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    присаживайтесь vs. садитесь

    Is there any difference between these two commands? присаживайтесь садитесь
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    Re: присаживайтесь vs. садитесь

    Присаживайтесь is more polite; it's not a command, it is an offer.

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    Re: присаживайтесь vs. садитесь

    The command would be Сидеть!
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    Re: присаживайтесь vs. садитесь

    Сидеть is a very very brute and humiliating command or dog's command.

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    Re: присаживайтесь vs. садитесь

    Quote Originally Posted by Звездочёт
    Сидеть is a very very brute and humiliating command or dog's command.
    Still it IS a command. Or an order.
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    Re: присаживайтесь vs. садитесь

    Сидеть implay master-slave relationship. For example, it's appropriate in (or at?) the arm or prisons.

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