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- "Hi, I am Anna."
"Hi, I am Anna."
Translation:Привет, я Анна.
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Literally, yes. But really, 'я анна' is equivalent to 'I am Anna' 'меня зовут анна' is equivalent to 'My name is Anna'.
You would use it in a formal greeting, such with elders,
"Здравствуйте, меня зовут Анна"
I didn't even know меня зовут... Now I've learned it, thanks for asking haha
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It would be cool if we had a Russian keyboard avaiable here, I am on my pc now so I don't have it
здравствуйте isn't correct. So the translation has to always be exact, taking in to account formal and informal, not just have the same meaning?
Not always. Yet, I feel it is impractical to always allow all possible stylistic choices including weird ones. This is a sure way for a number of translations to skyrocket.
Well, in a way Здравствуйте, я Анна is still a correct alternative, honestly. It is just the formal way of saying Hi. It should be accepted no matter what! ;^p
In the Dutch course, a moderator told me she was annoyed by how many alternatives they had to accept so that everyone was happy, but it had to be done. :p
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If you're using a smartphone, go into input settings, you can download extra keyboards eg Cyrillic, Greek, Japanese...
It should be in your Settings→General→Input Settings or something like that. Wherever your languages/keyboards are set up. Do you use GBoard?
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In a previous lesson, I was marked incorrect when I used привет because it said when introducing yourself, you should use the formal version здравствуйте. Seems inconsistent to me. Maybe I'm missing something
If you're on a smart phone, you can go to setting and go to keybourds. The Russian keybourd is there.
Hello! Random grammer question; in Russian, when do you use capitals? Is it just at the beginning of sentences or with names and words like 'I'.
Есть несколько правильных вариантов. Можно сказать не просто: "Я Анна". Есть вариант чуть сложнее. Меня зовут Анна или же меня зовут Анной. Оба варианта считаются грамматически верными!
I heard that 'privet' is used for greeting a person whom you already know. At least that's what they say in Easy learning russia podcast.
That's true in theory, but it's an oversimplification compared to real life. "Привет" can be used with people you don't know if, for example, they are kids, or you both are around the same age and meeting in an informal situation, or you are communicating on Twitter, Facebook, etc. or it's an accepted norm in this particular company, or in many other situations.
