Adjectives describe people or things. You’ll need them whenever you want to describe what something or somebody is like. The car is old, the hotel is cheap. You get it. Memorize the Russian adjectives below and you’ll be well equipped for most basic conversations.

This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning Russian“.

Basic Words & Phrases: Adjectives

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Important adjectives

EnglishRussianRussian
(Romanization)		Russian
(Stress)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
goodхорошоkhoroshokhorosho
badплохой
плохо		plokhoĭ
plokho		plokhoĭ
plokho
newновыйnovyĭnovyĭ
oldстарыйstaryĭstaryĭ
smallмаленькийmalen'kiĭmalen'kiĭ
large / bigбольшойbol'shoĭbol'shoĭ
longдлинныйdlinnyĭdlinnyĭ
shortкороткийkorotkiĭkorotkiĭ
cheapдешевыйdeshevyĭdeshovyĭ
expensiveдорогойdorogoĭdorogoĭ
light / clearсветло
ясно		svetlo
iasno		svetlo
iasno
darkтёмныйtëmnyĭtëmnyĭ
lateпоздноpozdnopozno
earlyраноranorano
interestingинтересныйinteresnyĭinteresnyĭ
boringскучныйskuchnyĭskuchnyĭ
tiredуставшийustavshyĭustavshyĭ
easy / simpleлегко
просто		legko
prosto		legko
prosto
for freeбесплатноbesplatnobesplatno
right / correctправильныйpravil'nyĭpravil'nyĭ
wrongнеправильноnepravil'nonepravil'no
strongсильныйsil'nyĭsil'nyĭ
weakслабыйslabyĭslabyĭ

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