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Russian vocabulary for children and adoptive parents

Behave - Sometimes you have to say it

Children learn little by little what is right and what is wrong. Sometimes we have tell them off, sometimes we have to teach them rules, sometimes we have to tell them what they can't do... Here you'll find how to say those words in Russian.

Не уходи́ далеко́
nye u-ha-dí da-lye-kó
Don't go far

Веди́ себя́ хорошо́
vye-dí sye-byá ha-ra-shó
Behave yourself

Не де́лай так
nye dyé-laj tak
Don't do that

Бо́льше так не де́лай
bol-shye tak nye dyé-laj
Don't do that again

Иди́ сюда́!
i-dí syu-dá!
Come here!

Я два ра́за не повторя́ю
ya dva rá-za nye paf-ta-ryá-yu
I won't say it twice

Переста́нь!
pye-ryes-tán!
Stop it!

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Не груби́!
nye gru-bí!
Don't be rude!

Говори́ пра́вду
ga-va-rí práv-du
Tell the truth

Ты понима́ешь, что э́то непра́вильно?
ty pa-ni-má-yesh shto é-ta nye prá-vil-na?
Do you understand that this is wrong?

Ти́хо!
tí-ha!
(Be) quiet!

Прибери́ свои́ ве́щи
pri-bye-rí svo-í vyé-schi
Tidy up your things

Плохо́й ма́льчик / плоха́я де́вочка
pla-hój mál-chik / pla-há-ya dyé-vach-ka
Bad boy / bad girl

Де́лай то, что тебе́ говоря́т
dyé-laj to shto tye-byé ga-va-ryát
Do as you're told

Ты нака́зан / Ты нака́зана
ty na-ká-zan / ty na-ká-za-na
You're grounded (punished)
Different genders: наказан = punished (masculine), наказана = punished (femenine)