Learn Russian Cheat Sheet 2026

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1. Which pair of Russian letters are called the 'hard sign' and 'soft sign'? → Ъ and Ь
2. What is the Russian word for 'friend'? → Друг
3. How do you say 'week' in Russian? → Неделя (nedelya)
4. How do you say 'where' in Russian? → Где
5. How do you say 'thank you' in Russian? → спасибо
6. What does 'Сколько стоит?' mean? → How much does it cost?
7. Which word is the Russian equivalent of 'and'? → И
8. How do you say 'I want' in Russian? → Я хочу
9. How do you say 'second' (ordinal) in Russian? → Второй
10. Chiteeree' is the pronunciation of what number? → four
11. How do you say 'Thank you' in Russian? → Спасибо
12. What does 'сегодня' (segodnya) mean? → Today
13. How do you say 'Monday' in Russian? → Понедельник (Ponedelnik)
14. Russian nouns belong to which grammatical genders? → Masculine, feminine, and neuter
15. What does 'завтра' (zavtra) mean in English? → Tomorrow
16. How do you ask 'What time is it?' in Russian? → Который час? (Kotoryy chas?)
17. What does 'город' (gorod) mean in Russian? → city
18. What does 'Который час?' mean in English? → What time is it?
19. How do you say 'I don't understand' in Russian? → Я не понимаю
20. What is the Russian word for 1,000? → Тысяча
21. How do you say 'I am a student' in Russian? → Я студент
22. What does 'сегодня' (segodnya) mean in English? → Today
23. Which Russian vowel letter corresponds to the 'yu' sound? → Ю
24. How do you say 'please' in Russian (when making a request)? → Пожалуйста
25. How is the Russian present tense formed for imperfective verbs? → By conjugating the verb stem with personal endings
26. In Russian, what case do nouns take after numbers 5 and above? → Genitive plural
27. Which Russian word means 'street'? → Улица
28. How do you say 'goodbye' in Russian (informal)? → пока
29. What term should you learn if you have to convey that you don't speak Russian well? → Ya nye gavaryoo pa-rooskee
30. What does the term 'dasvidanya' mean? → goodbye