Russian for English speakers Street · Lesson 2

Where is the pharmacy?

Russian for asking locations — Где находится аптека? (Where is the pharmacy?) — using находится.

Conversation

  1. PX296 PX296

    Извините, где находится аптека?

    Izvinite, gde nahoditsja apteka?

    Sorry, where is the pharmacy?

  2. Kyle Kyle

    Идите до кино, а затем поверните налево

    Idite do kino, a zatem povernite nalevo

    Go up until the cinema and then turn right

  3. PX296 PX296

    Далеко?

    Daleko?

    Is it far?

  4. Kyle Kyle

    Нет, близко, 200 метров

    Net, blizko, 200 metrov

    No, it is close, 200 meters

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

What does находится mean?

'Is located'. Reflexive verb. Где находится X? = 'where is X located?'. Common formal location question.

Common Russian buildings?

Аптека (pharmacy), банк (bank), больница (hospital), почта (post office), супермаркет (supermarket), станция метро (subway station).

Russian for 'on the right/left'?

Направо (to the right), налево (to the left). Or справа (on the right), слева (on the left).

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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