"Yes, goodbye!"
Translation:Да, до свидания!
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Well, then it is funny that хорошо, пока was suggested as an other correct solution, while да, пока is rejected
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It should be ok to say it. Ok, bye. But да, до свидания is yes, goodbye. That's the translation they want, not ok, bye.
Between до свидания and до скорого? The first is a normal "Goodbye" which is appropriate for just about any situation, the latter more of an informal "see you later!"
Hi, I understand that one is more formal. But when choosing between both options for the "goodbye," how do I know which to use?
Thank you
If in doubt, say до свидания. You can't go wrong with that. In what circumstances до скорого would be acceptable - a native speaker could answer better than me.
In the app when you see Bye, use пока , when they ask for translation for Goodbye, use the other
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Duo helps you know which one. If they write goodbye they want до свидания. If they write bye, they want пока. See you soon - до скорого.
Just two exercises previous, I wrote до свидания for goodbye, and it was marked correct, but I glanced down and saw that до скорого was given as another option. So, I used the latter here (with дa) It was marked wrong. The comment was that the correct answer was до свидания. Go figure.
I don't understand what you are saying. To me, "choose the correct one" means "Decide which one," which means "choose the best option."
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Sorry was tired!. You are correct except sometimes none are correct and you need to type it in. However if it's the exercise with 3 options one has to be correct.
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Also how do you say goodbye sentence has a capital letter in Goodbye. You get incorrect if u you don't capitalize it. Learned that the hardway!
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Hello there. What the Г sounds in скорого? I hear it like "v", but so far I learnt from Duo that it sounds like "g" in "garden"! e.m in "Где". Thanks.
For historical reasons the г in его is pronounced like "v" rather than "g". It seems to apply to the suffix -ого as well.
Oh my god so I is closer to ы then e? If it is so, it makes it even more difficult to distinguish when they're speaking quickly. In spelling, there's of course no problem to distinguish between I and ы. But in normal speech yes.
Have a look at the shape of speakers' mouthes. With Ы, you split your mouth in a smile, like with е. But ы is not palatized, meaning that the tongue doesn't touch the roof of the mouth (palate) - unlike the soft (palatized) vowels я е и ё ю.
Yes, "и" is closer to "ы". It's hard to explain the difference, you just need to listen. It's a bit similar to the difference between "e" in "men" and "a" in "man" in English, but for the "ee" sound.
I am russian. I can't understand why Да (yes) is here?! We speak "до свидания" in formal talk and "пока" in informal. English men are speak "YES, good bye"?
I think it's just a random answer to a random question, could be something like "are you leaving now?" - "yes, goodbye"
perhaps it could be goodbye after a response to something? For example someone says "Have you got your lunch for school?" and you'd reply with "Yes, good bye" or "Yes, see you later". i'm not too sure but i think that's a pretty plausible reason.
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I'm American. I had the same question and wondered if it was a Russian custom! Thanks for the answer, its not Russian or Amercan. Спасибо, до свидания!
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Those 2 words together do pronounce like да. Because it's used so much together it's pronounced as if it were one word. Is that correct? I've always heard it said like that, no idea if theres some grammatical reason. Maybe a native speaker! I think о-about, probably does the same thing when followed by a consonant that doesnt change it to об. ie: о ней.
My answer was not accepted even though it was identical to the correct answer and the system repeats the same question and does not let me advance!
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How to type Russian letters the app shows off words and no punctuation marks. My Answer - DA,Do it Skorava is rejected as in correct
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Yup. They do. You can tell because it's usually paired with another word . It means until. Basically is a form of quick. Until quick. So we translate it see you soon. До свидания. Literally until see again like French au revoir. Translates to goodbye.