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- "Хорошо, до свидания."
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'хорошо' is also the derivation of the urban slang word 'horrorshow' via the novel 'A Clockwork Orange'.
And now I have a way to never forget this word or its pronunciation ever again, since I loved that book. Спасибо!
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Yup! Clockwork Orange also has transliterations of the words "молоко", "девушка", and "кровь". Written as 'moloko', 'devotchka', and 'kroovy', I believe. There MAY be more, that's all I remember....
"Great" could be also an acceptable translation of "хорошо", or is it just my impression?
"Хорошо" is more neutral than "great". All right, OK, fine, good. Great can be translated as "отлично", "здорово".
Excellent is more strong a word, leaning toward the feeling of pleasure or pride. All right and OK are both, like olimo said, neutral: not the feeling of pleasure nor dissatisfaction. They all have the sense of agreement, but excellent is stronger a word, so therefore we would use a different word in Russian. Rather than хорошо for "excellent", I'd recommend using отлично.
I'm not a specialist, but I can say that English speakers use "great" much more than almost anyone else I've ever met. In most other language, people would say "okay" and "fine" where an American would say "great"
Just a thought as to why we both might have learnt that "Хорошо" meant "great". I might be completely off.
Regional differences. An English or Australian is unlikely to exaggerate. It's a spot of rain when in fact it's a torrential downpour. No idea what a person from the USA would say.
Regional differences exist in the USA too. Living in Arizona, I think I would either say: "Yay! Looks like it's raining." or "Dang it's pouring outside!" (where "dang" is not a negative expression but an emphasize on the scale of the rain).
It can be translated like that. However better choice is good for "хорошо" and "Отлично" for Great. Отлично is better then хорошо just as "Great" is better than "good" , cold/freezing, etc. Yet both translations are suitable
But I beg you, do not use the word "жопошо")))))))) Use the word "Хорошо". And I think we can use Well instead of Хорошо here
You might be gone by now, but, well, I also translated it as 'very well, goodbye.' I think that's colloquially correct..?
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Well, what do you think about that? Still not accepted, Nov. 15, 2020. Four years and no explanation of why "Well, goodbye" is still incorrect. "Well, goodbye" is a perfectly good, colloquial English phrase.
Хорошо sounds a bit like 알았어 in Korean, meaning "ok" or "I got (understood) it", which makes it a bit easier to memorise :)
Actually, "Уходи, Анна" sounds really rude. Your Anna seems to be really meek!
It literally means "until the meeting", as in "until the next time we meet".
Thanks, my mother tongue is Serbian and it reminded me of another word "свитање" which means dawn in Serbian. Just wanted to check, спасибо :)
до свидания would more likely be "see you soon" or "until I see you again". just goodbye doesn't feel like real answer.
It is close, but not at all. To say 'see you' in Russian we say 'Ещё увидимся' or 'Увидимся позже'. Usually we say it to friends, colleagues or family members. 'До свидания' is more polite. This phrase you can say to your boss, strangers and people, whom you respect. Hope, I helped you :)
Because do svidaniya is just a set phrase. That's just how you say it, whether it's logical or not (hint: it is).
До means untill
"It (the entire phrase) literally means 'until the meeting' as in until the next time we meet'" - Максим Авдеев
I wrote "OK, goodbye!" and it was not accepted. "!" too emotional, or what?
As a native Russian speaker I don't get why there is no option for see you soon/see you again, since до свидания literally translated means 'until (next) seeing'
"Good, until next time!" should work 100%. "До" means "until" and "сиидание" is meeting.
До свидания - should be translated more like "see you" this frase is close than goodbye
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Why is свидания pronounced "svidenye" and not "svidenija". Or am I miss-hearing something?
No, you heard it right. I'm pretty sure it's just because it would take a lot more effort to pronounce every letter. Like how most english speakers dont pronounce every letter in "Antarctica" and just say "anartica"
So does хорошо only refer to how one is feeling, since it translates as "OK"? Like "I am okay." Or can I use it as just a general "OK"? If that makes sense.
Пока is more informal which you would use with close friends and family. До свидания is used (you guessed it) in formal situations or if you're not as close with the person you are conversing with.
I dont know why but i find this funny if i say it in English in a swedish accent
Жорошо, in this context wouldn't it mean way more than "OK"? Shouldn't it mean "excellent"?
So, if i wanted to say "k, bye" as an insult. Would I say "хорошо пока" or "хорошо, до свидания"?
is this actually pronounced like "sv" rather than "zv"? I thought that a group of consonants grouped together took the voicing of the last?
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До свидвная means to the next seeing ie au revoir or arrivederci or hasta la proxima vez etc - see you soon is the nearest English equivalent?
Hi how come when i click до it is pronounced "dough" but in the context of до свидания it is pronounced "dah"? Thanks
its is not the same as it is or it's
"its" is the possessive case of the pronoun it
Yes, although I see ок much more often. Anyway, it's colloquial.
horrorshow d'asweedanya is a how I learned to say it. I messed up and have been going through the russian lessons without hearing anything. So I'm fairly good at readin, but speaking and spelling nope. I'm figuring I may have to restart from scratch to learn it properly
Да is (generally) "yes" (there are some other meanings mainly in more poetic or older writing and in some set phrases and constructions)
До is "until" or "before" (and the musical note, "C"-- "do")
