Vocabulary connected with travelling can be very useful while travelling and commuting inside Russia. Most street signs are not translated into English, and knowledge of English among Russian people is very poor. Communicating in the Russian language can facilitate journeying – you will save a lot of time and manage to ask essential questions.
City transport in Russia is well-organized. There are numerous ways of commuting around the city – buses and trams are punctual, taxis are cheap, and Moscow’s metro is an enormous and richly adorned web of underground connections between different parts of the city. Tourists should beware, however, of pocket thefts and purse snatching.
Russian Vocabulary – Means of Transport
- journey – puteshestvie
- trip – poyezdka
- car – mashina
- bus – aftoboos
- tram – tramvai
- taxi – taxi
- metro – meetro
- train – poyesd
- baggage – bagazh,
- luggage – chemodan
- bag – riukzak
Russian Vocabulary – Commuting
How to get to… ? - Kak papast…?
The Red Square – na krasnuyu ploshad, a bus stop – na ostanovku avtoboosa, the train station – na vakzal;
Where to buy… ? – Gde mozhna kupit…?
Ticket – talon, souvenirs – sooveniry, books – knighi, food – yedu, map – kartu;
Other useful words: vhod – entrance, vyhod – exit, kassa – checkout, niet vhoda – no entrance, niet vyhoda – no exit, vyhod v gorad – exit to the city, raspisanie – schedule.
Russian Vocabulary – City Orientation
Iditie… - go..
Priama – straight ahead, na liewo – left, na prava – right, daliko – far away, niedaliko – close, pieshkom – on foot, turn – poviernite;
Bank – bank; shop – magazeen; post-office – pochta; hotel – gastinitsa; restaurant – ristoran.
How to Learn Russian Travel Vocabulary Effectively
If you are setting out for a journey really soon, you have to find ways to learn all useful words and phrases as quickly as possible. Here are some tips on how to do it:
- Read the phrases aloud and repeat several times before moving on.
- Pay close attention to how they sound.
- Repeat them over several days.
- Write them down on a piece of paper.
Once you are in Russia, don’t be shy about practicing your Russian with native speakers of the language. In cities like Moscow and St. Petersburg, people are used to meeting foreigners who try to learn the language. You can jot down some phrases and always have it on you everywhere in Russia – just in case you are not sure how to pronounce something.
For more information, consult Vacation in Russia – Travel Tips, Formalities, and Communication; see also Meals in the Russian Language. For additional tips on the Russian language, see the below pictures containing useful words and phrases written in the Cyrillic alphabet.
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