How to get someone's attention in Russian

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  You are at the restaurant. You see a male waiter and you want to attract his attention to ask for something. How can you do it?

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  • A.
    I would stand up and shout "Эй, официант!"
  • B.
    I would slightly raise my hand and say "Молодой человек"
  • C.
    I would say "Девушка, можно вас?”
  • D.
    I would say "Товарищ, подойдите"
• 2.
  You are at the shop and you want a shop assistant to help you choose a phone. What would you say?

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  • A.
    Извини, можно тебя?
  • B.
    Простите, можно вас?
  • C.
    Простите, можно тебя?
• 3.
  You are in Moscow and you need some help to find your hotel. You see a young lady and you want to attract her attention and to ask how to get to your hotel. How would you address her?

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  • A.
    Девушка
  • B.
    Девочка
  • C.
    Женщина
  • D.
    Тётя
  • E.
    Бабушка
• 4.
  You are at the business meeting and you need to make a presentation to a big group of people (both men and women). How would you start your speech to greet them?

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  • A.
    Ребята!
  • B.
    Товарищи!
  • C.
    Дамы и господа!
  • D.
    Чуваки!
  • E.
    Граждане!
  • F.
    Мужчины и женщины!
• 5.
  What does a word «чувак» mean and to whom you can address it?

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  • A.
    It means "a beautiful lady" and is used as a compliment
  • B.
    It means "stupid" and is used as an insult
  • C.
    It means "dude" and is used among some young people
  • D.
    It means "a wise man" and is used to address to elderly people
• 6.
  Is it appropriate to address someone with "товарищ" and why?

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  • A.
    Yes, because I heard that in Russian movies
  • B.
    Yes, it is a popular way to address people in Russia nowadays
  • C.
    No, it can be really offensive to people as it means "a terrible person"
  • D.
    No, it is simply outdated and not used anymore
• 7.
  Did you find this quiz easy?

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  • A.
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    Yeap! It was suuuuuper easy. I want more challenges like this
  • B.
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    Are you kidding me? Easy? What do you mean by easy? It was quite difficult. But I love challenges.
  • C.
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    Quiz? What quiz? I though I was ordering a new iphone

Quiz Outcomes

• 1.
  Well, it is not your best result...Try again

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  Hey! Seems like you didn't watch my video "How to get someone's attention in Russian".I recommend you to watch or rewatch this video and MOST IMPORTANTLY take some notes.While it may seem that as long as you know some basic ways to attract someone's attention, you are fine (*in a safe zone). But you are not really.There are so many different ways to address people in Russian and some of them can be really offensive to particular groups of people.Ok, now you can go and learn these Russian expressions and come back to retake this quiz! If you want to get more tips and hacks to learn Russian language, subscribe to my channel - Hack Your Russian and enjoy the process of learning!Yours sincerely,Mila from Hack Your Russian
• 2.
  That is really not bad! But you can do even better

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  Great result! Seems like you watched my video "How to get someone's attention in Russian".However, you still did some questions wrong. Therefore, I recommend you to watch it one more time and MOST IMPORTANTLY take some notes.While it may seem that as long as you know some basic ways to address people in Russian, you are fine (*in a safe zone). But you are not really.There are so many different ways to get someone's attention in Russian and if you don't know how to use them correctly, you can accidentally insult a person.Ok, go and learn these Russian expressions now and come back to retake this test! If you want to get more tips and hacks to learn Russian language, subscribe to my channel - Hack Your Russian and enjoy the process of learning!Yours sincerely,Mila from Hack Your Russian
• 3.
  You're a champion! Well done!

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  Wow! I am impressed! You have the highest point! Congratulations!I can see that you are really motivated to learn Russian language. That is very good. Keep going like this and you will achieve your goal!If you want to get more tips and hacks to learn Russian language, subscribe to my channel - Hack Your Russian and enjoy the process of learning!Yours sincerely,Mila from Hack Your Russian