Last time we talked about how to say ‘How are you?’ («Как дела?») and why Russians like to say ‘How are you?’ more than once. Now I am going to tell you one curious thing about how to reply to this phrase and you will learn when you should say I am fine in Russian and when you’d better not. Read and learn! (далее…)
Hi everyone, today we will learn how to say See you later (or See you soon) or just See you in Russian. There are many ways, but let’s start with the two most commonly used. So, if you want to say see you in Russian you say «Пока». «Пока» simply means ‘bye’. Despite its informal sound, we can say it most of the time – to everyone. You can also hear how Russians say «пока-пока». (далее…)
And that’s true. There are no such words as ‘madam’ or ‘miss’ or ‘senora’ in the Russian language. You won’t believe it, but Russians like to have long and boring discussions about not having a proper way to address strangers instead of coming up with one. So what do we have now? Things are a bit saner in the Russian language when addressing male strangers. (далее…)