Hey, as I've understood this word, it's only used on the phone. But, if I were to walk in a house, and I wasn't sure if anyone was home, could I call, "Алло?" or no? What should I say if not? Thanks.
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Hey, as I've understood this word, it's only used on the phone. But, if I were to walk in a house, and I wasn't sure if anyone was home, could I call, "Алло?" or no? What should I say if not? Thanks.
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by kybarry
"Есть кто-нибудь?"Quote:
Originally Posted by kybarry
You can say something like:
Эй, алё, тут есть кто-нибудь?
But you can say so only if it's your friend's house, it would be unpolite to say that to strangers.
Got it! Thanks.
I thought you could say алё only on the phone?
How about АУ!
Yes, that's right.Quote:
Originally Posted by chaika
In the example above "алё" is used figuratively, it's something like "Hello! Earth to ...". It's quite informal, bordering on rude, while using "Hello" (Алло/Алё) on the phone is acceptable and common (a standard beginning of most of the telephone conversations).
Ага, понятно. Это как наш hellooooo!
От него, собственно, и происходящее :)Quote:
Originally Posted by chaika
In Russian, yes, this came from English, but English borrowed it also, from German.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boroda
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Etymology
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, hello is an alteration of hallo, hollo,[3] which came from Old High German "halâ, holâ, emphatic imper[ative] of halôn, holôn to fetch, used esp[ecially] in hailing a ferryman."[4] It also connects the development of hello to the influence of an earlier form, holla, whose origin is in the French holà (roughly, 'whoa there!', from French là 'there').[5]