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How to say, "Pleased to meet you" in Russian.

A very common and polite way of saying that would be

o-chen pri-YAT-no s VA-mee po-zna-KHO-mi-tsa

Let me break that down for you.

The accent on the first word is on the first syllable.

The accent on the second word pri-YAT-no is on the second syllable. Then, there's just a connecting word s.

The accent on the fourth word, VA-mee is on the first syllable.

Finally, the accent on the last word, po-zna-KHO-mi-tsa is on the third syllable.

Now, putting it all together. It sounds like this, really slowly.

o-chen pri-YAT-no s VA-mee po-zna-KHO-mi-tsa

Let me do that again, nice and slow.

o-chen pri-YAT-no s VA-mee po-zna-KHO-mi-tsa

And now, at conversational pace.

o-chen pri-YAT-no s VA-mee po-zna-KHO-mi-tsa

Give it a try.

That's a tough one, but you did great!

Now, in case you didn't want to say all of that, in most cases, it would be perfectly acceptable to say a shorthand version of that.

o-chen pri-YAT-no

And that's just the first two words of that last phrase.

o-chen pri-YAT-no

One more time, nice and slow.

o-chen pri-YAT-no

Now, at normal pace.

o-chen pri-YAT-no

Give it a try.

Great! And that means, lovely to meet you. So those are just a couple of ways of saying "Pleased to meet you" in Russian.