Newbie

[charlie-delta.livejournal.com]

Hi,

I am very new to russian and am currently learning a few words however I do not have my teacher at hand and I don't trust Babelfish's translations

Can someone please let me know what these words mean? I have an idea, but i'd rather be sure..

Спасибо
Пожалуйста
Привет
Как дела
Хорошо
До свидани
Извините

Thank You

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_izum_/]

What is the "How are things"? O_O

Как дела? - How are you?

[superbad.livejournal.com]

"Как дела" is used in Russian to mean our equivalent of "how are you"? but really, more literally it means "how are things."

You can see the important difference in this story: once I asked one of my English students "how are you" (in English) and he answered "Normal." Which is a totally logical answer for "как дела" but not for "how are you."

[superbad.livejournal.com]

oh woops - i guess i didn't have to explain to you what "kak dela" means literally - but still, you can see the difference.

[malim-praedari.livejournal.com]

"How are things?" or "How are things going?" is another way to say "Как дела?" in English.