слышь
Transcription (the accent is shown in capital letters):
[слышь]
Translation / meaning:
comes from ‘слышишь’ = ‘Listen!’ or ‘Do you hear me?’
Examples:
- Слышь, парень? У тебя закурить не будет?Hey dude! Do you have a cigarette?
More explanations and examples here: Понты
Did you find an error? Help us correct it please!
More from "Conversational Russian"
-
it isn't urgent
-
comes from 'сегодня' = today
-
to go crazy, to lose one's wits
-
an answer to the question "зачем?" (= надо мне!)
-
a pile of papers on someone's desktop that seem to have been there forever (lit: mortuary, waste burial place)
-
damn! drat! blast it! gosh! (lit. - pancake)
-
a small glass (for vodka)
-
pickuping
Other categories
Subscribe to our Russian podcast or Russian jokes and boost your Russian to a completely new level!