Где аэропо́рт?
Where is the airport?
IPA /ˈɡdʲe əɪrɐˈport/
Say it guh-DYEH uh-ih-ruh-POHRT?
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Где аэропорт?
Travel and borders
Useful Russian phrases for travel and borders, with audio, IPA, stress marks and an English-friendly pronunciation hint.
The airport, the station and the border, where a missing word costs you time.
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Travel and borders
Мне ну́жен биле́т до Санкт-Петербу́рга.
I need a ticket to Saint Petersburg.
IPA /ˈmnʲe ˈnuʐɨn bʲɪˈlʲet də sənktpʲɪtʲɪrˈburɡə/
Say it muh-NYEH NOO-zhin bih-LYET duh sunkt-pih-tihr-BOOR-guh.
A ticket to a city is билет до + genitive, not билет в. The city name keeps the stress on its final syllable in every case form.
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Мне нужен билет до Санкт-Петербурга.
Э́тот по́езд идёт в Москву́?
Does this train go to Moscow?
IPA /ˈɛtət ˈpojɪzt ɪˈdʲot v mɐˈskvu/
Say it EH-tut POH-yist ih-DYOHT v muh-SKVOO?
Here the destination takes в + accusative, because the verb is one of motion. Contrast билет до Москвы, where the noun, not the verb, governs the case.
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Этот поезд идёт в Москву?
Рейс заде́рживается?
Is the flight delayed?
IPA /ˈrʲejs zɐˈdʲerʐɨvəjɪtsə/
Say it REYS zuh-DYER-zhih-vuh-yih-tsyuh?
The -ся makes it reflexive: the flight delays itself. Russian does not use a passive here.
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Рейс задерживается?
Где регистра́ция на рейс?
Where is check-in?
IPA /ˈɡdʲe rʲɪɡʲɪˈstratsɨjə nə ˈrʲejs/
Say it guh-DYEH rih-gih-STRAH-tsih-yuh nuh REYS?
на + accusative after регистрация names what you are checking in for.
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Где регистрация на рейс?
Како́й вы́ход на поса́дку?
Which gate?
IPA /kɐˈkoj ˈvɨxət nə pɐˈsatkʊ/
Say it kuh-KOY VIH-khut nuh puh-SAHT-koo?
Literally "which exit for boarding". The word for gate at an airport is not ворота.
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Какой выход на посадку?
У меня́ два ме́ста бага́жа.
I have two pieces of luggage.
IPA /ʊ mʲɪˈnʲa ˈdva ˈmʲestə bɐˈɡaʐə/
Say it oo mih-NYAH DVAH MYEH-stuh buh-GAH-zhih.
место is the counting word for a piece of luggage, and after два it takes the genitive singular: два места, but пять мест.
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У меня два места багажа.
Э́то ручна́я кладь.
This is hand luggage.
IPA /ˈɛtə rʊtɕˈnajə ˈklatʲ/
Say it EH-tuh roo-CHNAH-yuh KLYAT.
A fixed phrase: кладь is a feminine noun you will otherwise never meet.
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Это ручная кладь.
Где выда́ча бага́жа?
Where is baggage reclaim?
IPA /ˈɡdʲe vɨˈdatɕə bɐˈɡaʐə/
Say it guh-DYEH vih-DAH-chuh buh-GAH-zhih?
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Где выдача багажа?
Мой ба́гаж потеря́лся.
My luggage has gone missing.
IPA /ˈmoj ˈbaɡəʂ pətʲɪˈrʲalsʲə/
Say it MOY BAH-gush puh-tih-RYAHL-syuh.
The reflexive -ся avoids saying who lost it. Я потерял багаж would put the blame on you.
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Мой багаж потерялся.
Вот мой па́спорт.
Here is my passport.
IPA /ˈvot ˈmoj ˈpaspərt/
Say it VOHT MOY PAH-spuhrt.
вот presents something you are actually holding out; это identifies something.
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Вот мой паспорт.
У меня́ есть ви́за.
I have a visa.
IPA /ʊ mʲɪˈnʲa ˈjesʲtʲ ˈvʲizə/
Say it oo mih-NYAH YEST VEE-zuh.
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У меня есть виза.
Где тамо́жня?
Where is customs?
IPA /ˈɡdʲe tɐˈmoʐnʲə/
Say it guh-DYEH tuh-MOHZH-nyuh?
таможня is feminine and has no plural in this sense; the officer is таможенник.
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Где таможня?
Я здесь в о́тпуске.
I am here on holiday.
IPA /ˈja ˈzʲdʲesʲ v ˈotpʊskʲə/
Say it YAH ZDYES v OHT-poo-skyuh.
в отпуске is a fixed locative phrase. A business trip is в командировке.
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Я здесь в отпуске.