Russian Nouns

Welcome to the third Russian lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Russian to help you practice your daily phrases. To hear the pronunciation, just click on the sound icon.

potatoes картофель [kartofyelʲ]

tomatoes помидор [pomidor]

onions лук [look]

carrots морковь [morkovʲ]

fruits фрукты [frookti]

apples яблоко [yabloko]

bananas банан [banan]

oranges апельсин [apyelʲsin]

Nouns Grammar Rules

In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Russian + Pronunciation
do you have milk? [verb + noun] у вас есть молоко? [oo vas yestʲ moloko?]
I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] у меня есть молоко и кофе [oo myenya yestʲ moloko i kofye]
he has three apples [number + plural noun] у него есть три яблока [oo nyego yestʲ tri yabloka]
she only has one apple [number + singular noun] она имеет только одно яблоко [ona imyeyet tolʲko odno yabloko]
we live in a small house [adjective + noun] мы живем в маленьком доме [mi ʐivyem v malyenʲkom domye]
I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] мне нравится наш завтрак [mnye nravitsya nash zavtrak]

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread хлеб [khlyeb]

milk молоко [moloko]

butter сливочное масло [slivochnoye maslo]

cheese сыр [sir]

coffee кофе [kofye]

sandwich бутерброд [bootyerbrod]

meat мясо [myaso]

chicken курица [kooritza]

fish рыба [riba]

breakfast завтрак [zavtrak]

lunch обед [obyed]

dinner обед [obyed]

Conversation in Russian

Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - Russian - Pronunciation
Do you speak (English/ Russian)? вы говорите по русски/по английски? [vi govoritye po roosski/po angliyski?]
Just a little чуть-чуть [chootʲ-chootʲ]
I like Russian я люблю русский [ya lyoblyo roosskiy]
Can I practice with you? могу ли я практиковаться с вами? [mogoo li ya praktikovatʲsya s vami?]
How old are you? сколько вам лет? [skolʲko vam lyet?]
I'm thirty three years old мне тридцать три года [mnye tridtzatʲ tri goda]
It was nice talking to you было приятно с вами разговаривать [bilo priyatno s vami razgovarivayo]

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