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    help please!!

    my girlfriend is russian and i dont speak very much but i hear her talk on the phone sometimes with friends and at the end of the conversation she always says da-vi....im not sure if thats a word for some form of goodbye but its prononounced like that, not sure of the spelling!! can someone please tell me what this means

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    Davai.

    It means too many things to go into too much detail, but yes, one of it's meanings is like the english "Cya later"
    Вот это да, я так люблю себя. И сегодня я люблю себя, ещё больше чем вчера, а завтра я буду любить себя to ещё больше чем сегодня. Тем что происходит,я вполне доволен!

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    Loosely translated: Let's / Go ahead / Come on

    Давай пить чай : Let's have some tea

    -Позвоню тебе завтра
    -Давай!

    -I'll call you tomorrow
    -"Let's!" (Go ahead)
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    maybe its just da-svidaniia?

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    At the end of conversation it is definitely "давай" and it means see ya. До свидания sounds more formal and polite and in the friends conversation it sounds unnatural.
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    da-vi.
    Even for foreign ears, i think до свидания is too long to be confused with Давай.
    Вот это да, я так люблю себя. И сегодня я люблю себя, ещё больше чем вчера, а завтра я буду любить себя to ещё больше чем сегодня. Тем что происходит,я вполне доволен!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dogboy182
    da-vi.
    Even for foreign ears, i think до свидания is too long to be confused with Давай.
    not when your deaf from too many years of listening to heavy metal, it all sounds alike

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    Re: help please!!

    Quote Originally Posted by jonthepunk
    my girlfriend is russian and i dont speak very much but i hear her talk on the phone sometimes with friends and at the end of the conversation she always says da-vi....im not sure if thats a word for some form of goodbye but its prononounced like that, not sure of the spelling!! can someone please tell me what this means
    "Давай" is just a key word to close an informal conversation. More complete options:

    Ладно, давай, пока.
    Ну давай, пока.
    Ну давай, я пошёл.
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