The Russian word for Yes is Да (da). Let's check out this lesson on the Yes in Russian.
You can certainly use other words to express your agreement. However, please note that Russians agree with the speaker, which can be a little confusing for English speakers, i.e., if a Russian says: " Вы не можете знать это наверняка" (You don't know it for sure, do you?) the reply would be: "Да. Я не знаю" (Yes. I don't know.) - rather than in English, where the standard reply would be: "No, I don't know."
Find out how to pronounce да and other useful words in this free Russian lesson.
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Also, you can use other phrases to express your agreement in Russian, like:
Конечно!
kaneshna
Certainly!
Совершенно верно.
savirshenna verna
Absolutely.
Please also note that Да sometimes doesn't mean "yes". For instance, in the phrase Да нет the word Да just softens нет (no), which makes a refusal sound more polite!
Well, that’s it for now. I hope you found this helpful.
Ч/ч is also pronounced as /tʂ/ in Serbian, as the Serbian letter Ћ/ћ is used for the /t͡ɕ/ sound. In Russian, in a few words, it represents /ʂ/ (like English ⟨sh⟩ /ʃ/ in "shape"): Russian: что, чтобы, нарочно.
Nyet, нет, no. You can write it in Russian with the Cyrillic alphabet: нет. You can write it in Russian with the Latin alphabet: nyet. Or you can just write it in English: no.
“Niet” is a totally different word from the Russian word “nyet”. Niet is the Dutch word for “not”, and is more closely related to the German word “nicht”, which also means “not”; “nyet” means “no” in Russian.
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte): Pronounced 'zdra-stvooy-tye,' this is the most common formal way to say "hello" in Russian. Use this when entering a shop, meeting someone for the first time, or speaking with someone older. Добрый день (Dobry den): Meaning "Good day," this phrase is appropriate for afternoon encounters.
The Russian language has two forms of address: familiar ты and respectful Вы. The polite form is used when you are talking to someone you don't know very well, an aged person, or in formal situations. Russian familiar form ты is generally used among friends and relatives.
How do you say “No!” in Russian? No! = Нет! The word "нет" is pronounced like "nyet" in English or /njet/ in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
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