i hear it in alot of contexts.
also, does "budit" always mean "to wake" ?
one more for your trouble. what does "sig-da" mean?
thanks. I am learning russian one word at a time.
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i hear it in alot of contexts.
also, does "budit" always mean "to wake" ?
one more for your trouble. what does "sig-da" mean?
thanks. I am learning russian one word at a time.
Paka (пока) means "bye" not always. It can mean "while", "until", "so far", "meanwhile", "as now", etc, depending on context.Quote:
Originally Posted by william
Budit (будит) means he/she/it wakes up
There is another word that sounds equal, but the spelling is будет (budet) and it means "will be".
There is no "sig-da", but I think you mean vsegda ("always").
Isn't 'пока' considered to be a bit rude? Or at least too informal unless you know the person well?Quote:
Originally Posted by Оля
a bit too informal - yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grogs
Not so rude though. But you can't say poka to your boss. It's a fairwell for your friends, people of the same age with yours or younger than you, for your realrives and such.
Not rude at all, I'd say. Just informal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Leof
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Originally Posted by william
You should learn how to spell them as well.
До свидания dasvidánya means "Good-bye".
Пока paká means "Bye". Nothing rude about it, probably said more than До свидания.
It's more informal, and if you use something informal in a formal context it's considered rude.Quote:
Originally Posted by chaika
It can be rude when you want to get rid of somebody...
I meant this too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rtyom
And not only this.
Если незнакомому человеку сказать "пока", это можно назвать фамильярностью и не редко грубостью.
So, both пока and привет can be used as a rude bye? What would be the best "rude" bye in an e-mail - without wanting to say прощай...Quote:
Originally Posted by Rtyom
"Привет" and "пока" are rude when you mean you are being rude. There's no prejudice in using them when you know people very well and they're aprroximately of your age. In all toher cases, more formal style is preferable.
"Прощай" is way too high flown... To me, this kind of farewll means that I'm no longer supposed to hear from that person who says it. You'd better make use of more everyday phrases like "до свидания" (this one is accepted by anyone, anywhere, and anytime).
Yes, that's it. I got the idea it was rude from one of the conversations in the Princeton Russian course, and that was exactly the context. It was in the very first lecture of the course, so it wasn't explained very well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rtyom
Спасибо всем.
Well, sometimes you want to be rude. And sometimes, you don't want to hear that person again... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Rtyom
Не знаю, я б сказал, что пшолты is what you would say to be rude. Is that пшлаты to a female?! New initial consonant cluster!
(I hope you have seen the movie Кукушка)
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by chaika
But what does пшолты or пшлаты have to do with "hi" and "bye"?.. I'd say it rather means "leave me alone" (at least in the "Кукушка" context).
Бывай!Quote:
Originally Posted by Leushka
in the speech it can be also sarcastic - "Ага, бывай..." or "Ну, бывай..."
It is a common fairwell in some circles (teenagers, gangs, punks), some people use it daily and are friendly enough when say it. But usually it sounds without ceremony and harsh and easily can be taken as your wish to be rude. And it is almost "Прощай", but still a little different.
Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Leof
And yes, Кукушка is a great movie. But at the time I only knew one of the three languages.
This reminds to me one more common farewell "давай"/"ну, давай".
I thought about it, ut for me it is not that rude.
No, it's not rude, just one more way to put it colloquial... And just for Leushka to keep in mind...
It was the purpose to propose the rude one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rtyom