Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

How to say "road" in Russian

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дорога

Meaning: road, route, way, trip, journey

Pronunciation: [dah-ROH-gah]

Part of speech: noun (feminine noun)

Rank: #211 (see frequency list)

I like long winding roads.
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Example sentences:

Гдe здесь дорóга в гóрод?
Where is the road to the city here?
Я люблю́ дли́нные петля́ющие дорóги.
I like long winding roads.
Зимóй большáя проблéма в Росси́и -- скóльзкие дорóги.
Slippery roads is a big problem in Russia in winter.
Мы éхали по плáтной дорóге.
We drove through a toll road.
Чтóбы попáсть к нам на дáчу, вы должны́ сверну́ть с дорóги.
To get to our country house you have to leave the road.
Купи́ хлéба по дорóге домóй!
Could you buy some bread on your way home?
literal Buy some bread on your way home!
Я не знал, как пройти́, и они́ показáли мне дорóгу.
I didn't know where to go, and they showed me the way.
Не стóйте на дорóге, вы мешáeте!
Get out of the way, you're creating an obstacle. (polite)
Он, навéрное, устáл с дорóги.
He is probably tired from the trip.
На слéдующее у́тро они́ снóва отпрáвились в дорóгу.
The next morning they set out their journey again.
Они́ прошли́ по всем дорóгам страны́.
They walked through all the roads of the country.
Он идëт своéй дорóгой.
He's found his own place in life.
literal He is going his own way.

Idioms and set expressions:

сверну́ть с дорóги = to leave the road
по дорóгу домóй = on the way home
Дорóгу! = Make way!
уступáть дорóгу = to let smb pass, to yield, give way
дáльняя дорóга = long way, long journey
отправля́ться в дорóгу = to set out one's journey
в дорóге = travelling
идти́ прáвильной дорóгой = to be ont he right track
желéзная дорóга = railway
мне с вáми не по дорóге = we go different ways
cкáтертью дорóга = good riddance
тудá и дорóга! = it serves right!
всю дорóгу = all the time
такие деньги на дорóге не валя́ются = these much money doesn't lie on the road
literal this much money doesn't grow on trees

Related words:

дорóжный = road (adjective), travelling
дорóжка = a small road (diminutive)
путь = a way, track
шоссé = a highway
тропи́нка = a small path

Proverbs and sayings:

В Росси́и две беды́ - дураки́ и дорóги (Н.В. Гоголь)
There're two main problems in Russia, the fools and the roads. (N.V.Gogol)
Гдé дорóга, там и путь.
Where is the road, there is the way.
Всé дорóги веду́т в Рим.
All roads lead to Rome.

Other forms of the word (declensions):

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	доро́га	доро́ги
Genitive	доро́ги	доро́г
Dative	доро́ге	доро́гам
Accusative	доро́гу	доро́ги
Instrumental	доро́гой	доро́гами
Prepositional	доро́ге	доро́гах

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