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How do you say "What do you want?" in Russian?
Что ты хочешь?
Čto ty hočešʹ?
In Russian, "What do you want?" is Что ты хочешь?.
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Pronunciation
SHTO ty HOCH-esh'. Stress on khocheš.
Writing and usage
Хочешь has six letters. Х looks like an X and makes a guttural 'kh' sound.
Example sentence
Что ты хочешь получить в подарок?
What do you want to receive as a gift?
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How to remember Что ты хочешь?
Khocheš sounds like 'hawk-esh'. A hawk wants something. What do you want?
Related words
- How old are you? Сколько тебе лет? Skolʹko tebe let?
- What can't you do? Что ты не умеешь делать? Čto ty ne umeešʹ delatʹ?
- What do you hate? Что ты ненавидишь? Čto ty nenavidišʹ?
- What is the temperature on Friday? Какая температура в пятницу? Kakaja temperatura v pjatnicu?
- What is the temperature on Saturday? Какая температура в субботу? Kakaja temperatura v subbotu?
- What is the temperature on Thursday? Какая температура в четверг? Kakaja temperatura v četverg?
- What is the weather on Monday? Какая погода в понедельник? Kakaja pogoda v ponedelʹnik?
- What is your job? Кем ты работаешь? Kem ty rabotaešʹ?
- When is your birthday? Когда твой день рождения? Kogda tvoj denʹ roždenija?
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How do you say "What do you want?" in Russian?
In Russian, "What do you want?" is Что ты хочешь?. It is a noun.
How is Что ты хочешь? written in Russian?
Хочешь has six letters. Х looks like an X and makes a guttural 'kh' sound.
How is Что ты хочешь? used in a sentence?
Use Что ты хочешь? as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Что ты хочешь получить в подарок? (What do you want to receive as a gift?).
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"What do you want?" in other languages
- Japanese 何が欲しいですか？ (nani ga hoshī desu ka ？)
- Korean 무엇을 하고 싶어요? (mueoseul hago sipeoyo?)
- Chinese 你想要什么? (nǐ xiǎng yào shén me ?)
- Spanish ¿Qué quieres?
- Spanish (Latin America) ¿Qué quieres?
- French Qu'est-ce que tu voudrais?
- German Was wünschst du dir?
- Italian Cosa vuoi?
- Greek Τι θες; (ti thes)
- Arabic أنت عايز إيه؟ (inta Aaeyiz 'ieeh)
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