300 Most Common Russian Words (Romanized BGN/PCGN)

ya

I

ne

not

chto

what; that

v

in, into, at

i

and

ty

you (informal)

eto

this, that, it

na

on, onto, at

s

with; from, off

on

he, it

my

we

kak

how; like, as

vy

you (formal or plural)

da

yes

mne

me, to me

u

at, by; (у меня есть = I have)

net

no; there is no

menya

me (accusative/genitive)

tak

so, like this, thus

no

but

a

and, but, while

yego

him, it; his

vse

all, everyone

ona

she, it

tebya

you (informal, accusative/genitive)

o

about, of

yesli

if

za

behind; for; beyond

by

would (conditional particle)

tebe

you, to you (informal, dative)

oni

they

chtoby

in order to, so that

zhe

(emphatic particle) indeed, after all

yest’

there is; to eat

prosto

simply, just; simple

iz

from, out of

k

to, towards

dlya

for

nu

well, so

kogda

when

khorosho

well, good, OK

zdes’

here

po

along, by, according to

byl

was (masc.)

znayu

I know

to

that; then

tol’ko

only, just

vsë

everything, all; that's all

bylo

was (neuter)

vas

you (formal/pl., accusative/genitive)

mozhet

can, may; maybe

nas

us

vot

here is, there is; look

ot

from, away from

byt’

to be

kto

who

budet

will be

pochemu

why

vam

you, to you (formal/pl., dative)

ikh

them; their

ochen’

very

mogu

I can

uzhe

already

spasibo

thank you

ili

or

nam

us, to us

yeshchë

more, still, yet

tam

there

nuzhno

it is necessary, need to

seychas

now, right away

gde

where

chem

than; with what

khochu

I want

nichego

nothing; it's OK

etogo

of this, this (genitive)

byla

was (fem.)

moy

my, mine

yeyë

her; hers

ladno

OK, all right

znayesh’

you know

do

until, before, up to

potomu

because (потому что)

teper’

now

dumayu

I think

bol’she

more, bigger; no longer

so

with (variant of с)

raz

time, once; one

yemu

him, to him

nado

need to, must

vremya

time

etot

this

li

whether (question particle)

poka

while; for now; bye

dazhe

even

privet

hi

skazal

said (masc.)

sebya

oneself

dolzhen

must, have to (masc.)

tozhe

also, too

khochesh’

you want