My Russian friends say that no one says "nazdrovye" when drinking together, but it's in all the films. Why?

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Амор сав Лянбо · Accepted Answer

Hello, you are probably a bit wrong about pronunciation, usually at the feast, russian people says "za zdorovye" not an "na zdorovye". The difference between that two sentences is when russian peop...

Клифф Пустой · Answer

You know, in the company of my friends we almost always drink with words:
-valar morghulis!
-valar dohaeris...
And it is kind of funny as hell. 140

Andrei Kuratov · Answer

We never say "Na zdorovye" when toasting, but we never say "Za zdorovye (full stop)", either. You need to specify. The toast usually goes like "(Давайте выпьем) за здоровье родителей юбиляра" = (Le...

Richard Burakov · Answer

I've heard numerous times that the stereotype stemms from the fact that during the cold-war period Russians were commonly played by other slavs in American movies. Among them were the Polish, who a...

Nikolay Chugreev · Answer

Потому что "nazdrovye" это попытка прямого перевода "cheers". У нас в культуре такого слова нет, которое мы просто произносим, чокаясь, вот иностранцам и пришлось худо-бедно адаптировать.

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My Russian friends say that no one says "nazdrovye" when drinking together, but it's in all the films. Why?