Useful Russian phrases for numbers and money, with audio, IPA, stress marks and an English-friendly pronunciation hint.
Counting, prices and paying. A number governs the noun after it, and the government changes at one, two to four, and five.
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Оди́н, два, три, четы́ре, пять.
One, two, three, four, five.
IPA /ɐˈdʲin ˈdva ˈtrʲi tɕɪˈtɨrʲə ˈpʲatʲ/
Say it uh-DEEN, DVAH, TREE, chih-TIH-ryuh, PYAT.
один has three gender forms — один (m), одна (f), одно (n) — and they must agree with the noun being counted.
Шесть, семь, во́семь, де́вять, де́сять.
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
IPA /ˈʂɛsʲtʲ ˈsʲemʲ ˈvosʲɪmʲ ˈdʲevʲɪtʲ ˈdʲesʲɪtʲ/
Say it SHEST, SYEM, VOH-sim, DYEH-vyut, DYEH-syut.
Два́дцать, три́дцать, пятьдеся́т, сто.
Twenty, thirty, fifty, a hundred.
IPA /ˈdvatsɨtʲ ˈtrʲitsɨtʲ pʲɪdʲɪˈsat ˈsto/
Say it DVAH-tsit, TREE-tsit, pyuh-dih-SAHT, STOH.
Note the soft sign inside the teens and the tens: двадцать, тридцать, пятьдесят. It marks the original two words, "two tens", "five tens".
Ты́сяча рубле́й.
A thousand roubles.
IPA /ˈtɨsʲɪtɕə rʊˈblʲej/
Say it TIH-syuh-chuh roo-BLEY.
After 5 and above, and after тысяча, the counted noun goes in the genitive plural: пять рублей, тысяча рублей.
Ско́лько сто́ит биле́т?
How much is a ticket?
IPA /ˈskolʲkə ˈstoɪt bʲɪˈlʲet/
Say it SKOHL-kuh STOH-it bih-LYET?
Два ко́фе, пожа́луйста.
Two coffees, please.
IPA /ˈdva ˈkofʲə pɐˈʐalʊjstə/
Say it DVAH KOH-fyuh, puh-ZHAH-luy-stuh.
два governs the genitive singular, so it is два кофе, not два кофев. кофе is indeclinable and stays the same in every case.
Пять биле́тов, пожа́луйста.
Five tickets, please.
IPA /ˈpʲatʲ bʲɪˈlʲetəf pɐˈʐalʊjstə/
Say it PYAT bih-LYEH-tuf, puh-ZHAH-luy-stuh.
Five and above take the genitive plural: пять билетов. Contrast два билета, три билета — the ending changes with the number, not the noun.
Э́то до́рого.
That's expensive.
IPA /ˈɛtə ˈdorəɡə/
Say it EH-tuh DOH-ruh-guh.
Э́то дёшево.
That's cheap.
IPA /ˈɛtə ˈdʲoʂɨvə/
Say it EH-tuh DYOH-shih-vuh.
Always print the ё. дешево would be read as "dye-SHO-vo" by a learner and looks like a typo to a Russian.
Я пла́чу ка́ртой.
I am paying by card.
IPA /ˈja ˈplatɕʊ ˈkartəj/
Say it YAH PLAH-choo KAHR-tuy.
The instrumental answers "by what means": картой, наличными, переводом.
У меня́ нет нали́чных.
I don't have any cash.
IPA /ʊ mʲɪˈnʲa ˈnʲet nɐˈlʲitɕnɨx/
Say it oo mih-NYAH NYET nuh-LEE-chnikh.
Negated possession is у + genitive + нет, never я не имею. деньги and наличные have no singular.
Да́йте, пожа́луйста, чек.
The receipt, please.
IPA /ˈdajtʲə pɐˈʐalʊjstə ˈtɕek/
Say it DAY-tyuh, puh-ZHAH-luy-stuh, CHEK.
дайте is the вы imperative of дать, a suppletive perfective verb: дам, дашь, даст, дадим, дадите, дадут.
Сда́чи не на́до.
Keep the change.
IPA /ˈzdatɕɪ ˈnʲe ˈnadə/
Say it ZDAH-chih NYEH NAH-duh.
Literally "no change is needed". не надо is the impersonal way to say something is not wanted; it never changes form.
Ско́лько с меня́?
How much do I owe you?
IPA /ˈskolʲkə s mʲɪˈnʲa/
Say it SKOHL-kuh s mih-NYAH?
Literally "how much from me?", with the genitive after с. Very idiomatic at a market stall or in a taxi.
