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    Definition

    Hello,
    What is the correct meaning of:
    NYR-MA-NA
    (For example, someone says "Kak dyela?" And that would be the response).

    I have learned from my little "vocabulary books" to say "Hurashoh".
    Which means "good", right?

    Everyone I talk to says "nyrmana". I asked my 3-year old adopted cousin ALONA <3 from Russia "Kak dyela?" and even she said "Nyrmana" !! What is the reason of this? Isn't "Hurashoh" a nicer, happier word?

    Thank you.

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    Erm

    its Normal'no (Нормально)

    I'm sure you can work out what that means.
    It's probably the most common response you will get.
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    First: Your questions might be clearer if you either learned standard rules for transliteration or the Cyrillic alphabet. (It's not THAT hard.)

    Second: She's saying, "Normal" or "Alright" or "Fine" or "OK." Take your pick.
    Нормально - Normal'no - normal
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    Re: Definition

    Quote Originally Posted by piano.lisa
    NYR-MA-NA
    Even my pronunciation isn't that bad.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BlackMage
    First: Your questions might be clearer if you either learned standard rules for transliteration or the Cyrillic alphabet. (It's not THAT hard.)
    Yeah, but Mage, it's obviously not the fault of her transliteration skills; I'm not familiar with a language where "L" is represented by "-". She's just a beginner exposed to typical, slurred Russian!
    Заранее благодарю всех за исправление ошибок в моём русском.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barmaley
    Yeah, but Mage, it's obviously not the fault of her transliteration skills; I'm not familiar with a language where "L" is represented by "-". She's just a beginner exposed to typical, slurred Russian!
    нда
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    Quote Originally Posted by BlackMage
    нда
    Is that anything like "yeah"?
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    нда or better ндаааа means that you are unpleased and surprized both.
    Я так думаю.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barmaley
    Quote Originally Posted by BlackMage
    First: Your questions might be clearer if you either learned standard rules for transliteration or the Cyrillic alphabet. (It's not THAT hard.)
    Yeah, but Mage, it's obviously not the fault of her transliteration skills; I'm not familiar with a language where "L" is represented by "-". She's just a beginner exposed to typical, slurred Russian!
    To be fair she/he is just trying to write what he's heard.
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    Re: Definition

    Quote Originally Posted by piano.lisa
    Hello,
    What is the correct meaning of:
    NYR-MA-NA
    (For example, someone says "Kak dyela?" And that would be the response).

    I have learned from my little "vocabulary books" to say "Hurashoh".
    Which means "good", right?

    Everyone I talk to says "nyrmana". I asked my 3-year old adopted cousin ALONA <3 from Russia "Kak dyela?" and even she said "Nyrmana" !! What is the reason of this? Isn't "Hurashoh" a nicer, happier word?

    Thank you.
    Нормально and it's slight variations are very common answers to such questions: "Как дела?" ("Нормально"), "Как поживаешь?" ("Нормально"), "У тебя всё хорошо?" ("Да, нормально"), "Ничего не случилось?" ("Всё нормально"):

    (How's the business? - It's okay.
    How's life? - As usual.
    Are you okay? - I am.
    Was it something bad that happened to you? - Not, it's all right.

    Нормально is not always the equivalent of the english "normal" because the former means "all right" and the latter means "usually". The variant of хорошо (horosho) still can be used instead of нормально. It means the same, but we use it rarer as a standalone word. Its use is illustrated here:

    - Добрый день, Григорий. Как у вас дела?
    - Добрый. Спасибо, всё хорошо. А вы, я слышал на новой работе?

    - Good day, Grigory. How are you?
    - Hello. Thanks, it's okay. There's a rumour around that you found a new job. Is it so?

    Хорошо, I think, is happier than нормально. But, we Russians are stereotyped as not too happy a nation.
    «И всё, что сейчас происходит внутре — тоже является частью вселенной».

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    Re: Definition

    Quote Originally Posted by Rtyom
    Хорошо, I think, is happier than нормально. But, we Russians are stereotyped as not too happy a nation.
    You think people who smile too much are fake.
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    Absolutely.

    And why are you laughing?
    «И всё, что сейчас происходит внутре — тоже является частью вселенной».

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rtyom
    And why are you laughing?
    I'm not laughing, I'm smiling too much
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    You are a megafake then!
    «И всё, что сейчас происходит внутре — тоже является частью вселенной».

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leof
    нда or better ндаааа means that you are unpleased and surprized both.
    или "мда/ааа" =)

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