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Why not if it's a real spoken language, the way people talk?
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Анатолий is correct. As an English teacher I would not introduce colloquial English until the student has good...

Pioner,

O.K., I will stay with correct Russian for now. :D

Spasibo.

Yes, Anatoli, and I understand.

The difference is between "street" (informally spoken) Russian...and grammatically correct Russian. Same as "street" English, which often is not grammatically...

Yes, не-а and не (often with that sound resembling the German Knacklaut in the end of the "е" in both cases, think Hawai'i) are quite often used, especially by children, instead of "нет". Sometimes...

In colloqual Russian "не" could mean "no" as well.

- Водку будешь?
- Не, не буду. (=нет, не буду)[/quote]

Now you're confusing me. I've always used не for "not", and нет for "no". Logical,...