Russian · 8 phrases
At the Bar
Russian drinking has its own liturgy. "Nalivay" (pour!), the toast rituals, the museum of words for hammered ("v stel'ku"), and the morning-after vocabulary ("s boduna"). Refuse the "pososhok" — one for the road — at your social peril.
Давай-давай! davai-davai dah-VYE dah-VYE Come on! Let's go! Push! На посошок! na pososhok nah pah-sah-SHOK One for the road! Наливай! nalivay nah-lee-VYE Fill 'em up! / Pour the drinks! Щелчок по горлу shchelchok po gorlu gesture Let's drink / he's drunk / booze За здоровье! za zdorov'e zah zdah-ROH-vye Cheers! / To your health! Бухать bukhat' boo-KHAHT To drink (heavily) / to get wasted С бодуна s boduna z bah-doo-NAH Hungover / nursing a hangover В стельку v stel'ku f STYEL-koo Blind drunk / hammered / plastered