http://www.transparent.com/russian/yes-or-no-questions-have-we-agreed/ Language and Culture of the Russian-Speaking World Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.transparent.com/russian/yes-or-no-questions-have-we-agreed/comment-page-1/#comment-25 CT Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:29:52 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/russian/yes-or-no-questions-have-we-agreed/#comment-25 This is funny to me (even though i don't understand the Russian) because there exists what I think is a similar thing in Portuguese. People will ask you 'Combinado?' after you propose plans, and you are supposed to say 'combinado' which sort of officializes the transaction. If you don't go through with this sort of seal of agreement, then if someone flakes out and doesn't show up, they just say 'nao foi combinado!' This is funny to me (even though i don’t understand the Russian) because there exists what I think is a similar thing in Portuguese. People will ask you ‘Combinado?’ after you propose plans, and you are supposed to say ‘combinado’ which sort of officializes the transaction. If you don’t go through with this sort of seal of agreement, then if someone flakes out and doesn’t show up, they just say ‘nao foi combinado!’

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