Are words and phrases associated with families will allow you to talk about your family, which is a very popular topic of conversation in Russia.

One of the important concepts is possessive pronouns. Possesive pronouns are words such as: my, your, his, her, and our. Personal pronouns are normally used to indicate the ownership of an object. The other method to indicate ownership is to use the genative case.

Russian Family Words

Here are the words Russians commonly use to refer to members of their family:

Just like English, in Russian there are two ways to refer to your mother and father. For example we use the words mum and dad. Most commonly Russians use the words Mama and Papa to refer to their parents.

Basic russian phrases

Quite often you want to tell people how many brothers and sisters you have. Here are some Russian phrases you could use.

У меня есть сестра - I have a sister.

У меня есть брат - I have a brother.

У тебя есть дети? - Do you have children?.

У меня есть сын и дочь - I have a son and a daughter.

У меня нет детей - I don't have any children.

Possesive Pronouns

In order to talk about your family you normally need to use possesive pronouns.

You should always choose the possesive pronoun that matches the gender of the item it owns.

Мой (m), Моя (f), Моё (n), Мои (pl) - my

Твой (m), Твоя (f), Твоё (n), Твои (pl) - your

Его (m n) ("yevo"), Её (f) - his, her

Наш (m), Наша (f), Наше (n), Наши (pl) - our

Ваш (m), Ваша (f), Ваше (n), Ваши (pl) - your

Их - their

Now you will be able to combine Russian words and phrases that your learnt in earlier lessons to talk about your family. Here are some Russian phrases and sentences you could say with words you already know.

Моя мама любит музыку - My mother loves music

Моя сестра читает газету - My sister is reading a newspaper

Мой брат любит спорт - My brother loves sport

Твой брат любит спорт - Your brother loves sport

Наш брат любит спорт - Our brother loves sport

This is...

The Russian word Это means 'this is'. Here is how you can use it with some possesive pronouns.

Это мой дом - This is my house

Это моя квартира - This is my apartment

Это твоя квартира? - Is this your apartment?

Common greetings

Finally, we will introduce some common greeting phrases that you may wish to use every now and again.

Доброе утро - good morning

Добрый день - good afternoon

Добрый вечер - good evening

Спокойной ночи - goodnight (when going to bed)

Source: russianlessons.net

Russian for foreigners