Э́то моя́ семья́.
This is my family.
IPA /ˈɛtə mɐˈja sʲɪmʲˈja/
Say it EH-tuh muh-YAH sih-MYAH.
семья is a feminine noun of the -ья type, so the possessive is моя, not мой.
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Это моя семья.
Family and people
Useful Russian phrases for family and people, with audio, IPA, stress marks and an English-friendly pronunciation hint.
Talking about the people around you, using the possessive forms and the у + genitive construction that Russian uses for what you have.
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Family and people
У меня́ есть брат и сестра́.
I have a brother and a sister.
IPA /ʊ mʲɪˈnʲa ˈjesʲtʲ ˈbrat ˈi sʲɪˈstra/
Say it oo mih-NYAH YEST BRAHT EE sih-STRAH.
Russian possession is "at me there is": у + genitive + есть. The verb agrees with what is possessed, not with the speaker.
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У меня есть брат и сестра.
Э́то мой муж.
This is my husband.
IPA /ˈɛtə ˈmoj ˈmuʂ/
Say it EH-tuh MOY MOOSH.
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Это мой муж.
Э́то моя́ жена́.
This is my wife.
IPA /ˈɛtə mɐˈja ʐɨˈna/
Say it EH-tuh muh-YAH zhih-NAH.
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Это моя жена.
У меня́ дво́е дете́й.
I have two children.
IPA /ʊ mʲɪˈnʲa ˈdvojə dʲɪˈtʲej/
Say it oo mih-NYAH DVOH-yuh dih-TEY.
Collective numerals — двое, трое, четверо — are used with дети and with plural-only nouns, and they take the genitive plural.
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У меня двое детей.
Э́то мои́ роди́тели.
These are my parents.
IPA /ˈɛtə mɐˈi rɐˈdʲitʲɪlʲɪ/
Say it EH-tuh muh-EE ruh-DEE-tih-lih.
With a plural noun the possessive is мои and the copula disappears, so the whole sentence is just a pointing word and two nouns.
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Это мои родители.
Э́то мой деду́шка и моя́ ба́бушка.
This is my grandfather and my grandmother.
IPA /ˈɛtə ˈmoj dʲɪˈduʂkə ˈi mɐˈja ˈbabʊʂkə/
Say it EH-tuh MOY dih-DOO-shkuh EE muh-YAH BAH-boo-shkuh.
дедушка ends in -а and is grammatically masculine even though it means a woman's or a man's grandfather, so it takes мой.
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Это мой дедушка и моя бабушка.
У вас есть де́ти?
Do you have children?
IPA /ʊ ˈvas ˈjesʲtʲ ˈdʲetʲɪ/
Say it oo VAHS YEST DYEH-tih?
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У вас есть дети?
У меня́ нет дете́й.
I don't have children.
IPA /ʊ mʲɪˈnʲa ˈnʲet dʲɪˈtʲej/
Say it oo mih-NYAH NYET dih-TEY.
Negating possession drops есть and puts the possessed noun in the genitive plural: нет детей.
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У меня нет детей.
Э́то мой друг.
This is my friend (a man).
IPA /ˈɛtə ˈmoj ˈdruk/
Say it EH-tuh MOY DROOKH.
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Это мой друг.
Э́то моя́ подру́га.
This is my friend (a woman).
IPA /ˈɛtə mɐˈja pɐˈdruɡə/
Say it EH-tuh muh-YAH puh-DROO-guh.
подруга can mean a female friend or a girlfriend; the context decides. друг is normally male, though a mixed group is друзья.
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Это моя подруга.
Ско́лько челове́к в ва́шей семье́?
How many people are in your family?
IPA /ˈskolʲkə tɕɪlɐˈvʲek v ˈvaʂɨj sʲɪmʲˈje/
Say it SKOHL-kuh chih-luh-VYEK v VAH-shiy sih-MYEH?
After сколько the noun is genitive plural, and человек has the irregular genitive plural человек, not человеков.
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Сколько человек в вашей семье?
Мой сын — студе́нт.
My son is a student.
IPA /ˈmoj ˈsɨn stʊˈdʲent/
Say it MOY SIHN — stoo-DYENT.
The em dash appears when both subject and predicate are nouns in the nominative and there is no verb between them.
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Мой сын — студент.
Э́то моя́ тётя.
This is my aunt.
IPA /ˈɛtə mɐˈja ˈtʲotʲə/
Say it EH-tuh muh-YAH TYOH-tyuh.
Always print the ё: тетя without it looks like a typo and would be read as "tye-tya".
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Это моя тётя.