Thread: So geht's im Leben!

I've been wondering how to say this for a while. How do you say "That's life!" in Russian. If you don't understand what I'm asking, the French is "C'est la vie." or German "So geht es im Leben." Thanks!

You may say: "Такова жизнь" or "Вот такая штука - жизнь", or "Се ля ви!".
You may say even "Вот такая се ля ви!" jokingly, there are plenty of variants.

Ok, now one more for my theatre group (I bet you guys are sick of me asking for all of this): What would someone yell (offstage) when calling someone to hurry up and get off stage. The situation is that my character, Солёный, is about to get in a dual with Тузенбах. Тузенбах is talking to Ирина on stage and Солёный yells from offstage at Тузенбах. I was thinking something like "Hey!" or "Oi!" or even "Yo!" Thanks again!!!

or " Жизнь моя - жестянка"

Originally Posted by Тостер

Ok, now one more for my theatre group (I bet you guys are sick of me asking for all of this): What would someone yell (offstage) when calling someone to hurry up and get off stage. The situation is that my character, Солёный, is about to get in a dual with Тузенбах. Тузенбах is talking to Ирина on stage and Солёный yells from offstage at Тузенбах. I was thinking something like "Hey!" or "Oi!" or even "Yo!" Thanks again!!!

Oi means ouch, does not make sense, Hey and Yo will work, but not in Russian. "давай-давай" or "ну же" could be a better choice.

It seems to me "Эй!" will be better

So "Ё!" is legitimate?

Originally Posted by Тостер

So "Ё!" is legitimate?

Of course, it is! I guess it means something like "sh-t!"

Originally Posted by Тостер

So "Ё!" is legitimate?

You are trying to say Yo! in Russian? Ё, although it almost sounds like "yo!", it is a rude word... well techincally a rude letter.

Say "Эй!" instead.

Lol, thank you!

Originally Posted by Тостер

Ok, now one more for my theatre group (I bet you guys are sick of me asking for all of this): What would someone yell (offstage) when calling someone to hurry up and get off stage. The situation is that my character, Солёный, is about to get in a dual with Тузенбах. Тузенбах is talking to Ирина on stage and Солёный yells from offstage at Тузенбах. I was thinking something like "Hey!" or "Oi!" or even "Yo!" Thanks again!!!

Taking into account that you're about to get in a duel, the yelling may sound like "Слышь ты, казёл?!"

Originally Posted by Tu-160

Taking into account that you're about to get in a duel, the yelling may sound like "Слышь ты, казёл?!"

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"Yo" is used sometimes as greeting...Йоу...And "Эй!" sometimes is used
as "Эй ты, козел! "