What are some popular Russian sayings?
12 Russian proverbs to get you through the World Cup
- Without effort, you won’t even pull a fish out of a pond.
- Love is evil – it will make you fall in love with a goat.
- A spoken word is not a sparrow.
- If you like to sled, you have to like to drag the sledge.
- In a quiet lagoon, devils dwell.
What is a Russian idiom?
Other Important Russian Phrases
| RUSSIAN IDIOM | TRANSLITERATION | MEANING |
|---|---|---|
| Спасибо | Spaseeba | Thank you |
| Извините | Eezveeneete | Sorry! |
| Ну тогда до свидания | Nu togda do svidaniya | Have a good day |
| До свидания! | Da sveedaneeya | Good-bye! |
Why are Russian words weird?
Some letters don’t have their sound at all: Ь and Ъ. They have their “names”: a soft sign and a hard sign, but the weird thing is that you can not pronounce the sound they represent. These letters make sense only when they “merge” with other letters in a word; otherwise, they are “soundless.”
According to the RNC , other popular Russian words are “god” (year), “chelovyek” (man, person), “vryemya” (time), “dyelo” (business, deal), “zheezn’” (life), “dyen’” (day), “rooka” (hand), “rabota” (work), “slovo” (word) and “myesto” (place).
What are some Russian words?
After analysing the results, they later released “The New Frequency Dictionary of the Russian language”. According to the RNC , other popular Russian words are “god” (year), “chelovyek” (man, person), “vryemya” (time), “dyelo” (business, deal), “zheezn’” (life), “dyen’” (day), “rooka” (hand), “rabota” (work), “slovo” (word) and “myesto” (place).
How do you spell Thank you in Russian?
Updated May 20, 2019. The most common way to say thank you in Russian is Спасибо (spaSEEbah), which is a shortened version of the expression Спаси Бог! (spaSEE BOGH) that means “God save you.”.