How to introduce yourself and others in Russian | Learn Basic Russian Phrases with Movies

Hello! It's Mila from Hack Your Russian and I'm here to help you learn Russian language easy, fast and with lots of fun. In this video, I will show you how to introduce yourself in Russian using Russian TV series and movies. You will also learn some basic phrases in Russian that you will be able to use when you meet somebody for the first time. Are you ready? Poehali! Znakomysya. Znakomysya is an informal imperative form of the verb znakomitsya to get acquainted. It's like a call to action to let somebody get acquainted with another person. When you meet new people, you can hear somebody using this word to introduce you to others or vice versa. Znakomysya is a singular imperative form. Don't address it to several people because there is another plural form for that. If you want to introduce somebody, make sure that you use this form only with individuals you know well. For example, your friends, family members, good acquaintances and colleagues not older than you. To actually introduce a person, we use this construction. Eto which means this is plus name for example Roma or plus a relation to you. For example, мой парень, my boyfriend. So, this construction Eto this is plus имя name or Eto this is plus связь relation is the most basic way to introduce somebody in Russian. To indicate a profession of a person, you can just name it. For example, это Владимир, он президент. This is Vladimir, he is a president. Another example, это Людмила, она преподаватель. This is Lyudmila, she is a teacher. To indicate what country somebody is from, use this construction. So, first you need to use a personal pronoun, then you add a preposition из. It's pronounced more like is, which is from. And then you add a country, страна, which should be in a genitive case. For example, она из Индии. Она из Индии. Он из Турции. Они из Испании. You can also make a question using this construction, you just need to change your intonation. Ты из Греции? Вы из России? Знакомьтесь. Знакомьтесь is a formal plural imperative form of the verb знакомиться, to get acquainted. Let's compare two forms знакомся and знакомтесь. Знакомся is imperative, singular and informal. While знакомтись is imperative, plural and in this plural form it can be both formal and informal and singular formal. As a plural form you can use знакомтись with friends, family members, good acquaintances, colleagues and other types of acquaintances. As a singular formal way you can use знакомтись with people in authorities, for example your boss, professor, people older than you, colleagues and other acquaintances, as well as people you don't know well. Знакомьтесь с Шурикой. Саша. Russian people usually shake hands when they meet somebody for the first time, both male and female. The person who introduces himself or herself is up to offer a hand first. A good tip to know, you should shake hands firmly while retaining eye contact. Hello, I'm Phil. Phil Richards. You should be warned about me. Hello, I'm Alex Wilson. I'm a journalist. To introduce yourself to somebody you can use these two simple constructions. A greeting word plus я, which is I, and your name. Which means Hello, I'm Alex Wilson. By the way, if you don't know greeting words in Russian, you can check my video where I explain different ways to greet somebody in Russian. The second construction is this. A greeting word plus меня зовут, my name is, plus your name. So, for example, Здравствуйте, меня зовут Алекс Вилсон. Hello, my name is Alex Wilson. Здравствуйте, меня зовут Оля. This construction, greeting plus меня зовут, plus your name, is the most common and basic way to introduce yourself in Russian, both in formal and informal situations. But if you want to be really formal and polite, next expression is for you. Let me introduce myself. I'm Carlson. And this is my little... Where are you going? Позвольте представиться. Позвольте представиться is a very formal and official way to introduce yourself. You can use a word Разрешите, Allow me instead of Позвольте to sound even more official. For example, Разрешите представиться. Меня зовут Людмила, я преподаватель. Называть меня прошу по имени-отчеству. In formal situations, Russian people can introduce themselves by their first name, имя, and a middle name, отчество. This form of introduction can be used with officials, people in authority, some types of workers, your neighbors, and colleagues older than you. Простите, ваше имя-отчество? Марфа Васильевна я. Чудесно, очаровательно, Марфа Васильевна. Отчество, which is a middle name, is formed by a name of a father plus a suffix, so there are special suffixes for women and for men. Я буду называть тебя Гадя. Красивое имя. Имя. A first name. In informal situations, we address people just with their first name. You can use just a name to address to family members, friends, acquaintances, colleagues of your age, and children. There are different expressions to let people know how exactly you want them to address you. So, the first one is Называйте меня по имени. It's a formal version or informal Называй меня по имени. If people prefer to be addressed with their name and their middle name, they would say something like this. Называйте меня по имени-отчеству. or Называй меня по