Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)How to say "to say" in Russian Show This Russian word is one of the top 1000 words in Russian. The complete list of most common Russian words is available here. сказать Meaning: to say, to tell Pronunciation: [skah-ZAHT'] Part of speech: verb (perfective aspect) Rank: #29 (see frequency list) A woman is about to say something. Photo by Yodel Anecdotal CC-BY-GA-2.0
Present TenseThe perfective verb сказать is not used in the Present Tense. Use the imperfective verb говорить instead. Past Tense
Future Simple Tense
Future Compound TenseThe perfective verb сказать is not used in the Future Compound Tense. Use the imperfective verb говорить instead. Imperative Mood (Command Form)
View full conjugation table for the verb pair говорить/сказать Phrase recordings: Copyright(c) 2011 MasterRussian.com. All rights reserved. Got questions?Ask them in the Russian Questions and Answers — a place for students, teachers and native Russian speakers to discuss Russian grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and other aspects of the Russian language. Copyright 2001-2022 MasterRussian.com | Privacy Policy | Contact Us How do you respond to Kak dela?Usually, как дела? is quite a formal greeting requiring a formal response. A common response would be ничего, нормально, adding a formal спасибо. This kind of greeting is, however, not appropriate for complete strangers and might be considered inappropriately familiar.
How do you say hello in Russian formal?Здравствуйте (zdravstvuyte) — This is a formal Russian greeting for “Hello.” If you ask a local: “How do you say 'Hello' in Russian?” he'll teach you this word. Use it when you meet elder people, people you have a great respect for, and people you have the intention to become buddies with.
What is Privyet?Greet friends and family with privyet (Привет)
In Russia, authority figures and elders are carefully extended courtesy in public life, including formality of address. As such, you should never use privyet (pree-vyet), the Russian version of “hi” or ”hey, there” with anyone but intimate friends or family members.
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