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Languages in Russian

This is a list of some common languages in Russian. This lesson is complementary to our other 2 pages: Nationality and Countries.

English: английский
anglijskij
Arabic: арабский
arabskij
Chinese: китайский
kitajskij
Brazilian: бразильский
brazil'skij
French: французский
francuzskij
German: немецкий
nemeckij
Greek: греческий
grecheskij
Hebrew: иврит
ivrit
Hindi: хинди
hindi
Irish: ирландский
irlandskij
Italian: итальянский
ital'janskij
Japanese: японский
japonskij
Korean: корейский
korejskij
Latin: латинский
latinskij
Persian: персидский
persidskij
Portuguese: португальский
portugal'skij
Russian: русский
russkij
Spanish: испанский
ispanskij
Swedish: шведский
shvedskij
Urdu: урду
urdu

Now we will put some of the words above into a sentence which you might use in a regular conversation. All you need is to swap languages but keep the same sentence structure.

I speak Italian: Я говорю на итальянском
Ja govorju na ital'janskom
I want to learn Spanish: Я xочу выучить испанский яык
Ja xochu vyuchit' ispanskij jayk
My mother tongue is German: Мой родной язык - немецкий
Moj rodnoj jazyk - nemeckij
I love the Japanese language: Мне нравится японский язык
Mne nravitsja japonskij jazyk
I don't speak Korean: Я не говорю по-корейски (на корейском языке)
Ja ne govorju po-korejski (na korejskom jazyke)
Spanish is easy to learn: Испанский язык легко учится
Ispanskij jazyk legko uchitsja

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