Questions & Answers about Окей, договорились.
Договорились comes from the verb договориться, which means to come to an agreement, to arrange something, or to reach an understanding.
Literally, договорились is the past tense plural form, so word-for-word it is something like:
we agreed / we came to an agreement
In actual conversation, Russian often uses this form by itself as a set phrase meaning:
- Agreed
- Deal
- It’s settled
- We have an agreement
So in Окей, договорились, the second word is not just describing the past; it is functioning like a natural conversational response: Okay, agreed.
This is a very common question, because Russian and English package this idea differently.
The ending -лись shows:
- -л- = past tense
- -и = plural
- -сь = reflexive ending
So договорились literally means we agreed.
Russian often uses this form when two or more people have reached an agreement. Even when the subject we is not said, it is understood from the verb form.
So:
- Договорились. = We agreed / Agreed / Deal.
English often uses a shorter expression like deal or agreed, but Russian prefers the full verb form here.