Thread: почему бы нет? Why add "бы "?

Originally Posted by Valda

Thanks for the explanation.. cleared it up!

When to use the word бы is always quite a mystery for me still, I hear it in a lot of sentences, phrases and word combinations that I find puzzling. But I won't harp on it, if I run into any I'll dive back in here to the cozy Russian sea drift that is masterrussian

simplistically (or maybe even accurately) бы is just 'would'

Originally Posted by Valda

Spasiba...otchen

Большое спасибо or Спасибо большое as in Big thanks