имени-отчеству. There are some other variations of this request. Let's watch them. Я ваш новый учитель по физре, Олег Евгеньевич. Зови меня просто Фома. Чё, прям так и звать? Чё, Фома прикольно, мне нравится. Спасибо, что пришёл к нам на передачу. Называть тебя Алл или лучше Дин, а может, Ладди, как собачку. А мне Ладди. Зовут меня Гай Юлий Цезаревич. Ну, делаю скидку на ваше образование. Можете звать меня просто Юлий. Это что ж за имя такое странное? Назвать в честь. To name after somebody. For example, Меня назвали в честь тёти. I was named after my aunt, which is true, by the way. Фамилия. Yeah, it sounds really like a family in English, but it is a surname in Russian. So, if you want to know a surname of somebody, you can ask this question. Как ваша фамилия? And the reply will be Моя фамилия? And your surname. Gatya, а как твоя фамилия? Не помню. An informal way to ask a question what is your surname is Как твоя фамилия? Кеняев, Фома, Москва, Россия. Just make sure that you don't translate your surname in Russian like they did in this movie. I cannot even pronounce it. А как вас зовут? Людмила. Как вас зовут? Is the most common way to ask somebody's name. It is formal, and it's better to use it with any groups of people you meet for the first time, except for children. А меня plus your name is the easiest and most common follow-up reply. Other variations are А меня зовут plus your name, А я your name, or just your name. Простите, как вас зовут? Семен. А меня Максим. Как тебя зовут? Не помню. Здравствуйте, это вы доктор Варя? Да, зайка, я доктор Варя. А тебя как зовут? Леночка. Как тебя зовут? Use this form with children and people younger than you or the same age, but it can depend on the situation. И как же звать этого богатырского коня? You might also hear a colloquial version Как звать? Как звать? in cartoons, movies, but it's not used in speech anymore, only in villages probably. Доброго! Очень рад видеть вас, господа! Привет! Ты кто? Как тебя зовут? Аладдин. Аладдин! Don't ask people Ты кто? or Вы кто? to get acquainted, because it sounds really rude. So what? She doesn't want to talk to anyone. I think we should call a psychologist. No need for a psychologist. Why? Well, think about it, I called her the fattest one. Why call a psychologist? Did you call her fat? No. Or it can be used to invite someone or call somebody. For example, позовите на помощь. Call for help or ask for help. Let's watch another example. Boris Leonidovich, может, Вы нас познакомите? Так это же дочь моя, Ксения. А это Валентина Ивановна. Может, Вы нас познакомите? It is a formal and polite request to introduce you to a person you don't know and want to get acquainted with. To make it informal, just switch Вы with Ты and познакомите with познакомишь. For example, может, ты нас познакомишь? Давайте знакомиться. It's a great way to let somebody know that you want to get acquainted and know them better. It can be addressed to one person or a group of people. Well, let's get to know each other. Excuse me, do we know each other? Простите, мы знакомы? По-моему, мы с Вами где-то встречались. Мы с Вами где-то встречались? Здравствуйте, доктор! Здравствуйте! А я же узнал Вас. Вы же этот... как Вас? Это я. Доктор, я и сериал Ваш смотрю, мне нравится. Как называется-то? Ну да, да, да. Спасибо. Я Вас узнал, which can be used by men, and Я Вас узнала, can be used by women. Я Вас узнал, Я Вас узнала. Но мы уже знакомы. А мы давайте возьмем и еще раз познакомимся. Мы уже знакомы. Дорогая царица, очень рад. Очень рад познакомиться. Очень рад. Рад познакомиться can be used by men. Рада познакомиться. Рад or рада познакомиться is a very nice and polite way to say that you are happy to get acquainted with somebody. You can add a word Очень in the beginning of this expression to precise that you are very glad. Another version is Приятно познакомиться and it's often reduced to just Очень приятно. Very pleased. Здравствуйте, царь. Очень приятно. Познакомьтесь, Кузя, это Макс. Макс, это Кузя. Привет. Очень приятно. Очень приятно было познакомиться. Мария, очень приятно было с вами познакомиться. И мне. As a follow-up reply to Приятно познакомиться and its other variations you can use a short phrase И мне, which means me too. Otherwise, if you want to impress people with your knowledge you can use this phrase Мне тоже очень приятно с вами познакомиться. Приятно было познакомиться. Слава! Добро пожаловать. В наш, так сказать, почти женский коллектив. Добро пожаловать. It's a great way to greet a new person in a team. For example, at work, at your language courses or at your neighborhood and so on. While Russian people seem to be rude and gloomy you will discover very emotional and friendly people as you get to know them better. Let me kiss you. Come on. No, but I liked you very much. Good evening. We are happy to see you here. Because we know Hugh very well. Please show us how we last met Hugh. Please show us. We have a fragment. Is it true that Russian men kiss on the lips? Yes, Hugh, it's true. But at what height? If you are new here, make sure you subscribe and hit a notification bell so that you will never miss any of my videos. I also have an Instagram account where I post some great materials every week. So if you are interested, check a link in the description box. See you next time. Пока-пока!