Kick-start Learning Russian: 2000 RUSSIAN Words You didn't Know You Knew
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Many languages adopt words from each other. There are quite a few words in Russian that are borrowed from English or from other European languages. Some of the words are pronounced almost the same as they are pronounced in English. Some words have some small differences in pronunciation, but you still will be able to recognize them.
The purpose of this book is to share the words (almost 2000!) that sound the same (or almost the same) in English and Russian languages and have similar meaning.
You will find here several quizzes with pictures to see if you can recognize Russian word by attempting to pronounce it.
Wouldn’t it be cool to tell your friends in a week that you know more than thousand Russian words?
So have FUN while learning!
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Kick-start Learning Russian - Lawrence Burns
PREFACE
Languages have words which can be traced back to sources in other countries. Many languages borrow/ adopt words from each other. Some words are constructed from the classical ancient languages, such as Latin or Greek. Other words are borrowed from indigenous people. Most of these words can be called international
because their versions are used in many European languages and often are cross-cultural. Despite the language people speak, all of them will understand, for example, the word mama.
There are quite a few words in Russian that are borrowed from English (List of English words of Russian origin) or from other European languages. Some of the words are pronounced almost the same as they are pronounced in English. Some words have some small differences in pronunciation, but you still will be able to recognize them.
Some words in Russian language have exactly the same pronunciation and meaning as English words. For instance, tennis – теннис, coffee – кофе, pizza – пицца, resume – резюме, passport – паспорт, visa – виза. Other words may sound the same in Russian as English words but have completely different meaning. For example, English word look
in Russian language sounds exactly like onion
. Additionally, words may look very familiar and have the same meaning in both languages but they may not sound the same when you hear them with a stress on a different syllable.
The majority of geographical words (countries, cities, etc.) are pretty close to what they are in English: America – Америка, Las Vegas - Лас Вегас. As there are so many geographical words, you wouldn’t find it here. Also, brand names and company names should never be translated: The Beatles
will be always Beatles (Битлз) and Red Hat
wouldn’t be Красная Шляпа
(Krasnaya Shlyapa) but Ред Хэт
. Red Square
shouldn’t be translated from Russian as Red Square
but should be pronounsed as Krasnaya ploshchad
Красная площадь
(Russian researchers says that the name Krasnaya
didn’t come from color red but from the word красивая
(handsome, lovely, or beautiful). Rock-n-Roll will be Рок-н-Ролл, Pop Music will be Поп-Музыка, and Ping Pong will still be Пинг-Понг.
Number of foreign words in everyday Russian speech from year to year increases exponentially. For example, лизинг (leasing), клинер (cleaner), маркет (market), офлайн (offline), пентхаус (penthouse), провайдер (provider), профайл (profile), резюме (resume), скриншот (screenshot), трафик (traffic), фандрайзинг