How to Give Your Phone Number

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Welcome to Can-Do Russian by RussianPod101.com.

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to give your phone number in Russian.

For example, "My phone number is 8-003-312-49-68." is

Мой номер телефона 8-003-312-49-68 (восемь, ноль ноль три, три один два, четыре девять, шесть восемь). (Moy nomer telefona 8-003-312-49-68 (vosem' nol' nol' tri, tri odin dva, chetyre devyat', shest' vosem').)

Milena Maslova is at the city hall registering her address.

A civil servant is asking for her phone number.

Before you hear their conversation, let’s preview some of its key components.

номер телефона (nomer telefona)

"phone number"

номер телефона

Listen to the conversation, and focus on the response.

Note: the civil servant in this conversation uses formal Russian.

Ready?

Ваш номер телефона, пожалуйста. (Vash nomer telefona, pozhaluysta.)

Once more with the English translation.

Ваш номер телефона, пожалуйста. (Vash nomer telefona, pozhaluysta.)

"Your phone number, please."

"My phone number is 8-003-312-49-68."

Let's break down the conversation.

Do you remember how the civil servant says,

"Your phone number, please."

Ваш номер телефона, пожалуйста. (Vash nomer telefona, pozhaluysta.)

Let’s start with номер телефона (nomer telefona), meaning "phone number." Номер телефона.

This starts with номер (nomer). "Number." Номер . Номер.

In Russian, all nouns have grammatical gender and are either singular or plural. Номер (Nomer) is masculine and singular — a fact that determines the form of other words in the sentence.

Next is телефона (telefona). "phone." Телефона . Телефона.

Телефона (Telefona) is from the noun телефон (telefon) and is masculine singular.

It’s in the genitive case because it’s adding detail to the noun номер.

This form of the genitive case is similar to the way “of” is used in the English "department of economics," "secretary of state," or "game of thrones."

To form the genitive of masculine nouns ending in a consonant, simply add an -а (-a) to the end of the noun.

Телефон (Telefon) becomes телефона (telefona).

Together, it’s номер телефона (nomer telefona). This literally means "number of phone," but it translates as "phone number." Номер телефона.

Before this is Ваш (Vash), meaning "your" in this formal context. Ваш . Ваш.

Ваш (Vash) is masculine singular to agree with номер (nomer).

Now, you might be more familiar with твой (tvoy), an informal word for "your," as in твой номер телефона, "your telephone number (informal)." As this is a city office setting, the formal form, ваш (vash), is more appropriate.

Last is the expression, пожалуйста (pozhaluysta), meaning "please." Пожалуйста . Пожалуйста.

All together, it’s Ваш номер телефона, пожалуйста (Vash nomer telefona, pozhaluysta). "Your phone number, please."

Ваш номер телефона, пожалуйста.

Remember this request. You’ll hear it again later.

Let’s take a closer look at the response.

Do you remember how Milena says,

"My phone number is 8-003-312-49-68."

Do you remember how to say "phone number?"

Номер телефона (Nomer telefona). "Phone number." Номер телефона.

Before this is мой (moy), "my." мой. Мой . Мой.

Мой (moy) is masculine singular to agree with номер (nomer).

All together, it’s Мой номер телефона (Moy nomer telefona). "My phone number." Мой номер телефона.

Next is Milena’s phone number, 8-003-312-49-68 (восемь, ноль ноль три, три один два, четыре девять, шесть восемь). (8-003-312-49-68 (vosem' nol' nol' tri, tri odin dva, chetyre devyat', shest' vosem')

Note how Milena says her phone number.

When giving your phone number in Russian, say each digit separately. After each group of digits, include a short pause in place of the hyphen.

For example,

8-003-312-49-68 (восемь, ноль ноль три, три один два, четыре девять, шесть восемь). (vosem' nol' nol' tri, tri odin dva, chetyre devyat', shest' vosem'.)

All together, it’s Мой номер телефона 8-003-312-49-68 (восемь, ноль ноль три, три один два, четыре девять, шесть восемь). (Moy nomer telefona 8-003-312-49-68 (vosem' nol' nol' tri, tri odin dva, chetyre devyat', shest' vosem').) literally, "My phone number 8-003-312-49-68", but it translates as, "My phone number is 8-003-312-49-68."

The key pattern is

Мой номер телефона NUMBER. (Moy nomer telefona {PHONE NUMBER})

"My phone number is NUMBER."

Мой номер телефона NUMBER.

To use this pattern, simply replace the NUMBER placeholder with your phone number.

Note: this pattern requires a sequence of digits. Each should be said separately.

Imagine your phone number is 8 003 999 88 55. (восемь, ноль ноль три, девять девять девять, восемь восемь, пять пять) . (vosem' nol' nol' tri, devyat' devyat' devyat', vosem' vosem', pyat' pyat').

Say

"My phone number is 8 003 999 88 55."

Ready?

Мой номер телефона 8 003 999 88 55 (восемь, ноль ноль три, девять девять девять, восемь восемь, пять пять). (Moy nomer telefona 8 003 999 88 55 (vosem' nol' nol' tri, devyat' devyat' devyat', vosem' vosem', pyat' pyat').)

