Three Russian curse words that you should learn as soon as possible

Otherwise, when you accidentally hit your fingers with a hammer, you will have nothing to say. And yes, hello again, guys! 🙂 Today we will be studying three Russian curse words that you should really know. You will hear them a lot, once you stopped listening to dull Grammar books. Listen how they sound and learn to pronounce them with proper intonation.

Three Russian curse words which are more than popular

Ok, these three words are: Блин! Черт! and Твою мать! They are a bit similar to the Russian exclamations Ёпрст! and Ёклмн! that we studied in Learn to Read Russian video course. But these three are not as funny and are used when you cursing with bad feelings (‘Doom, gloom, and personal growth’).

1. Чёрт! or Вот чёрт! is literally translated as ‘Devil’. Notice, that this time I used the letter ё to write it, but in most cases Russians write it with the letter е: черт.

2. Блин! is the word that you already know if you keep reading my blog 🙂 It is translated as a pancake and you can check the article Why Russians won’t shut up about pancakes with the examples of using Блин!

3. Твою мать! Literally means ‘Your mother!’ and is extremely common in Russian. There are some variations of this curse word: Твою ж мать! Да твою ж мать! Вашу маму! They are all not recommended to say in the company of your mother or your friend’s / enemy’s / colleague’s mother.

Вот чёрт! is a very popular Russian curse word.

Examples of using Russian curse words

That’s your favourite section, isn’t it? All these words can be translated as Damn! Gosh! Duck it! Sh*t! and so on. Here are some real life (and language) examples of how and when to use Russian curse words.

1. Черт, я опаздываю! — Damn, I am going to be late!
2. Твою ж мать, я забыл деньги дома! — Oh sh*t, I left my wallet at home.
3. Вот черт, они сегодня закрыты. – Blast it, they are closed today.
4. Твою мать, где этого козла носит? – Where the duck is this dick?

Something like this 🙂 And remember: a curse word is no longer a curse word when you say it without emotions. It just becomes a speech weed then.

If you are looking for some more Russian curse words, you really should have a look at this article – Russian swearwords with You, which don’t mean You.

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