Shopping vocabulary in the Russian language is easy to learn. It seems not that difficult to master the keyphrases, but it takes a bit of time and efforts. Our daily routine is doing some errands. The most common words are used in the conversation and its glossary.

Shopping vocabulary in the Russian Language

продаве́ц – [ pradavets ] – a salesman,

покупа́тель – [ pakupatyel ] – a customer,

оплати́ть – [ aplatyt ] – to pay for sth,

and…

чек – [ chek ] – a receipt,

ски́дка – [ skytka ] – a discount,

магази́н – [ magazin ] – a shop,

ры́нок – [ rynak ] – a market.

What’re the MOST COMMON phrases for shopping?

вернуть товар

расплатиться за

позвать менеджера

оставить отзыв

TOP 10 phrases to use in a store…

Сколько это стоит?

У вас есть скидки сейчас?

Когда заканчивается срок годности продукта?

Кто производитель?

Могу ли вернуть товар, если мне не подойдёт?

and some more…

Могу ли воспользоваться бонусной картой?

Где у вас примерочная?

Есть ли у вас другой размер?

Мне кажется, что этот цвет мне не идёт. Есть ли у вас эта вещь в другом цвете?

Как вы думаете, мне идёт?

Let’s practice some common phrases in the Russian language for going shopping. The description of the exercise is presented below.

You’re going to listen to small talk. Line A is a speaker 1 and line B is a speaker 2. Read the dialogue and the glossary.

IMPORTANT! Click the ‘Hide/Show’ button for line A to hide them and listen to the dialogues again. After you can practice spelling. Type into each box of the lines A exactly what you hear in the audio file. Then click it back to check. You can compare your lines with the ones which are written above. Correct the mistakes and write down the necessary phrases for you.

Do the same thing with lines B. You can also check the translation of the small talk by pressing the green button ‘check’ under the dialogue. You can download the audio and practice it later again.