If you're trying to learn Russian Articles you will find that there is no articles used in Russian. The definite and indefinite articles don't exist in the way we know it in English. But you should still look at the examples below, because they show how Russian deals with the absences of articles. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Russian. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
In English articles are words that combine with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun. Generally articles specify the grammatical definiteness of the noun. Examples are "the, a, and an". However that doesn't exist in Russian. Here are some examples:
There are no definite or indefinite articles in Russian. Sometimes words like “этот/эта/это/эти” (this, these) are used where in English or Spanish a definite article would be used, and «один/одна/одно» (one) or «какой-то/какая-то/какие-то» is used in place of the indefinite article.
A woman came to me and asked what the time was – Ко мне подошла какая-то женщина и спросила, который час.
Here are some other examples:
| English Articles | Russian Articles |
|---|---|
| articles | статьи - statio |
| the | |
| a | |
| one | один - odin |
| some | некоторые - nekotorыe |
| few | несколько - neskolioo |
| the book | книга - kniga |
| the books | книги - knigi |
| a book | книга - kniga |
| one book | 1 книга - 1 kniga |
| some books | некоторые книги - nekotorыe knigi |
| few books | несколько книг - neskolioo knig |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of no articles in Russian takes a logical pattern.
Below is a list of vocabulary which should help you with your knowledge of Russian. Try to practice but also memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Russian vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Russian Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Food | питание - pitanie |
| almonds | миндаль - mindalio |
| bread | хлеб - hleb |
| breakfast | завтрак - zavtrak |
| butter | сливочное масло - slivochnoe maslo |
| candy | конфеты - konfetы |
| cheese | сыр - sыr |
| chicken | курица - kurica |
| cumin | тмин - tmin |
| dessert | десерт - desert |
| dinner | обед - obed |
| fish | рыба - rыba |
| fruit | фрукты - fruktы |
| ice cream | мороженое - morozenoe |
| lamb | ягненок - iagnenok |
| lemon | лимон - limon |
| lunch | обед - obed |
| meal | еда - eda |
| meat | мясо - miaso |
| oven | печь - pechio |
| pepper | перец - perec |
| plants | растения - rastenia |
| pork | свинина - svinina |
| salad | салат - salat |
| salt | соль - solio |
| sandwich | бутерброд - buterbrod |
| sausage | колбаса - kolbasa |
| soup | суп - sup |
| sugar | сахар - sahar |
| supper | ужин - uzin |
| turkey | индейка - indeika |
| apple | яблоко - iabloko |
| banana | банан - banan |
| oranges | апельсины - apelioinы |
| peaches | персики - persiki |
| peanut | арахис - arahis |
| pears | груши - grushi |
| pineapple | ананас - ananas |
| grapes | виноград - vinograd |
| strawberries | клубника - klubnika |
| vegetables | овощи - ovoshti |
| carrot | морковь - morkovio |
| corn | кукуруза - kukuruza |
| cucumber | огурец - ogurec |
| garlic | чеснок - chesnok |
| lettuce | салат-латук - salat-latuk |
| olives | оливки - olivki |
| onions | лук - luk |
| peppers | перцы - percы |
| potatoes | картофель - kartofelio |
| pumpkin | тыква - tыkva |
| beans | бобы - bobы |
| tomatoes | помидоры - pomidorы |
Definite and Indefinite Articles are not used in Russian, but you still need to know how to create sentences without them. Once you're done with this lesson, you might want to check the rest of our Russian lessons here: Learn Russian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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