Russian for English speakers Hospital · Lesson 4

It's healthy

Russian for healthy lifestyle — Это полезно (It's healthy) — using полезный for healthy/useful.

Conversation

  1. PX296 PX296

    Есть овощи и фрукты полезно для здоровья

    Estʹ ovoŝi i frukty polezno dlja zdorovʹja

    Eating vegetables and fruits is healthy

  2. Lindo Lindo

    Согласен, я каждый день ем много полезной здоровой еды

    Soglasen, ja každyj denʹ em mnogo poleznoj zdorovoj edy

    I agree, I eat a lot of healthy food everyday

  3. PX296 PX296

    А ещё пить много воды тоже полезно

    A eŝë pitʹ mnogo vody tože polezno

    And drinking lots of water is healthy too

  4. Lindo Lindo

    Чем больше воды, тем здоровее организм

    Čem bolʹše vody, tem zdorovee organizm

    The more water, the healthier the body

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

What does полезный mean?

'Useful / beneficial / healthy'. Полезная еда = 'healthy food'. Adjective agrees with noun.

Russian for unhealthy?

Вредный (harmful), нездоровый (unhealthy). Вредная привычка = 'bad habit'.

Russian for healthy habits?

Спорт (sport), зарядка (morning exercise), правильное питание (healthy eating), не курить (not smoking).

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.

Next lesson in Hospital I suffer from insomnia →