Russian Grammar

The Russian grammar allows you to manipulate the vocabulary to obtain multiple forms of a word. The grammatical rules below are the most important in Russian and help connect words or shape the structure. We start with the prepositions:

And: и  [i]	Under: под  [pod]
Before: до  [do]	After: после  [poslye]
Inside: внутри  [vnootri]	Outside: за пределами  [za pryedyelami]
With: с  [s]	But: но  [no]
For: для  [dlya]	From: от  [ot]
To: к  [k]	In: в  [v]

Questions and Adverbs

To ask questions, use the following:

What?: что?  [chto?]	Who?: кто?  [kto?]
How?: каким образом?  [kakim obrazom?]	Why?: почему?  [pochyemoo?]
Where?: где?  [gdye?]

Some of the most important time adverbs:

Never: никогда  [nikogda]	Rarely: редко  [ryedko]
Sometimes: иногда  [inogda]	Usually: обычно  [obichno]
Always: всегда  [vsyegda]	Very: очень  [ochyenʲ]

Most commonly used pronouns in Russian:

I: я  [ya]	You: вы  [vi]
He: он  [on]	She: она  [ona]
We: мы  [mi]	They: они  [oni]

To express the possession of something [possessive form]:

My: мой  [moy]	Your: ваш  [vash]
His: его  [yego]	Her: ее  [yeye]
Our: наш  [nash]	Their: их  [ikh]

Grammar in a sentence

Some random verbs to show how it's being used:

I speak English: я говорю по-английски  [ya govoryo po angliyski]

You speak French: вы говорите по-французски  [vi govoritye po-frantzoozski]

He speaks German: он говорит на немецком  [on govorit na nyemyetzkom]

She speaks Italian: она говорит на итальянском  [ona govorit na italʲyanskom]

I visited France: я посетил францию  [ya posyetil frantziyo]

I will drink milk: я буду пить молоко  [ya boodoo pitʲ moloko]

Some extra grammatical structures:

I understand you: я вас понимаю  [ya vas ponimayo]

I don't understand you: я вас не понимаю  [ya vas nye ponimayo]

I don't speak French: я не говорю по-французски  [ya nye govoryo po-frantzoozski]

This is my house: это мой дом  [eto moy dom]

That restaurant is far: это ресторан далеко  [eto ryestoran dalyeko]

No problem: нет проблем  [nyet problyem]

The above Russian grammar can provide tools to use in coordination with the Russian vocabulary to obtain some popular Russian phrases.