easier it will become.

Before you start, feel free to refer to our handy alphabet

guide to help you.

And now take a deep breath, relax and start speaking

Russian!

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 IN THE CITY

1) (neuter noun) - cafe

2) (masculine noun) - bar
3) (masculine noun) - pub
4) (neuter noun) metro
5) (masculine noun) airport
6) (neuter noun) taxi
7) (masculine noun) - bank
8) (masculine noun) - toilet
9) (masculine noun) - hotel
10) (masculine noun) - transport
11) (masculine noun) luggage
12) (masculine noun) passport
13) (masculine noun) performance
14) (masculine noun) boutique
15) (masculine noun) club
16) (masculine noun) banquet
17) (masculine noun) buffet
18) (masculine noun) restaurant
19) (masculine noun) - weekend
20) (masculine noun) cheque, receipt
21) (masculine noun) lift
22) (masculine noun) park

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 DO THE MASHED POTATOES

23) (masculine noun) - coffee

24) (masculine noun) - tea
25) (masculine noun) - ketchup
26) (masculine noun) mayonnaise
27) (feminine noun) pasta
28) (feminine noun) pizza
29) (neuter noun) - wine
30) (neuter noun) smoothie
31) (masculine noun) hamburger
32) (masculine noun) fruit
33) (masculine noun) banana
34) (masculine noun) yoghurt
35) (masculine noun) bacon
36) (masculine noun) grapefruit
37) (masculine noun) cocktail
38) (masculine noun) chocolate
39) (feminine noun) vanilla
40) (feminine noun) caramel
41) (masculine noun) cream
42) (masculine noun) soup

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 COMPUTER AGE

43) (masculine noun) printer

44) (masculine noun) - computer
45) (feminine noun)
telecommunication
46) (feminine noun) photograph
47) (masculine noun) - code
48) (feminine noun) sms text message
49) (masculine noun) blender
50) (masculine noun) - notebook
51) (masculine noun) website
52) (masculine noun) virus
53) (masculine noun) browser
54) (masculine noun) mixer
55) (feminine noun) - information
56) (masculine noun) file
57) (masculine noun) blog
58) (masculine noun) top
59) (masculine noun) Internet
60) (masculine noun) monitor
61) (masculine noun) phone

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 WORKING 9 TO 5

62) (masculine noun) marketing

63) (masculine noun) fitness
64) (masculine noun) boss
65) (masculine noun) teenager
66) (masculine noun) producer
67) (masculine noun) - office
68) (masculine noun) business
69) (masculine noun) businessman
70) (masculine noun) - doctor
71) (masculine noun) banker
72) (masculine noun) actor
73) (masculine noun) pilot
74) (masculine noun) designer
75) (masculine noun) barman
76) (masculine noun) broker
77) (masculine noun) dealer
78) (masculine noun) distributor
79) (masculine noun) director
80) (masculine noun) sniper
81) (masculine noun) professional
82) (masculine noun) speaker
83) (masculine noun) manager
84) (masculine noun) author
85) (neuter noun) - interview
86) (masculine noun) leader
87) (masculine noun) director

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 VOGUE

88) mini (part of a complex word)

89) maxi (part of a complex word)
90) (neuter noun) - retro
91) (masculine noun) vintage
92) (masculine noun) cardigan
93) (masculine noun) sweater
94) (plural noun) jeans

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 WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS

95) (masculine noun) hockey

96) (masculine noun) tennis
97) (masculine noun) golf
98) (masculine noun) basketball
99) (masculine noun) volleyball
100) (masculine noun) match
101) (neuter noun) rugby
102) (masculine noun) sport
103) (masculine noun) football

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 HOME SWEET HOME

104) (feminine noun) sofa

105) (masculine noun) - jazz
106) (feminine noun) - newspaper
107) (masculine noun) magazine
108) (masculine noun) single
109) (masculine noun) - TV
110) (feminine noun) - music
111) (neuter noun) - radio
112) (masculine noun) - crossword
113) (feminine noun) - lamp
114) (masculine noun) film
115) (masculine noun) comfort
116) (masculine noun) cottage
117) (masculine noun) couch

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 SCHOOLS OUT FOR SUMMER

118) (masculine noun) consensus

119) (feminine noun) confrontation
120) (feminine noun) political party
121) (masculine adjective) -
multinational
122) (feminine noun) - politics
123) (feminine noun) economics
124) (feminine noun) democracy
125) (masculine noun)
commercialism
126) (masculine noun) vandalism
127) (feminine noun) mathematics
128) (feminine noun) theory
129) (feminine noun) - culture
130) (feminine noun) - problem
131) (feminine noun) - date
132) (masculine noun) - university
133) (masculine noun) - institute
134) (masculine noun) boycott
135) (masculine noun) - import
136) (masculine noun) export
137) (masculine noun) - resource
138) (masculine noun) rating

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 CHASING CARS

139) (masculine noun) automobile

140) (feminine noun) car
141) (masculine noun) bulldozer
142) (masculine noun) jeep
143) (masculine noun) tram
144) (masculine noun) container
145) (masculine noun) speedometer
146) (masculine noun) radar
147) (feminine noun) pedal
148) (masculine noun) radiator
149) (masculine noun) bus
150) (masculine noun) bumper

Try to memorise at least 3 of these new words every day

and watch your existing Russian vocabulary grow! You
can also start using these words to ask questions in
Russian to see how they are used in authentic
conversations.
Good luck and happy learning!

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