"Come on!"

[wordchick.livejournal.com]

How many Russian equivalents can you think of to the above expression? I don't mean what you say when someone is taking too long (давайте– I think), but what you might say if you got drinks and your friend insisted he only drank kefir. I'm interested in anything you might say in that situation.

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[shimshoni.livejournal.com]

Да ладно тебе! (polite)
Кончай ломаться! (kinda rude)
Ты меня уважаешь? (an old expression that is used just in case when someone doesn't want drink alkohol with you, sort of a joke)

Ты меня уважаешь?

[wordchick.livejournal.com]

The last one is not exactly what I had in mind (I meant general equivalents, not specific to this situation), but thank you, those are helpful. Does the second one literally mean "stop breaking yourself"?

Re: Ты меня уважаешь?

[shimshoni.livejournal.com]

Yes, the second one literally means "stop breaking yourself", but it's more like "stop pretending you don't want to", "quit refusing now". It may be uses in all kind of situation when your friend doesn't want to do something you want him to and keep saying "no" and finding excuses.
"ломаться" means here more like "trying to refuse".

[gulidar.livejournal.com]

Ну давай, ну же, да брось, да ладно тебе, давай уже, да давай уже, перестань. Cant think of anything else for now. Also, adding "да" before the main word and "же" after, as you see, usually can make another phrase without really changing the meaning.

[wordchick.livejournal.com]

Thanks, that's great. I had always thought that the other meaning of да was "and also." Here it seems to add emphasis as же does, am I right?

[gulidar.livejournal.com]

Yes, you are and you are welcome.

[krl-pgh.livejournal.com]

In addition to the suggestions above: "Не дури", "не морочь голову", "давай"

[costes.livejournal.com]

Да ладно!, Давай!, Да давай уже!

[biruza17.livejournal.com]

Не перевод, но в дополнение: еще иногда спрашивают: "Закодировался что ли?"

[wordchick.livejournal.com]

Would that translate "Have you reprogrammed yourself?"

[shimshoni.livejournal.com]

it's just "programmed?" or "why? joined AAA?", "did you quit drinking?"
"закодироваться" it sort of "hypnosis" treatment of alсoholism, equivocal but anyway very popular one in the USSR.

[alexzzzzz.livejournal.com]

>what you might say if you got drinks and your friend insisted he only drank kefir

You might say «Ну, как хочешь!» (Well, as you want!) или «Моё дело ― предложить» (Ok, it's just an offer).

Phrases like «Да ладно тебе!», «Кончай ломаться!», «Ты меня уважаешь?» and so on might be and will be considered as inpolite. As to me, they irritate me very much.

[rafkoo.livejournal.com]

well .. to my nose the phrase:
«Ну, как хочешь!» stands rather for "weeeeelllll...as you wish" than "Well, as you want!"

[alexzzzzz.livejournal.com]

You are right.

[wordchick.livejournal.com]

To be fair, 'Come on!' is not especially respectful. Generally, you say it when you really disagree with someone.

Ты меня уважаешь? is impolite? I had no idea. I wasn't planning on saying it, but I will avoid it now, thank you.

[alexzzzzz.livejournal.com]

Literally «Ты меня уважаешь?» means «Do you respect me?» that is nice and polite, but when I read it something like this comes to my mind - http://www.androsov.com/cartoons/drunkards/drunkard01.htm
Or like that ― http://www.photoshare.ru/photo1678140.html

[alexzzzzz.livejournal.com]

When others are drinking wine or vodka or something I don't even know what it is, I drink juice or water or even milk, and nobody really cares what is in my glass. The point is that you are drinking together, but not what you are drinking. So, if someone wants to drink kefir with you - why not? :)

[frosia88.livejournal.com]

I guess it's a matter of intonation. Every sentence can become imperative (with the meaning "come on, let's...") if you use an appropriate intonation.
Russian language is a language of intonations. :)