PHOTOS Past meets Present

[Jackeens]

President Barack Obama meets with former Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev in Gostinny Dvor, Russia, Tuesday, July 7, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

[YOY]

1. Misha is looking good for his age.

n.t.

[Cha]

2. Oh the history that's going to

be locked in this president's brain!

Спасибо, Jackeens! Pronunciation.. "Spasiba"

[Jackeens]

3. Ne za chto. (No, of course I didn't have to look up the Russian for 'you're welcome').

:smoke:

[Cha]

5. And, no, of course, I didn't have

to look up Thank you and the pronunciation in Russian:smoke:

:rofl:

[Jackeens]

6. Actually, when I try to pronounce 'ne za chto' it sounds like I'm sneezing. That can't be right.

:shrug:

[Cha]

9. I found this..

Please and Thank-You.
The two most important words you will learn in Russian are please and thank-you. You can just add these to any sentence to make it more polite.

Спасибо ("spa-see-ba") - Thank-You

Пожалуйста ("pa-zhal-sta") - Please (and You're Welcome)

The word Пожалуйста is also used to mean "You're Welcome", after somebody says thank-you. You should always say this after someone thanks you. Пожалуйста is pronounced a little different than it is written, you can basically forget the "уй".

Looks like they have different words for the same meaning like we do.

http://www.russianlessons.net/lessons/lesson3_main.php

http://knol.google.com/k/david-petherick/how-to-say-thank-you-in-russian/3gtd3hu64fjvx/3#

I couldn't find "'ne za chto'" but I gave up after two:smoke::P

[Jackeens]

10. So when I've said 'ne za chto' to Russian gentlemen what exactly have I been saying?

Saddle up big boy? :blush:

Found it here: http://www.single-serving.com/Russian/TB/basics.php

:shrug:

[Cha]

11. ..

:rofl: Maybe it's slang:)

[Aristus]

7. I thought 'you're welcome' was 'pa-zhol-sta'.

Is that wrong?

[YOY]

15. It is.

"Ne Za shto." means "it (is) for nothing"...I always took it as "Your thanks is for no good reason." or simply used as an informal "your welcome.

...kind of like "de nada".

[Aristus]

16. Thanks!

:-)

[YOY]

17. Ne za shto.

;)

[Confusious]

4. He got chubby

I didn't recognize him, then noticed the painting with the medals, thought "Russian", then saw the birthmark.

[grantcart]

8. What is Obama doing with Ed Asner

[PopSixSquish]

12. Good Ole "Gorby"

The last General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the last leader of the former USSR...

[rosesaylavee]

13. They look so short compared to President Obama.

Don't know why that is so surprising. I just thought Gorby was tall.

[Clio the Leo]

14. I wonder if he was geeked out to meet him?

I was geeked out when I heard about it. Pretty cool.

[quantass]

18. Wow Gobi looks NOTHING like he use to. Man, age really eats us.

God i wish we didnt have to age.