Russian for English speakers Bakery · Lesson 2

Bakery lesson

Russian for ordering — Что желаете? (What would you like?) — at a Russian bakery.

Conversation

  1. Bob Bob

    Как настроение?

    Kak nastroenie?

    How is your mood?

  2. Meera Meera

    Прекрасно!Как твоё?

    Prekrasno!Kak tvoë?

    Wonderful! How is yours?

  3. Bob Bob

    Тоже отлично. У меня есть вкусный маффин.

    Tože otlično. U menja estʹ vkusnyj maffin.

    That's great too. I have a delicious muffin.

  4. Meera Meera

    День удался.

    Denʹ udalsja.

    It's been a good day.

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

How do you order in Russian?

Я хочу + accusative noun: Я хочу хлеб = 'I want bread'. More polite: Можно мне ...? = 'may I have ...?'.

What does желать mean?

'To wish / want'. Полите form 'what do you wish'. Common server question.

Common Russian baked goods?

Хлеб (bread), булочка (bread roll), пирожок (pie), блины (pancakes), пирог (pie), сушка (dry pretzel).

Test yourself

Pick the English translation for each line from this lesson. Wrong answers are pulled from other Russian lessons.

4 quick questions on what you just heard.

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