I don’t speak Russian in Russian: How to say?
Today, let’s learn how to say I don’t speak Russian in Russian:
– Я не говорю́ по-ру́сски.
[ya ne ga-va-ryú pa-rús-kee]
I don’t speak Russian.
Говорю́ comes from the verb говори́ть. You can learn the conjugation of this verb and practice it with examples and audio here: говорить – conjugation.
If you speak a little Russian, you can say:
– Я пло́хо говорю́ по-ру́сски.
[ya pló-ha ga-va-ryú pa-rús-kee]
I don’t speak Russian well. / My Russian is not so good. (Lit. – I speak Russian badly.)
– Я немно́го говорю́ по-ру́сски.
[ya nee-mnó-ga ga-va-ryú pa-rús-kee]
I speak a little Russian.
When you want to know if the person in front of you speaks Russian, you can ask:
– Вы говори́те по-ру́сски?
[vy ga-va-rée-tye pa-rús-kee]
Do you speak Russian?
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