Russian for English speakers Sports · Lesson 0

What are you doing?

Russian for hobbies — Что ты делаешь? (What are you doing?) — for asking about activities.

Conversation

  1. Pishi Pishi

    Чем ты занимаешься тут?

    Čem ty zanimaešʹsja tut?

    What are you doing here?

    Tip: that's a really usefull phrase for saying "what are you doing"

  2. Meera Meera

    Я занимаюсь тут танцами. А ты?

    Ja zanimajusʹ tut tancami. A ty?

    I am dancing. And you?

  3. Pishi Pishi

    Я занимаюсь плаванием

    Ja zanimajusʹ plavaniem

    I'm going swimming

  4. Meera Meera

    Ого, круто. Надо будет вместе поплавать

    Ogo, kruto. Nado budet vmeste poplavatʹ

    Wow, cool. We will need to swim together

    Tip: pay attention to the word "cool", we sometimes say sarcastically "he is cool like an egg", because it is one of the condition of prepared egg)

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

How do you ask 'what are you doing?' in Russian?

Что ты делаешь? (informal) or Что вы делаете? (formal/plural). Casual greeting.

Russian for 'doing nothing'?

Ничего не делаю = 'I'm not doing anything'. Double negative is standard in Russian.

Common Russian hobbies?

Спорт (sports), музыка (music), книги (books), фильмы (movies), путешествия (travel), готовка (cooking).

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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