Learn how to ask for help
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| Hello and welcome to Russian Survival Phrases. This course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Russia. So join us for Russian Survival phrases. You will be surprised at how far a little Russian will go. |
| In today’s lesson we’ll introduce you to some phrases that hopefully you won’t have to use. When traveling to Russia, while the threat of physical violence is not prevalent, one should always be careful. In addition, this phrase is not limited to threatening situations, but can also be used in the unfortunate event that you or someone around you is in the need of immediate assistance. Today we’ll learn how to call for help. |
| In Russian “Help!” is “Pamagite!”. Pamagite! Let`s break it down by syllable: Pa-ma-gi-te. Now, let`s hear it once again: Pa-ma-gi-te. |
| “Pamagite!” is conjugated form of “Pamagite mne!” in Russian, where “mne” is “me”. In Russia “mne” is never used. No matter who is in trouble and who is screaming out, people around will come to help. |
| Moreover, the word “Pamagite!” is long itself and you’ll hardly have time is case of emergency to decorate it with “mne” and “pazhalusta” or “Pamagite mne, pazhalusta!”, which means “Help me, please!”. But it is fine to use the whole expression, when you are asking for someone’s help to carry up some thing or restart the car, when the battery is off. |
| In Russian you can call for the police by saying “Pazavite militsiyu”. Pazavite militsiyu. Let`s break down this word by syllable: Pa-za-vi-te mi-li-tsi-yu. Now, let`s hear it once again: Pazavite militsiyu. |
| The first word “pazavite” means “call”. Let`s break down this word and hear it one more time: pa-za-vi-te and pazavite. |
| This is followed by “militsiyu”, which in English is “police”. Let`s break it down by syllable: mi-li-tsi-yu and militsiyu. |
| So altogether we have “Pazavite militsiyu”. Literally this means “Call police”. |
| The basic phone number for an ambulance in Russia is 01. Yet, when you get to Russia, you’d better confirm the emergency number for the police over the telephone. Or ask staff of the hotel or landlord of any other accommodation you stay at, as numbers are very dependent on region and communication providers. While there is one certain number for fixed phones, the number for cell phones is different. When you go to distant regions and something bad happens to you, you can easily find police patrol consisting of 2-3 people. They have a special uniform, albeit the uniform depends on the police institution providing safety. Usually the color of the uniform is close to the military one. |
| Ok, to close out today`s lesson we'd like for you to practice what we`d just learnt. I will provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you are responsible for saying it aloud. You'll have a few seconds before I`ll give you the answer. Udachi! That means “good luck”! Ok, here we go! |
| Help!……..Pamagite! |
| Call the police……..Pazavite militsiyu. |
| Alright, that's going to do for today. See you tomorrow, which in Russian is da zaftra! |
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