Andrew D. Kaufman & Serafima Gettys 
Russian Phrases For Dummies 

Traveling in a foreign country such as Russia suddenly becomes a
lot more exciting when you can engage in elegant small talk with
the locals. Russian Phrases For Dummies is your handy guide
to everyday words and phrases you can start using immediately to
make your visit more rewarding and a whole lot easier.

This user-friendly phrasebook will jump-start your comprehension
and have you speaking basic Russian in no time. Its quick-and-easy
approach gives you language fundamentals up front, the Words to
Know section helps you find the right word fast, and the
easy-to-use pronunciation key helps other people understand what
you’re trying to say. You’ll learn how to:

* Get directions, shop, and eat out

* Talk numbers, dates, and time

* Chat about family and work

* Discuss sports and the weather

* Deal with problems and emergencies

* Pronounce familiar English words and phrases in Russian and
English

* Beware of words that sound to English but don’t mean the same
thing

* Read signs that use the Russian alphabet

* Follow the conventions of Russian pronunciation

* Use basic Russian grammar correctly

* Keep ten commonly used Russian phrases on the tip of your
tongue

* Use basic telephone vocabulary and send letters, emails, and
faxes

Don’t have time to study the language before you get to Russia?
No worries. Just flip through Russian Phrases For Dummies,
find the section that fits your needs, and start talking!

Table of Content

Introduction.

Chapter 1: I Say It How? Speaking Russian.

Chapter 2: Grammar on a Diet: Just the Basics.

Chapter 3: Numerical Gumbo: Counting of All Kinds.

Chapter 4: Making New Friends and Enjoying Small Talk.

Chapter 5: Enjoying a Drink and a Snack (or a Meal!).

Chapter 6: Shop ‘Til You Drop.

Chapter 7: Making Leisure a Top Priority.

Chapter 8: When You Gotta Work.

Chapter 9: I Get Around: Transportation.

Chapter 10: Laying Down Your Weary Head: House or Hotel.

Chapter 11: Dealing with Emergencies.

Chapter 12: Ten Favorite Russian Expressions.

Chapter 13: Ten Phrases That Make You Sound Russian.

Index.

About the author

Andrew Kaufman, Ph D, is currently a Visiting Lecturer in the
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of
Virginia. He holds a Ph D in Slavic Languages and Literatures from
Stanford University, and he has recognized success as both a
published scholar and an innovative, award-winning teacher of
Russian language, literature, and culture at some of the
country’s top universities. To learn more about Dr. Kaufman,
please visit his website at www.professorandy.com.

Serafima Gettys, Ph D, earned her doctorate degree in
Foreign Language Education from Gertzen State Pedagogical
University, Leningrad, USSR. She is currently a Coordinator of the
Foreign Language Program at Lewis University, where she also
teaches Russian. Prior to coming to Lewis University, she taught
Russian at Stanford University. Gettys is also a member of a number
of professional language associations.

Nina Wieda is a doctoral student in Slavic Languages and
Literatures at Northwestern University in Chicago. A trained
linguist with an MA in Social Sciences, Nina also has a book of
poetry published in Russian, and a number of scholarly articles on
Chekhov and contemporary drama published in English.