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- "Привет, я Анна."
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I have been told that use of привет is reserved for friends. Meeting someone for the first time means to use драствыте (pardon the misspelling)
Not only friends actually, but any informal situation. For example, you can use it when meeting your new classmates who are of the same age as you are.
I thought this said "Я она" like hello, yes it is her speaking. oops
Therse words have a different stress, and "Anna" also has a double "н".
I'm confused by the gender of the voice. Can AHHa be a Russian male name? Sorry, not trying to be sarcastic, just want to make sure I'm not missing something. The voice is male.
As far as I know, Anna is a feminine name in Russian just as in English. I think they just alternate between voices to give you an idea of what a typical female speaker and male speaker would sound like.
I'm not too sure if Anna is used for men aswell as women? but i do know that names like Sasha are used for both genders.
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Саша and Женя can be male and female names, it s not full form of names, in full form: Александр and Александра and Евгений and Евгения. Анна only femen name.
Phonetically, I hear eeyan. There is a clear long eee before я and I'm certain it does not belong.
How do we pronounce the "Hello"? Also, I read that in Russian culture short ended answers are frowned upon. So instead of saying "I'm good, you?", you would rather give a short explanation of what you did or what had recently occurred. Is this true?
Hello is pronounced pree-vet. And to answer "I'm good, you?" Is fine in russian culture, unless you have something to add, people don't expect you to go beyond. Typically you do say how have you really been, but its not frowned upon or pointed out if you don't.
To clear up confusion, Привет is informal and Здравствуйте is formal.
Learned this online
I have noticed that often Duolingo inserts commas when not required, and omits same when necessary. In this case, however, I believe the comma is correct. I use привет when meeting someone I have met prior, and Здравствуйте for an initial meeting, or a more formal introduction.
Russians wouldn't really say i am. They would say im called, меня зовут
I thought Russia was hard but it is not really I am learning to understand what my friends are saying
I wrote Ann.. And you give me negative??? Should be Anna.. is that so importent??
They pronounce the second half as "yanna" but я is actually noticeably pronounced separately from the name, it should be "yA anna"
Question, is the Я only silent when a name starts with an A or everytime?
It is not in latin alphabet. Use Russian keyboard, or switch to Russian keyboard in Windows right bottom corner of the screen an use a ton of stickers on your actual keyboard.
