Polite requests with «Можно»
Use «Можно» + the item + «пожалуйста?» for a simple request. For payment, use «Можно картой?» to ask “Can I pay by card?”
🇷🇺 A1 · Русский
Russian for Shopping
Prices, sizes, trying things on and politely saying no.
Sentence patterns
Можно …?
Mozhno …?
Can I have / can I ...?
Сколько стоит ___?
Skol'ko stoit ___?
How much does ___ cost?
Practical sentences
Можно воду, пожалуйста?
Mozhno vodu, pozhaluysta?
Can I have water, please?
Можно кофе, пожалуйста?
Mozhno kofe, pozhaluysta?
Can I have coffee, please?
Сколько стоит вода?
Skol'ko stoit voda?
How much is the water?
Сколько стоит кофе?
Skol'ko stoit kofe?
How much is the coffee?
Useful vocabulary
- можноcan, may
- водуwater
- пожалуйстаplease
- кофеcoffee
- билетticket
- пакетbag
- картойby card
- чекreceipt
- счётbill, check
- сколькоhow much
- стоитcosts; is worth
- водаwater
How the language works
The price question: Сколько стоит ___?
Стоит is the third-person singular form of the verb 'to cost'. In this lesson, each question asks about one item, so the pattern stays the same: Сколько стоит + noun.
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