Russian for English speakers School · Lesson 1

How do you wake up?

Russian morning routines — Как ты просыпаешься? (How do you wake up?) — daily activities.

Conversation

  1. Cassian Cassian

    Я терпеть не могу умываться утром

    Ja terpetʹ ne mogu umyvatʹsja utrom

    I can't stand washing my face in the morning

  2. Pishi Pishi

    А как ты просыпаешься?

    A kak ty prosypaešʹsja?

    But how do you wake up?

  3. Cassian Cassian

    Как, как… Протираю глаза, и готово!

    Kak, kak… Protiraju glaza, i gotovo!

    How, how…Rub my eyes, and that's it!

  4. Pishi Pishi

    Так легко. Я всегда умываюсь.

    Tak legko. Ja vsegda umyvajusʹ.

    So easy. I always wash my face.

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

Russian for daily routines?

Просыпаться (wake up), вставать (get up), умываться (wash face), чистить зубы (brush teeth), одеваться (get dressed).

What does легко/трудно mean?

Легко = easily. Трудно = with difficulty. Я легко просыпаюсь = 'I wake up easily'.

Russian for 'morning person' / 'night owl'?

Жаворонок (early bird / lark), сова (night owl). Я сова = 'I'm a night owl'.

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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