Robert Pettit Poet Rhyme

Thanking a Russian

Whether you are in St. Petersburg or Moscow,
if you want to thank someone, here's how:
To any native citizen of Russia,
all you have to say is "spassiba".
In return, they will say "pazhalusta".

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Margarita Lillico March 15, 2021 at 7:37 AM I can relate to that as well as a native Russian speaker:) Privet from M.

Caren Krutsinger March 9, 2021 at 1:28 PM I am scared to death to know what these words really mean! Robert Pettit March 14, 2021 at 9:22 AM They are respectively "thank you" and "you're welcome". The words are phonetically spelled since Russian uses a different alphabet. You don't have anything to fear from the average Russian citizen. They are about the same as you and I.

Gershon Wolf March 6, 2021 at 7:05 PM Pretty funny. A bolshoi cpacibo to you for this one. (My wife is from Ukraine, so I speak some Russian) ~ V'cevo choroshevo, Comrade Gershon

Susan Woodrow March 5, 2021 at 11:24 AM I'll remember spassiba - my son works in an all-Russian company and is catching onto their language really well being the only non-Russian there :)

Kim Rodrigues March 4, 2021 at 7:49 PM I will take your word for it! Gershon Wolf March 6, 2021 at 7:06 PM Kim: Robert is correct. You can look at my comments too -- not that they will help you much. lol. ~ Poka!