Dirty Russian: Everyday Slang from 'What's Up?' to 'F*%# Off' (Dirty Everyday Slang)

Arrived in good time, as described. Nice little book will keep my boyfriend a little occupied as he learn some interesting Russian. It's nice that it shows the phrase with Russian characters as well as broken down to pronounce it.

if you already understand a bit of russian, this is a great book to dip into. Be careful about using it in everyday speech, though!

Excellent book giving some street language to your studies. Prior knowledge of Russian is really a requirement to make use of it.

This book is a great laugh if you know no Russian and have Russian friends. It enables you to cover the naughty topics, which you'd never learn and also things you'd never need. From a practical point of view, I don't see any reason why anyone would be this, as it teaches you absolutely nothing useful or practical for the real world and daily life. How often are you to order a prostitute, really? It is good fun though, like I said in front of friends who do speak Russian and want a laugh, it's great so therefore it has come off the book shelf a few times over the last 5 years but other than that it would be of no use.

great fun

This book both really pleases me and disappoints me at the same time. First off, be aware this is NOT a book for learners. Never use slang in a language you don't know well. You just sound silly. It is for advanced students of Russian. They don't say that because they need to sell the book. Having said that if you are studying Russian at a higher level this book is fantastic for giving you access to vocabulary you'll hear in conversation in Russia and even in films. It's really good in that respect. Almost invaluable. My HUGE reservation is this. I am English. The author translates all the Russian slang into American street slang much of it totally incomprehensible to anyone who isn't American. I understand it's tricky. To avoid that she would have had to translate the slang Russian into a less slangy English which might give the wrong impression of the Russian. I just think she could have made a bigger effort to remember not everyone buying her book is American. She has instead gone for a very, slangy American. Non native English speakers will really struggle. As I said, I AM a native English speaker and I was lost. I have just randomly opened the book now on page 40 and found hick, goofs off and jacked my wallet none of which are ever used in the UK. I can guess from the Russian (I have a degree in Russian) what she means but this book should have an alternative translation for non-Americans.

Really useful and entertaining. Arrived in time :)

Good Read

Simpatico libretto per chi studia russo e desidera scoprire un po più gli slang e i modi di dire di questa lingua.

I received this product as a gift and I must say it is hilarious. Very well written and cool slang. Totally worth buying!!!

Amazing reference for Russian slang. You wouldn't use or hear some of the expressions in real life but it's a lot of fun to read through, especially if you have Russian native speaker friend who would explain you the details of proper usage.

ロシア語が少しばかりできるからと思い、使いやすいフランスやイタリア語のものと同じ気分で購入したが、完全に甘かった。私のような初心者には全く役に立たたない。俗語表現などは辞書を引いてもよくわからない。頻繁に辞書を引くようならもう無い方がよいようだ。ニュアンスもつかめず危険すぎる。ただロシア語の会話がほぼ不自由なくでき自信がある方なら、恐らく全く異なった評価が出ることだろう。 この本を見て分かったことは、非常によくできるフランス語では寝転んでパラパラ、比較的自由なイタリア語ではふんふんと読めたので、俗語やきわどい口語などは、本来その言語がどの程度理解できるかにかかっているのであろう。

They weren't kidding about dirty! Just reading the English on some of the phrases in this book were making me laugh out loud. There's a lot of things in here you might not use everyday, but the fact that it has been translated is appreciated. As another reviewer said not everything is dirty and this is true. I would consider myself at the intermediate Russian level so I really like how they arranged stuff in sections in English. The only thing better would be to list phrases/words alphabetically in English and I think an index in future editions would be a nice touch. They also provide some background on various topics and those are enjoyable to read. I have the Dictionary of Russian Slang and Colloquial Expressions, 3rd Ed. and although more complete it's hard to find a phase/word you want to say because it's alphabetized in Russian. If you don't know the words in Russian already it's hard to find the right phrase. All in all I think it's a good book and am glad I gave it a try. So far I have found one spelling error (i.e. they used "s" in the Russian part instead of "'c") and I tried a few of the more mild phrases out on my native Russian tutor and she agreed with the translation.