"Хорошо, до свидания."
Translation:OK, goodbye.
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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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"Great" could be also an acceptable translation of "хорошо", or is it just my impression?
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"Хорошо" is more neutral than "great". All right, OK, fine, good. Great can be translated as "отлично", "здорово".
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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.
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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.
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Can xорошо be translated as "well" here?
Edit: fixed a typo.
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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
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I think I was just learning to use the Russian keyboard when I typed that :)
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Actually, "Уходи, Анна" sounds really rude. Your Anna seems to be really meek!
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Хорошо sounds a bit like 알았어 in Korean, meaning "ok" or "I got (understood) it", which makes it a bit easier to memorise :)
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It literally means "until the meeting", as in "until the next time we meet".
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Thanks, my mother tongue is Serbian and it reminded me of another word "свитање" which means dawn in Serbian. Just wanted to check, спасибо :)
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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
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Can you translate both words? Свидана is date right? Until date doesn't make sense. Does the phrase make literal sense in Russian or is it only a phrase?
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There was such an old Russian word - "свидеться", i.e. to see each other, from this verb the word "свидание" (visit, date) was formed.
For example:
"Какое удовольствие снова свидеться с вами." = "What a pleasure it is to see you again."
So "до свидания" means "until the moment when we see each other again".
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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 :)
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No, к is the one that makes a k sound. Х is the that makes more of an h sound
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"Good, until next time!" should work 100%. "До" means "until" and "сиидание" is meeting.
