Oct. 25, 2003     If planning to spend more than a few days here take a couple of hours to learn the Russian alphabet: А - A Б - B В - V Г - G Д - D Е - Ye Е(with two dots on top) - Yo Ж - Zh З - Z И - I Й - I К - K Л - L М - M Н - N О - O П - P Р - R С - S Т - T У - U Ф - F Х - Kh Ь - ignore Ы - I Ъ - ignore Э - Ae Ю - Yu Я - Ya	www.cheap-moscow.com Here are a few Russian phrases that will take you a long way See also Practical Moscow Orientation Tour	Main Contact Next: Cheap apartment hunting or Disclaimers =>   Moscow homestays Apartments Cheap hotels "Houses of relaxation" Outside of Moscow Information and advice Visa support Airport transfers Airport by public transit Moscow orientation tour Where to eat What to drink Free guides and accommodation Tickets Souvenirs Oh no not Russian Brides again! Adoptions Contact Notice Board Rural travel Horseback rides and trips Examples of Russian prices Money and banking Maps Survival Russian Disclaimers Testimonials Links
	English Russian translation and transliteration Comments Do you speak English? Вы говорите по-английски? Vy govorite po-angliyski? Learn to read faces before talking to people. And precede this question with "Izvinite" or "Dobry den" for a better result. Thank you Спасибо Spaseebo   Please, you are welcome Пожалуйста Pozhaluysta   I am hungry. Could you please spare some change? Я хочу кушать. Подайте, сколько можете. Ya khochu kushat. Podayte, skolko mozhete. Literaly: I want to eat. Will you give me whatever you can? Where is the nearest subway station / telephone? Где ближайшая станция метро/телефон? Gde blizhayshaya stantsiya metro / telefon?   I am a foreigner and I am lost. Could I use your phone please? Я иностранец и я потерялся. Можно воспользоваться вашим телефоном? Ya inostranets i ya poteryalsya. Mozhno vospolzovatsya vashim telephonom? Normally stores and offices would not let you use their phones, but after this phrase they will. Russia is knows for its hospitality to travellers, and you will encounter traces of it even in Moscow. No, I don't need that. Нет, не нужно Nyet, ne nuzhno Literaly: No, not needed. Expect to be overun with matryoshka vendors in the Orbat and Lenin tomb guides in the Red Square. That's when this or next phrase will come handy. Fuck off Otyebis (sing.), otyebites (plural or polite form) Be morally and conceptually prepared to use this powerful expression if the softer version (above) fails to help. I don't speak Russian Я не говорю по-русски Ya po-russky ne govoryu   Excuse me, where is.... Прошу прощения, где находится.....? Proshu prosheniye, gde nakhoditsya .....? Then you can just point to the map....
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