What is the correct response?
“Спасибо”?
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Besides "Спасибо!", which is the option number one, it's also used:
"Благодарю!"is almost likeспасибоbut is more sublime, expresses genuine thankfulness
and of course you can wish the same after all in return to a person if [s]he is also eating at the moment, by saying:
"Взаимно."means"it's mutual.": can be used standalone or afterспасибоorблагодарю
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"[И] Вам также\тоже.": can be said standalone instead ofспасибоorблагодарю
or added after like in this example:
"Спасибо\Благодарю! Взаимно."or"Спасибо\Благодарю! Вам также\тоже."
Спасибо is indeed the right response. I can't think of the corresponding idiom in English (strangely enough), but the response to French bon appetit is the same merci.
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after Спасибо is correct to say приятного аппетита to the other person or there's some other word like вам тоже Commented Sep 25, 2014 at 12:03
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Aleks G, "Вам тоже" in reply to "приятного аппетита" from any service person (waiter, barista, etc) will sound silly IMO...– SergeyCommented Sep 25, 2014 at 19:17
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@Sergey Agree, but I was specifically responding to the comment about wishing it to the other person after спасибо.– Aleks GCommented Sep 25, 2014 at 19:46
What if your table companion says "приятного аппетита"?< Answer politely "и Вам/тебе приятного аппетита".<
More common answer will be "Спасибо, вам также".
Or impolitely "своё едим" ;-)<
I'm Russian, but I've never heard such sentence - it seems that it's out of use in modern Russian.
Some people look at that topic strongly.
Only treating person should say "приятного аппетита" entertaining to you. Say "спасибо" in response.
What if your table companion says "приятного аппетита"?
Answer politely "и Вам/тебе приятного аппетита".
Or impolitely "своё едим" ;-)
Or humorously "буду стараться".
