Kak da?

[Wendist]

Hello

I am hoping that someone might want to help me with a short russian phrase or maybe it is only a word. To my untrained ear it sounds like "kak da". Is there anything in the russian language that sounds like this and if so what does it mean?

Regards Thomas

[mastodon]

There's the demonstrative pronoun - 'kogda.' It means 'when.'

[vladimir_mayak]

i think that it may be 'kak delo' [pronounced 'kak dela'].

as usually happens with native speakers of any language, syllables are often swallowed or not clearly pronouced...

kak delo = how are things

vlad

[Wendist]

Thank you both for your replies but unfortunately neither of them is what I was hoping for. I belived the meaning to be something like "yes of course" or "I agree" or "OK" or something like that. Anyway thanks again for helping me.

Regards Thomas

[Mariboulg]

Well if you take each word separately, kak means how and da means yes.

[Wendist]

Hello Mariboulg

Thank you for your reply. Now things are looking more interesting!

Is it possible that kak da could be understod as something like "yes but how" ?

Like if someone is prepared to agree to something but still is not really sure he knows what it is he agrees to.

Regards Thomas

[Mariboulg]

Originally posted by Wendist
Is it possible that kak da could be understod as something like "yes but how" ?
Regards Thomas

Yes ! but it would go like this

kak eto ... ? da ? kak eto tak ? da ?
like how is that ...(and maybe the person explains you how he understood and then asks the question "yes ?"

or
kak?(question) vot tak ?(answer)
meaning
how? like that !


Kak, can be used in various ways and can mean slightly different things depending how it is used in the phrase in some ways so …
like
kak vi dobriy meaning you are so kind

so ...