"My phone number is 8 003 999 88 55."

Again, the pattern is

Мой номер телефона NUMBER. (Moy nomer telefona {PHONE NUMBER})

"My phone number is NUMBER."

Мой номер телефона NUMBER.

Let's look at some more examples.

Listen and repeat or speak along with the native speakers.

"My phone number is 8-003-312-49-68."

Мой номер телефона 8-003-999-88-55 (восемь, ноль ноль три, девять девять девять, восемь восемь, пять пять). (Moy nomer telefona 8 003 999 88 55 (vosem' nol' nol' tri, devyat' devyat' devyat', vosem' vosem', pyat' pyat').)

"My phone number is 8-003-999-88-55."

Мой номер телефона 8-003-678-52-10 (восемь, ноль ноль три, шесть семь восемь, пять два, один ноль). (Moy nomer telefona 8 003 678 52 10 (vosem' nol' nol' tri, shest' sem' vosem', pyat' dva', odin nol').)

"My phone number is 8-003-678-52-10."

Мой номер телефона 8-003-985-11-11 (восемь, ноль, ноль, три, девять, восемь, пять, один один, один, один). (Moy nomer telefona 8 003 985 11 11 (vosem’ nol' nol' tri, devyat' vosem' pyat', odin odin, odin odin).)

"My phone number is 8-003-985-11-11."

8-003-987-65-43 (восемь, ноль ноль три, девять восемь семь, шесть пять, четыре три). (8-003-987-65-43 (vosem' nol' nol' tri, devyat' vosem' sem', shest' pyat', chetyre tri).)

"8-003-987-65-43."

Did you notice how the native speaker omitted Мой номер телефона (Moy nomer telefona)?

"8-003-987-65-43." (in English).

When directly responding to a request, it’s often possible to omit part of the response.

Here by simply giving your phone number, there’s no need to say Мой номер телефона (Moy nomer telefona), "My phone number is."

The pattern is

NUMBER.

You should be aware of this shortcut, but for this lesson, we’ll use the pattern

Мой номер телефона NUMBER. (Moy nomer telefona {PHONE NUMBER})

"My phone number is NUMBER."

Let's review.

Respond to the prompts by speaking aloud. Then repeat after the native speaker, focusing on pronunciation.

Ready?

Do you remember how to say "number?"

Номер (nomer).

And how to say "phone number?"

Номер телефона (Nomer telefona).

Do you remember how to say "my phone number?"

Мой номер телефона (Moy nomer telefona).

Do you remember how Milena says,

"My phone number is 8-003-312-49-68."

Do you remember the formal way to say

"your phone number."

Ваш номер телефона (Vash nomer telefona).

And how to say "please?"

Пожалуйста (Pozhaluysta).

Do you remember how the civil servant says,

"Your phone number, please."

Ваш номер телефона, пожалуйста. (Vash nomer telefona, pozhaluysta.)

Let's practice.

Imagine you’re Miroslav Maslov , and your phone number is 8-114-566-00-12 (восемь, один один четыре, пять шесть шесть, ноль ноль, один два) (vosem' odin odin chetyre, pyat' shest' shest', nol' nol', odin dva).

Respond to the civil servant’s request.

Ready?

Ваш номер телефона, пожалуйста. (Vash nomer telefona, pozhaluysta.)

Мой номер телефона 8-114-566-00-12 (восемь, один один четыре, пять шесть шесть, ноль ноль, один два). (Moy nomer telefona 8-114-566-00-12 (vosem' odin odin chetyre, pyat' shest' shest', nol' nol', odin dva).)

Listen again and repeat.

Let’s try another.

Imagine you're Mikhail Maslov , and your phone number is 8-114-343-15-18 (восемь, один один четыре, три четыре три, один пять, один восемь) (vosem', odin odin chetyre, tri chetyre tri, odin pyat', odin vosem').

Ready?

Ваш номер телефона, пожалуйста. (Vash nomer telefona, pozhaluysta.)

Мой номер телефона 8-114-343-15-18 (восемь, один один четыре, три четыре три, один пять, один восемь). (Moy nomer telefona 8-114-343-15-18 (vosem', odin odin chetyre, tri chetyre tri, odin pyat', odin vosem').)

Listen again and repeat.

Let’s try one more.

Imagine you're Natalia Ivanova , and your phone number is 8-003-678-52-10 (восемь, ноль ноль три, шесть семь восемь, пять два, один ноль) (vosem', nol' nol' tri, shest' sem' vosem', pyat' dva, odin nol')

Ready?

Ваш номер телефона, пожалуйста. (Vash nomer telefona, pozhaluysta.)

Мой номер телефона 8-003-678-52-10 (восемь, ноль ноль три, шесть семь восемь, пять два, один ноль). (Moy nomer telefona 8-003-678-52-10 (vosem', nol' nol' tri, shest' sem' vosem', pyat' dva, odin nol').)

Listen again and repeat.

This is the end of this lesson.

In this lesson, you learned how to give your phone number in Russian. This plays an essential role in the larger skill of sharing your contact information.

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