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A1How to sayu vas yest váy-fay

How to say “Do you have wifi?” in Russian

Written Wi-Fi, said “vay-fay”. Two sentences get you online anywhere.

Quick answer

У вас есть вай-фай?

u vas yest váy-fay — pronounced “vay-fay”, plus how to ask for the password

The options

У вас есть вай-фай?Do you have wifi?
Како́й паро́ль?What’s the password?
Вай-фай беспла́тный?Is the wifi free?
Не могу́ подключи́ться.I can’t connect.
Здесь пло́хо ло́вит.The signal is bad here.

Saying it

Russians say вай-фай with the stress on the second part and no “w” sound. The network name is сеть and the password is паро́ль — masculine, despite the -ь.

Reading out a password

Passwords are dictated letter by letter using Latin names, or you will simply be handed a card. Useful: ма́ленькими бу́квами (lower case), без пробе́лов (no spaces), все ци́фры (all digits).

What you hear back

Паро́ль на чеке.The password is on the receipt.
Сеть называ́ется Guest.The network is called Guest.
Без паро́ля.No password needed.
Попро́буйте перезагрузи́ть.Try reconnecting.

Typical mistakes

моя́ паро́ль

мой паро́ль

паро́ль is masculine.

У вас есть интерне́т? — when you mean wifi

У вас есть вай-фай?

Both are understood, but вай-фай is what people ask in cafés.

Check yourself

Which is correct?

Паро́ль is masculine despite the soft sign.

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