How to Say "OK" in Russian
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How to say, "OK" in Russian.
o-KEI
It's actually that simple, but just to complicate things a little bit, the accent is on the second syllable, always. And just make it sound more Russian, and you'll be o-KEI.
One more time.
o-KEI
Now, you try.
Great! But if you wanted to add a little more to that, you can say "OK, as you wish" in the following way.
o-KEI, poost BOO-dzet po-TVOH-yemuh
o-KEI, poost BOO-dzet po-TVOH-yemuh
In the word BOO-dzet the accent is on the first syllable.
In the word po-TVOH-yemuh, the accent is on the second syllable.
Let me say it again, real slow.
o-KEI, poost BOO-dzet po-TVOH-yemuh
Now, say it at normal speed.
o-KEI, poost BOO-dzet po-TVOH-yemuh
Give it a try.
Great! Now, if you wanted to say simply, "That's good", you could say
khah-rah-SHOH
In this three syllable word, the accent is on the third syllable.
khah-rah-SHOH
One more time slow.
khah-rah-SHOH
Now, at normal pace.
khah-rah-SHOH
Now, you try.
That's good.
Another way of saying "OK" or "That'll do" would be
ga-DSI-tsah
The accent on that word is on the second syllable, and so it sounds like this when saying it really slow.
ga-DSI-tsah
One more time, real slow.
ga-DSI-tsah
Now, at normal pace.
ga-DSI-tsah
Now, you try.
Fantastic!
Finally, a word that means, fine and agreed, is
zha-MYO-tah-noh
The accent on that is on the second syllable.
And saying it slow, it would sound like this.
zha-MYO-tah-noh
One more time slow.
zha-MYO-tah-noh
Now, say it at normal pace.
zha-MYO-tah-noh
Give it a try.
Excellent. Those are some of the ways in which to say, "OK" in Russian.
