Russian Vocabulary
How to say "hi!" in Russian
Meaning:
hi!, hello!, regards, greetings
Pronunciation:
[pree-VYEHT]
Part of speech: noun (masculine noun; also a greeting phrase)
Rank: #2061
- Привет!
- Hi! (informal greeting)
- Приве́т, как дела́?
- Hi, how are things?
- Передава́й приве́т сестре́.
- Send [my] regards to [your] sister. (informal)
- Приве́т из Нью-Йо́рка!
- Greetings from New-York!
- Все́м приве́т!
- Hello everybody! (informal)
- Мо́жно переда́ть приве́т своему́ люби́мому му́жу и заказа́ть пе́сню "Миллио́н а́лых роз"?
- May I send my regards to my beloved husband and request [to play] the song 'One million scarlet roses'? (on the radio)
- Она, что, с приве́том?
- Is she cuckoo or what?
- Они́ передава́ли вам все́м приве́ты.
- They were sending their regards to all of you.
- С приветом, [name] = Kind regards, [name] (informal, used in correspondence)
literal With hello - с приветом = cuckoo, insane
literal with hello - передавать привет (+ dative) = to send one's regards (to)
- ни ответа ни привета от него = not a word from him
literal neither answer nor hello from him - горячий привет = warmest regards
literal hot regards
- приве́тик = hola
- приве́тствие = greeting, salutation
- здоро́во = hi! (familiar)
- салю́т = salute! (familiar)
- Где слова привета, там улыбка для ответа.
- Loving word may heal and bless.
- literal Where there are words of a greeting, there is a smile for a reply.
| Case |
Singular |
Plural |
| Nominative | приве́т | приве́ты |
| Genitive | приве́та | приве́тов |
| Dative | приве́ту | приве́там |
| Accusative | приве́т | приве́ты |
| Instrumental | приве́том | приве́тами |
| Prepositional | приве́те | приве́тах |
Audio recordings: Copyright© 2006 Streit Goulnara, Streit Eric, Vion Nicolas. Copyright© 2007 S. Sakhno, N. Vion. Distributed under CC-BY.
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