Hi Irina,


   Quoting: Irina R. Kapitannikova to Herman Neut
 Date/Time: 14-Dec-02 / 03:33:57
   Subject: Hi

 HN>> AFAIK (from RU.NETHERLANDS)  "М-да, это неплохо"
means: "M-ja
 HN>> (Tja/ M-yes), that isn't so good (beautifull)" Thus, because it
 HN>> is _not_ _good_ , I wrote the :-( ;-) М-да, Russian is almost as
 HN>> difficult as Dutch. Isn't it??

 IRK> Nothing of the kind! It's as simple as English. :) Our "неплохо"
 IRK> means "not bad". "Совсем неплохо" = "not
bad at all"

Off course I won't argue about your Russian;-)
But:
"not bad" means "rather good" (better than bad)
"not so good" means "it's OK, but it can be better"

;-)


Best Regards,
      Herman Neut

 e-mail: h.neut{at}hccnet.nl

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