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A1How to sayuvídimsya

How to say “see you later” in Russian

The casual goodbye — and a small lesson in what the ending -ся does.

Quick answer

Уви́димся!

uvídimsya — a reflexive verb: “we will see each other”

The options

Уви́димся!See you!
До встре́чи!Until we meet! — warm, slightly formal
До за́втра!See you tomorrow!
Ну, дава́й!Right, bye then! — very casual
Спи́шемся.We’ll text / write. — modern and common

Why уви́димся

It is уви́деть (to see) plus -ся, which here means “each other”: “we will see each other”. Same logic in встре́тимся (we’ll meet) and созвони́мся (we’ll call each other).

What you hear back

Дава́й!Bye!
Уви́димся!See you!
До ско́рого!See you soon!

Typical mistakes

Уви́жу тебя́ по́зже.

Уви́димся!

The English phrase translated word for word sounds odd — use the fixed reflexive form.

До свида́ния to a close friend

Пока́! / Уви́димся!

Not wrong, but formal enough to sound cold.

Check yourself

What does the -ся in уви́димся mean here?

Here -ся is the “each other” meaning: we will see one another.

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