Thread: алло

Brand new to the forum. I'm in 10th grade and I'm learning russian for my foreign language. Everyone does french and spanish...russian is cool! I'm using "Russian Step by Step" by Natasha Alexandrova. I really like it. I've been doing it for about 3 weeks and I've memorized the russian alphabet and some words and phrases. I can read and write russian OK also.

я брадли или я говорить русскии.

If there is anything wrong with that please tell me.

I'm desperate to speak to native speakers. I live in a small town and I don't know any russians or anyone who can speak russian.

Thanks.

Hey, bellabob, welcome to the forum!

I suppose you want to say "I'm Bradly and I speak Russian".
Я Брэдли и я говорю по-русски

Notes: Spelling of foreign names can vary, but in most names "э" or "e" are used in place of English "a". "Или" means "or", "и" means "and".
"Говорить" is an infinitive form (=to speak), but in this sentence you need 1-st person singular, Present Tense ("говорю").
"Русский" is an adjective ("русский город - "a Russian city"), "по-русски" is an adverb that means roughly "the Russian way" and is commonly used in phrases like "to speak/read/write Russian".
Useful phrases:
Я учу русский (язык) - I study Russian (language)
Я знаю русский (язык) - I know Russian (language)
Я немного знаю русский (язык) - I know a little Russian
Я могу говорить по-русски - I can speak Russian
Я хочу выучить русский (язык) - I want to learn Russian

Hi,Bradly!If you want you can speak with me via skype.Меня зовут Юлия.skype ju_light88.Don't be shy!

Привет, Бредли! I started learning as a senior in h.s. Was taking 4th year Spanish when I started Russian I. Keep it up. You have two years on me already!

Алло is used only when you pick up the phone. Otherwise it's Здравствуйте! Hello or Привет! Hi!

спасибо!