Daily Life
Talk about your day in Russian. Learn the times of day, everyday activities and places, and put a daily routine in order.
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Your day in Russian 🌅
This module is about **daily life**: the times of day, the things you do, and the places you go. As before, every word is shown three ways: the **script**, the **sound** (a simple transliteration in brackets), and the **English**.
Times of day 🕐
The parts of the day: - **день (den)** = day - **утро (utro)** = morning - **вечер (vecher)** = evening - **ночь (noch)** = night
Match each word to its meaning
- день (den)
- утро (utro)
- вечер (vecher)
- ночь (noch)
- day
- morning
- evening
- night
Everyday activities 🍽️
Some common things you do each day (in the "to do" form): - **есть (yest)** = to eat - **пить (pit)** = to drink - **спать (spat)** = to sleep - **идти (idti)** = to go
Match each verb to its meaning
- есть (yest)
- пить (pit)
- спать (spat)
- идти (idti)
- to eat
- to drink
- to sleep
- to go
Spot the verb
Which word means "to eat"?
- есть (yest)
- пить (pit)
- спать (spat)
- идти (idti)
Places 🏫
Two places that fill a day: - **школа (shkola)** = school - **дом (dom)** = house / home So идти в школу (idti v shkolu) means "to go to school".
Spot the word
Which word means "school"?
- школа (shkola)
- дом (dom)
- утро (utro)
- день (den)
Actions, not things
Select the THREE words that are activities (verbs).
- есть (yest)
- пить (pit)
- спать (spat)
- утро (utro)
- школа (shkola)
- день (den)
A day in order
An interactive activity.
How the writing works 🔤
Russian uses the **Cyrillic** alphabet, read **left to right**, and, like English, it **has capital and small letters**. Watch out for **false friends**: some letters look like English ones but sound different, for example **С** = s, **Р** = r, **Н** = n, and **В** = v.
Describe a day
An interactive activity.
The right word
Using the transliteration, complete: "morning" is _____, "school" is _____, "to eat" is _____, and "to sleep" is _____.
Daily life summary
Russian is written in the _____ alphabet, with capital letters. The word for day is _____, and the word for school is _____. To say to eat, you use _____.