Russian Russian Words for Family Members

Since your family will be honored when you save the world, it's important that you introduce them properly in Russian. Yukov will help you learn the family words in Russian with the more than enjoyable flash cards below, and then you can quiz yourself with the dangerously addictive Lingo Dingo review game!

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English Russian Roman Spelling
aunt тётя tyotya
boyfriend друг drug
brother брат brat
brother-in-law (wife’s brother) шурин shurin
brother-in-law (husband’s brother) деверь dever’
cousins двоюродные братья dvoyurodnye brat’ya
dad папа papa
daughter дочь doch
daughter-in-law невестка nevestka
family семья sem’ya
father отец otetz
father-in-law (husband’s father) свёкор svyokor
father-in-law (wife’s father) тесть test’
fiancé жених zhenikh
friend друг drug
girlfriend подруга podruga
grandma бабушка babushka
grandpa дедушка dedushka
grandparents бабушка и дедушка babushka y dedushka
husband муж muzh
mom мама mama
mother мать mat’
mother-in-law (wife’s mother) тёща tyoscha
mother-in-law (husband’s mother) свекровь svekrov’
nephew племянник plemyannik
niece племянница plemyannitza
relationships родство rodstvo
sister сестра sestra
sister-in-law (husband’s sister) сестра мужа sestra muzha
sister-in-law (wife’s sister) сестра жены sestra zheni
son сын syn
son-in-law зять zyat’
uncle дядя dyadya
wife жена zhena

Learning Russian Family Words

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