Thread: Is there a way to say "who cares" in russian

Thanks a bunch I especially liked "Не все ли равно? "

What would be the direct translation of it? Is it really used for who cares?

Yay more ways to extress my disinterest

Originally Posted by Valda

Thanks a bunch I especially liked "Не все ли равно? "

What would be the direct translation of it? Is it really used for who cares?

Yay more ways to extress my disinterest

"Не все ли равно?" - Isn't all the same? (Literally)

Мне все равно. - I don't care.
Все равно. - No matter.

Originally Posted by it-ogo

"Не все ли равно?" - Isn't all the same? (Literally)

Это ты уже причесываешь фразу. "Равно" is not "то же самое". Valda asked about direct translation.

Originally Posted by Lena

Это ты уже причесываешь фразу. "Равно" is not "то же самое". Valda asked about direct translation.

Слово "равно", равно как и многие другие слова, имеет несколько разных значений.

Originally Posted by Valda

I especially liked "Не все ли равно? "

What would be the direct translation of it? Is it really used for who cares?

Yay more ways to extress my disinterest

I like трын-трава because it forms catchy phrases in several hilarious songs, the most popular of which is Nikulin’s Песня про зайцев
Песня про зайцев - YouTube
(you can read the lyrics in the footnotes on youtube.)

Originally Posted by diogen_

I like трын-трава because it forms catchy phrases in several hilarious songs

If I'm not mistaken, трын is a corrupted form of тын, an old word for "a fence" (for which забор is now the usual term).

So тын-трава was "grass that grows by the fence" -- in other words, useless weeds -- and трын-трава was a nonsensical variant.

(But later the meaningless трын-трава was explained as being a "magical fairytale plant." Cf. "schnozzberries" in Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, or Dr. Seuss's "truffula trees".)