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20 Russian words for asking questions

20 Russian words worth knowing, picked from the topics Function words, Politeness and small talk, Connectors and prepositions and translated into English.

Questions 20 words

RussianEnglish
ктоwho
чтоwhatBefore a verb
чтоwhatOn its own or after a preposition
когдаwhen
гдеwhere
какhow
почемуwhy
сколькоhow muchUsed on its own, to ask about a quantity or a price
какойwhichInterrogative determiner, before the noun
которыйwhich oneInterrogative pronoun, used on its own
лиdoQuestion marker, no literal equivalent
чтоwhatQuestion word, object
чтоwhatQuestion word, subject
даyes
нетno
может бытьperhaps
конечноof course
я не знаюI do not know
договорилисьokay
потому чтоbecauseEveryday use

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