How to Say "Pleased to Meet You" in Russian
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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.