Is “на здоровье” a toast in Russian?

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A2 Russian listening practice · Standard Russian · Picked for people who know a little

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на здоровье (na zdorov’ye)
Russian false toast
“you’re welcome” (especially after food), not “cheers!”

Many foreigners think на здоровье is the Russian toast. It isn’t: Russians don’t usually clink glasses with it. На здоровье (“to your health”) is what you say back when someone thanks you, especially for food: спасибо, очень вкусно! — на здоровье! For a toast, Russians say за здоровье! or будем!

The на vs за difference matters: за means “(drink) to,” as in за нас!, “to us!” Polish na zdrowie is the toast, which is probably where the mix-up spreads from. The sketch ends with a deadpan exchange after a very odd consultation: спасибо, доктор — на здоровье.

How common are the words?

How common are the words in this A2 Russian listening practice video?

81.1%
of words are in the top 2,000 most common Russian words
Most of the words in this video are common Russian words.

How common in Russian

74.5%
Top 1,000
81.1%
Top 2,000
95.3%
Top 5,000

How common in spoken Russian

82%
Top 1,000
94%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
👄 Words for talking
This video uses words people often say in Russian.

Harder words in this video

These words are harder than A2. Here is what they mean.

выйдите
1×
Not in top 5,000
дозировку
1×
Not in top 5,000
мигрень
1×
Not in top 5,000
migraine
скольки
1×
Not in top 5,000
увеличим
1×
Not in top 5,000
голова болит
1×
headache

Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · OpenSubtitles 2018 (HermitDave) (spoken). These numbers are close, not perfect.

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