Toasts

[Alexei Bogdanov]

In America, somebody consistently teaches students to say it that way,
which is (or used to be ? :) wrong.  Personally, I am already tired of
explaining that to my students.

Alexei

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From: "Katie Costello" <kajuco at HOTMAIL.COM>
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Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Toasts


> If "na" is "almost always used" - Bryon - it can't be wrong, it must be
part
> of the language. But, like Anna and Alina, I had never heard "na" used
> except to mean something like "help yourself", " be my guest". Perhaps,
> without my noticing, the language HAS changed. It seems Russian is copying
> Polish... Can anyone else confirm that "na" is regularly used for toasts?
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> From: Bryon <bryon at ONLINE.RU>
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