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- "Спасибо, да."
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I think it is pronounced like "спасиьа"!! I can't understand the difference between Russian о and а
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Generally when the syllable is not stressed, the 'o' will sound much like 'a', this is known as vowel reduction or 'akanie'. :-)
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I want to add that the difference between 'о' и 'а' sounds is not only about whether the 'о' vowel under stress or not. Native Russian speakers can spell some words differently depending on the region where he(she) comes from. For example, some Siberia and Privolgie locals can say definitely 'спасибо' or 'хорошо' instead of 'спасиба' или 'харашо'. But basically, of course, the principle of changing 'о' to 'а' in spelling is based on stress in the word and like you wrote 'akanie' it is modern trend of simplification of Russian language that came from the Central region.
some Siberia and Privolgie locals
This has been especially long remained/preserved in the Vologda region.
the principle of changing 'о' to 'а' in spelling
in pronunciation (?)
I've read comments on other discussions that suggest that the Russian o is shortened to an "uh" sound when it comes at the end of a word, like спасибо. I think that applies to other vowel sounds too. It also seems to depend on where the stress lies in the word - the o in кофе sounds the way I would expect it to, but in она it sounds more like an a to me. I guess there are a lot of subtleties to the pronunciation which need to be learnt by experience!
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As i remember from learning Russian years ago, o has 3 sounds. Stressed is "oh", in the syllable directly before the stress it is "ah" and all other unstressed it is "uh" example: хорошо is pronounced huh rah SHOH.
When the o is not stressed it sound like "ah". This happens in English too like in "mop".
That is funny haha. It must be updated that is what I just typed and it is correct.
Действительно странная фраза: "Спасибо, да". Жаль, что можно отправить администрации только свой правильный ответ, а не свой правильный вопрос )
"Да, спасибо." or "Да, конечно. Спасибо." but not "Спасибо, да". I think it looks more natural when you say ""Пожалуй да!" rather than "Спасибо, да"
Для меня привычнее сначала поблагодарить:) «Спасибо, да», «Спасибо, нет», «Спасибо, с удовольствием», «Спасибо, в другой раз».
Значит вы человек мягкий и отзывчивый ) В целом, когда задают вопрос, то лично я сначала даю ответ, а затем добавляю эмоциональный посыл в виде спасибо. Мне это кажется логичным, т.к. от меня ожидают в первую очередь именно ответ на вопрос. Другое дело, если я не спешу с ответом, не определился и мне нужно время подумать, тогда я могу сказать сначала "спасибо", как бы оттягивая ответ. Но не злоупотребляю этим, считаю это невежливым по отношению к собеседнику: он ведь ждет ответ, а не мое спасибо, за которым может быть как да, так и нет.
If you say "yes, thank you", I was taught, 55 yrs ago, that "yes, please" was the right Expression.
I am sorry; I mean the English Expression, not the Russian. I mean "yes, please" is better than "yes, thank you".
http://www.russianforfree.com/alphabet.php teaches you how to read russian (for free) worked for me, this made it REALLY easy to learn how to read russian
My keyboard does not have the russian entries, I can't practice exercises with writing
So lets say i ve been offered some coffee,should i reply with "Да,спацибо" или "Спасибо,да"?
Isnt there another way to say thank you? Im going through all my words in this and writing them down lol
Hmmm when i tiped thank you it said nope it said for correchon yes thank you tryed that stil nope why
I thought if the unstressed O was after the stressed vowel, it'd sound like schwa. If it was before the stressed vowel then it'd become A. This is so confusing :(((
What's with adding "yes" before and after greetings so many times !
I typed "yes thank you" and it said i was wrong. In all previous answering its never once penalized me for not using capitals or commas.
I put thanks, yes. It said that was wrong, but it had never previously penalized me f8r using thanks.
I have tried both "Yes, thank you." and "Thank you, yes." for responses, and it rejects both. As such, I cannit clear this...
ппц... \ Спасибо....(one.year.later).... да ? \ correct = да, спасибо // yes? thank you = Да? Спасибо.
Something wrong here, as the pronoun ты was not mentioned anywhere in the exercise line.
thank you = благодарю (formal) тебя/Вас/вас (accus.) = спасибо (informal) thanks = спасибо
Ne moze ovo ovako vi napisete spasiba da i ja napisem izvinite da na engleskom i vi me ispravite i napisete nije izvinite da nego da izvinite a vi postavili prvo izvinite
Since the correct translation is "Yes, thank you", shouldn't it be written like "Да, спасибо" is Russian?
