Russian for English speakers Street · Lesson 0

I got lost

Russian for being lost — Я заблудился (I got lost) — past tense reflexive verb.

Conversation

  1. Honey Honey

    Я потерялся. Что же делать!

    Ja poterjalsja. Čto že delatʹ!

    I got lost. What do we do?

  2. Rocky Rocky

    Всё хорошо. Смотри, вот светофор,нам направо

    Vsë horošo. Smotri, vot svetofor,nam napravo

    Everything is fine. Look, here is the traffic light, we turn right

  3. Honey Honey

    А дальше куда идти?

    A dalʹše kuda idti?

    And then where do we go?

  4. Rocky Rocky

    Дальше налево и прямо три минуты

    Dalʹše nalevo i prjamo tri minuty

    Further on to the left and straight for 3 minutes

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

What does заблудиться mean?

'To get lost' (perfective reflexive). Past: заблудился (m) / заблудилась (f). Я заблудился = 'I'm lost'.

Russian для 'I don't know where I am'?

Я не знаю, где я нахожусь = 'I don't know where I am'. Or simpler: Где я? = 'where am I?'.

Common Russian location vocabulary?

Улица (street), площадь (square), угол (corner), магазин (shop), парк (park), станция (station).

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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