"Are you Vera Ivanovna? Perfect!"

Translation: Вы Вера Ивановна? Отлично!

[Solodus]

Why not adopt the variant "Ты Вера Ивановна, Отлично".

[Seiorai]

Because you are referring to the person with both name and surname - which is a polite form in Russian. You must use second person plural (polite pronoun) when doing this. If you used only the name (Vera), it would be possible to use "Ты ".

[James122785]

If you were a teacher speaking to a new student, would it be necessarily incorrect to use "ты"?

[Slav_in_Training]

Not necessarily, it would just be rude or impolite. 'ты' is more informal, while 'вы' would be more formal.

[DraginArcoiris]

so it's like using "tu" in portuguese insted of "you"?

[henriquetty]

Brazilian Portuguese speaker here, Tu/Você would be Ты. Vós would be Вы.

Vós is the second person plural and formal, exactly as is in Russian while Tu/Você is the second person singular and less formal like ты.

I believe in European Portuguese this is a bit different.

[Haggra]

I saw Отличная! used stand-alone. Where would you use it instead of Отлично?

[BarryDillon]

Different case

[Kundoo]

One can say it when offering their opinion on something, provided that something is grammatically feminine:

• Как тебе моя новая машина?

• Отличная!

• How do you find my new car?

• It's great!

But it's not really idiomatic or common.

[ValentinSe14370]

I always understood if I address with вы Вера... is a person who you don't know with respect to a person. If I address with Ты Вера... Is a person who you know well like your friend.

[Muddle_Jumper]

Отлично is not proposed in the possible translations of excellent.

[Shady_arc]

You meant "perfect", right? :) Fixed.

[ThiaLuvsMUSTANG]

So Отлично means perfect? ...if not what word does (mean perfect), and what does Отлично mean? Thanks in advance!!!!!

[detailaddict]

I don't know what either отлично or раз means, so I had to guess at this one. I got it wrong. Maybe they could introduce words before quizzing us on them.

[martinkunev]

раз means time in the sense of "I saw them one time."

[ThiaLuvsMUSTANG]

I LOVE THAT IDEA!!! HERE ARE TWO LINGOTS JUST FOR YOU!!! ;p

[martinkunev]

отлично means perfect

[Randonneur3]

Actually it is an adverb, meaning perfectly.

[martinkunev]

I've always been wondering how the multiple choice questions always have completely ridiculous options as incorrect answers. It would be much nicer if Perfect was substituted for something else instead of Vera.

[Rainbowrebellion]

Same! One is correct and the other ones are stupid enough that someone with basic knowledge of the language can guess. Often I don't even read the rest after I see the right one. It would work to screen out someone who has no knowledge of the language whatsoever. But then I know Polish so understanding basic Russian is natural.

[deactivated user]

why is it a mistake? Duolingo needs a little bit of common sense

[Dzheyms007]

It recommended to put есть for "are" so I did..

[Seiorai]

Learn to express presentations :) There is no "есть" in introducing someone/oneself ^^

[Brian586326]

Why doesn't перфестно work?

[Sardinius]

Why not "вас зовут...?"

[ljray]

Duo insists perfect is Отлично. But the dictionary translates as excellent, and would only be perfect as an adverb as in perfectly. Why is идеально not perfect?

[Shady_arc]

One word opinions and the like ("Good", "Bad", "Excellent", "Very good", "Not bad" etc.) are essentially short sdjectives in their neuter form. They are always "хорошо", "плохо", "замечательно", "очень хорошо" and so on.

Идеально may sort of work but it is more limited in use (i.e. saying "Everything is ideal" is fine but it is an unusual thing to say). Отлично is a popular word.