В смысле? Ты не придёшь?

Смысле is the prepositional case of смысл (meaning, sense).

The preposition в often takes the prepositional case when it means something like in or within. So:

• смысл → nominative
• в смысле → prepositional

Literally, В смысле? is something like In what sense? or What do you mean?

It is a very common conversational expression.

Russian often leaves out words that are understood from context, especially in casual speech.

So В смысле? is a shortened conversational phrase. A fuller version might be:

• В каком смысле? = In what sense?
• Что ты имеешь в виду? = What do you mean?

In everyday Russian, the short version В смысле? sounds natural and very common.

It depends a lot on intonation and context.

It can be:

• genuinely confused: What do you mean?
• surprised: Wait, what?
• annoyed or challenging: What do you mean by that?

So the phrase itself is not automatically rude, but it can sound sharp if said with irritation.

Придёшь is the 2nd person singular future of прийти (to come, to arrive).

So:

• я приду = I will come
• ты придёшь = you will come
• он/она придёт = he/she will come

In Ты не придёшь?, the speaker is asking whether the person won’t come / isn’t coming.

Because прийти is perfective, and here the speaker is talking about one completed arrival in the future: whether the person will come or not.

Russian uses:

• perfective future for a single completed action: придёшь
• imperfective future for repeated, ongoing, or process-focused action: будешь приходить

So:

• Ты не придёшь? = You’re not coming? / Won’t you come?
• Ты не будешь приходить? would suggest something more like You won’t be coming (regularly / as a process)?, which is not the normal idea here.

Russian very often uses negative questions in places where English also might, especially to express:

• surprise
• disappointment
• checking a changed expectation

So Ты не придёшь? often suggests that the speaker expected the person to come, but now thinks maybe they won’t.

Depending on tone, it can feel like:

• You’re not coming?
• So you’re not coming?
• You won’t come?

It is not unusual or grammatically strange in Russian.

Yes. Russian often drops subject pronouns when they are clear from the verb form.

So both are possible:

• Ты не придёшь?
• Не придёшь?

Since придёшь already shows you singular, the pronoun is not required.

The version with ты can sound:

• a bit more explicit
• a bit more personal
• sometimes a bit more emphatic

The version without ты is very natural in conversation too.

The basic meaning is the same.

But the nuance can differ slightly:

• Ты не придёшь? = more direct, explicitly addressing you
• Не придёшь? = a little lighter, more conversational, often smoother in speech

Russian often includes pronouns for emphasis, contrast, or clarity, but leaves them out when they are obvious.

Because the stressed syllable in this form is -дёшь:

• придёшь

The letter ё always shows a yo sound and is always stressed.

In many printed texts, Russians write е instead of ё, so you may also see:

• придешь

But for learners, придёшь is much better because it shows the correct pronunciation and stress clearly.

The natural stress is:

• В смы́сле?
• Ты не придёшь?

So:

• смы́сле — stress on ы
• придёшь — stress on ё

Getting the stress right matters a lot in Russian, because stress is unpredictable.

Yes, Russian word order is flexible, but the most natural version here is:

• Ты не придёшь?

Other orders are possible in special contexts, for example for emphasis, but they may sound less neutral.

For a learner, it is best to remember:

• Ты не придёшь? = standard, natural
• Не придёшь? = also very common in speech

Yes, very natural.

It sounds like a speaker reacting to unexpected information:

• В смысле? = What do you mean?
• Ты не придёшь? = You’re not coming?

This kind of two-part reaction is very common in Russian conversation: first a short reaction of confusion, then a clarifying question.