Americanism

[Wanderer]

My 10yo son does it with copious overuse of like and basically! Glad to see my money is being well spent on his education! He is a very bright kid but I can't stand this new age speak.

I get moaned at every time I pull him up on each instance of like or basically & for speaking Australian!

In English it’s ‘like’ and ‘yer know’, German ‘genau’ and in Russian it’s ‘vot’ and ‘tipa’...

Redundant words, for thinking time, very useful when you’re speaking a language other then your own.

 

[midlifecrisis]

In English it’s ‘like’ and ‘yer know’, German ‘genau’ and in Russian it’s ‘vot’ and ‘tipa’...

Redundant words, for thinking time, very useful when you’re speaking a language other then your own.

Genau means exactly. As an expression of agreement. It used as a way of understanding too

 

[Wanderer]

Genau means exactly. As an expression of agreement. It used as a way of understanding too

The one I still find hard is Russian expression ‘Da nyet’, literally means ‘Yes no’ but really means ‘yes I mean no’. I think. So it means ‘No’ so why not just say ‘No’?

 

[allandwf]

The one I still find hard is Russian expression ‘Da nyet’, literally means ‘Yes no’ but really means ‘yes I mean no’. I think. So it means ‘No’ so why not just say ‘No’?

Never heard that used.

 

[Wanderer]

Never heard that used.

My better half says it all the time on the phone to her mum;

https://russian.stackexchange.com/questions/1734/what-does-the-phrase-Да-нет-mean

And we argue about ‘na zdroviye’ vs ‘za zdroviye’ all the time. In the movies it’s always the first when it’s Russians having a drink, whereas she insists it’s the second, first being ‘on health’ ie in health, second being ‘for health’. Noun inflections ruined me...