Russian Study Group

[MamaPata]

Some amusing Russian sayings for you all this morning:

https://www.linguajunkie.com/russian/fu ... an-phrases

[risbolle]

Some amusing Russian sayings for you all this morning:

https://www.linguajunkie.com/russian/fu ... an-phrases

I've seen the "Да нет" curiosity cause some raised eyebrows before, so I thought I'd throw in my dilettante opinion.

I suspect that "Да" in the above doesn't come from "Yes": "Да" can also mean roughly "And" and "But".
- In Russian, "Да" in the sense of "And" is old-fashined, and is easiest to spot in fairytales and some other highly stylised contexts. I believe it survives as a neutral "and" in Ukranian ("та") and Belarussian.
- "Да" as "But" is still very common in informal speech (though not a drop-in replacement for "но" by any means).

Hopefully "But no" makes a bit more sense than "Yes no".

[Konstantin]

Hello. My name is Konstantin. I live in Russia in the city of Kaliningrad. I studied English for 6 months and I will continue to teach it.

I put a link to my YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdXoHYJa0QqU9F_URa8hcNQ

Sorry and do not consider this as spam. Perhaps I did not write in the required forum topic. I still have a poor understanding of even written English. And I speak English very badly.

In Russian schools, 70-80% of all students learn English. But in reality, very few people speak English, even at a confident basic level.

Thank you all for your attention! If you have questions, then write.

[Arnaud]

Hello. My name is Konstantin. I live in Russia in the city of Kaliningrad. I studied English for 6 months and I will continue to learn it.

I put a link to my YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdXoHYJa0QqU9F_URa8hcNQ

Hi and welcome to the forum. Nice balaclava