WELCOME! We have decided to adopt a child from Russia! God has led us in this direction. This blog is an effort to journal and share our journey.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Vocabulary Lesson 1

Thought it would be fun to share some of the words we are learning. Our agency sent us a little booklet on a bunch of useful words. Would you like to learn some Russian? :)

These are the pronunciation of Russian words,
not their Russian alphabetical spelling.


Mother = Mama
Father = Papa
Grandmother = Ba-BOO-shka
Grandfather = Dye-DOO-shka
Aunt = TYAWT ya
Uncle = DYAA da

Numbers:
One = ah-DYEEN ----- Two = dva
Three = dryee --------- Four = chi-TYEER-ui
Five = pyaty ----------- Six = shehsty
Seven = syehmy ------ Eight = VOH-syimy
Nine = DYEH-byit --- Ten =DYEH-syit
pah-KAH! (bye-bye)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very Interesting. Thank you for sharing these words in Russian. Does this mean you need to learn Russian to communicate with your baby? Good Going, I am happy for you guys.

Andrea

The Mom said...

Ok I've mastered Lesson One, WHERE'S lesson two?? Haha!!