Getting around in Russian - Page 2

Learn Russian vocabulary related to different places: how to say city, street, village, square, etc. in Russian.

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тропи́нка [tra-péen-ka] Noun, feminine

path, trail (usually a narrow trodden one)

Examples

Тропи́нка привела́ к забро́шенному до́му.

tra-péen-ka pree-vee-lá k za-bró-sheen-na-mu dó-mu

The path led to an abandoned house.
Лю́ди протопта́ли тропи́нку в само́й середи́не газо́на.

lyú-dee pra-tap-tá-lee tra-péen-ku f sá-maî see-ree-dée-nye ga-zó-na

People trampled a path in the middle of the lawn.

вулка́н [vul-kán] Noun, masculine

volcano

Examples

Камча́тский вулка́н вы́бросил столб пе́пла высото́й 7 км над у́ровнем мо́ря.

kam-cháts-keeî vul-kán výb-ra-seel stolp pyép-la vy-sa-tóî syem' kee-la-myét-raf nad ú-rav-nyem mó-rya

Kamchatka volcano threw a column of ash 7 km high above sea level.
На япо́нском о́строве произошло́ изверже́ние вулка́на.

na ya-póns-kam óst-ra-vye pra-ee-zash-lo eez-veer-zhé-nee-ye vul-ká-na

On the Japanese island there was a volcanic eruption.

пло́щадь [pló-schat'] Noun, feminine, plural - пло́щади

square, area

Examples

Конце́рт реши́ли провести́ на городско́й пло́щади.

kan-tsért ree-shée-lee pra-vees-tée na ga-rats-kói pló-scha-dee

It was decided that the concert will be held on the city square.
Пло́щадь квадра́та равна́ произведе́нию двух его́ сторо́н.

plo-schát' kvad-rá-ta rav-ná pra-eez-vee-dyé-nee-yu dvuh ee-vó sta-rón

The area of a square is equal to the product of two of its sides.

го́род [górat] Noun, masculine

city, town

Examples

В како́м го́роде живу́т твои́ роди́тели?

f ka-kóm gó-ra-dye zhee-vút tva-ée ra-dée-tée-lee

In which city do your parents live?
Он всю жизнь прожи́л в одно́м и том же го́роде.

on fsyu zheezn' pra-zhéel v ad-nóm ee tom zhe gó-ra-gee

All his life he lived in the same city.

у́лица [ú-lee-tsa] Noun, feminine

street

Examples

Кака́я э́то у́лица?

ka-ká-ya é-ta ú-lee-tsa

What street is this?
На у́лице хоро́шая пого́да.

na ú-lee-tse ha-ró-sha-ya pa-gó-da

The weather is good outside.