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Nikolai Pankratz with American Resource Network for Expert Village. Well we went through the
basic phrases and words that you most likely will need--well, I'm sure you will need once
you go to Russia. We also went through the necessary paperwork and little gadgets that
you will need when going to Russia. But let's take situations that as a tourist or businessman
you definitely will need to know. The first thing you will do when you come to Russia,
you will land obviously. And the first thing you will come to is a passport control. So,
assuming we're at the airport, your first impression of Russia, etcetera, etcetera.
So, the first thing you probably need to know is visa. And it's very simple, I pick the
words that are common and identical so it's easy for you to remember. Visa, visa. Visa,
visa. Very simple. Passport, pazport, in Russian. On Russian, pazport, English passport. They
will ask you the purpose of your trip--what's the purpose of your trip, tsel vashie payesky.
If they say it in Russia, tsel vashie payesky, remember they're asking about the purpose
of your trip. And you're probably going to respond, if you're a tourist, you're going
to say, tourizm. Tourism. Tourizm. If you're a guest or visitor, you will say goist. Or,
I'm visiting -- ya vi gastyach. Ya means I. You, di. Vi means you too. Now in Russian,
the Russian language, you is not commonly used--vi is used if you don't know a person.
That's just being polite. You say vi to the elderly people, or somebody that's at least
five years older than you, and they're not a comrade so you don't just say you, di. You
say vi, which is out of respect to that person. So, just in keep in mind, ya, that's me, you,
di or vi.