{"id":110,"date":"2008-03-24T06:11:59","date_gmt":"2008-03-24T10:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=110"},"modified":"2014-07-16T17:34:55","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T17:34:55","slug":"russian-phraseology-the-%d1%80%d1%83%d1%81%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b0%d1%8f-%d0%b4%d1%83%d1%88%d0%b0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/russian-phraseology-the-%d1%80%d1%83%d1%81%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b0%d1%8f-%d0%b4%d1%83%d1%88%d0%b0\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Phraseology: The \u0420\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u0414\u0443\u0448\u0430!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Already on the 28th of February 1866 a certain Mr. Fyodor Tyutchev<\/span> [\u0424\u0451<\/strong>\u0434\u043e\u0440 \u0422\u044e<\/strong>\u0442\u0447\u0435\u0432] realized what a mystery the Russian Soul is to us \u2018non-Russians\u2019 and that\u2019s probably what he was thinking of when he wrote these classical lines: \u00ab\u0423\u043c\u043e\u043c \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u044e \u043d\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u043d\u044f\u0442\u044c, \u0410\u0440\u0448\u0438\u043d\u043e\u043c \u043e\u0431\u0449\u0438\u043c \u043d\u0435 \u0438\u0437\u043c\u0435\u0440\u0438\u0442\u044c, \u0423 \u043d\u0435\u0439 \u043e\u0441\u043e\u0431\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c, \u0412 \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u044e \u043c\u043e\u0436\u043d\u043e \u0442\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u0432\u0435\u0440\u0438\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> I’m not even going to try and translate this poem as beautifully as it deserves to be translated, not only because that’s not what I planned to write about today (what I really want to talk about today is phraseology with the word \u0434\u0443\u0448\u0430<\/strong>) but also because I can\u2019t. It\u2019s not that I don\u2019t speak Russian well enough; I don\u2019t know good enough English to do it. The general meaning of the poem is as follows: it is impossible to understand Russia with one\u2019s mind, she [Russia is a woman in Russian language] is special and can\u2019t be measured in the same way as other countries; in Russia one can only believe. And what better way to believe but by using our soul? In Russian language the frequency of the word \u2018soul\u2019 in every day speech is so high that I don\u2019t even know where to begin, but I know that I want to speak about this, no matter how difficult it will be for me (I am after all an alien, despite all these years in the Motherland) because it is such a central, such a vital piece of Russia. If you don\u2019t try your best to understand the Russian Soul, you\u2019ll never even get the slightest chance of understanding Russia. The Russian Soul has its own logic (it really does, though at first it might seem to be the absence of logic). The Russian Soul is proud but deep, it is devoted but transitory, it is playful but serious. The Russian Soul is kind, open, tolerant, affectionate and always ready invite a stranger into their kitchen and serve them a cup of tea.<\/p>\n

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\u0414\u0443\u0448\u0430<\/strong> (acc. \u0434\u0443<\/strong>\u0448\u0443; pl. \u0434\u0443<\/strong>\u0448\u0438, pl. gen. \u0434\u0443\u0448, pl. dat. \u0434\u0443<\/strong>\u0448\u0430\u043c) \u2013 soul.<\/em><\/div>\n


\nPeople \u2013 all kinds of people, from friends and family members to strangers who are devoted Russophiles or who have never even been to Saint Petersburg \u2013 ask me why I live, how I can live in Russia. They all have great, wonderful and strong arguments for why the choice to live in Russia is foolish, crazy and can only be made by romantic idealizing the Soviet Union, and when they speak like this all I can do is listen to them. Yes, life in Russia is hard. Yes, the weather is bad, buildings old, the water bad and the air polluted. Yes, here people don\u2019t smile on the streets, and yes, in stores and restaurants people are cold and sometimes even irritated with you for being a customer. Yes, on a daily basis you have to fight a brick wall of bureaucracy if you want to get anywhere. Yet I love living in Russia. Despite of all this I can\u2019t imagine a place where I\u2019d rather be [perhaps Prague, but that\u2019s another story] right now in my life. This is of course irrational, it is very much illogical, also a little bit irresponsible (concerning health), but only if you haven\u2019t known the Russian Soul. If you\u2019ve never met, never seen, perhaps never even heard of the Russian Soul life here becomes not only difficult but impossible. In Russia, where the thick line between private and public resembles an iron curtain [no pun intended!], your life here will not make sense until you\u2019ve created your own personal space and separated this from all kind of public areas. It is in this personal space that you will learn how to \u00ab\u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0442\u044c \u043f\u043e \u0434\u0443\u0448\u0430\u043c\u00bb<\/strong> [talk heart-to-heart, lit. \u201cto speak on the souls\u201d].<\/p>\n

The Russian language is full of idioms using the word \u00ab\u0434\u0443\u0448\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> and most of them are very common in daily speech. Since I\u2019m still searching for a proper form to present this kind of material in, I think I kind of messed up with my last post on this subject, the one about \u2018head\u2019, I have decided to do it like this: present a list with idioms and every once in a while in between them present sentences that show how to use the idioms. If anyone of you readers has a better idea, do feel free to enlighten me. I want to make my posts more \u2018understandable\u2019 and I\u2019m ready to compromise my \u2018originality\u2019 in order to do so.<\/p>\n

\u0412 \u0434\u0443\u0448\u0435<\/strong> \u2013 inwardly, in one\u2019s heart; at heart
\n\u00ab\u0412 \u0434\u0443\u0448\u0435 \u043e\u043d \u043f\u0440\u043e \u043d\u0435\u0451 \u0434\u0443\u043c\u0430\u043b \u043f\u043b\u043e\u0445\u043e\u00bb<\/strong> = \u201cInwardly he thought bad things about her\u201d<\/p>\n

\u0412\u0441\u0435\u0439 \u0434\u0443\u0448\u043e<\/strong>\u0439 \u2013 with all one\u2019s heart
\n\u0414\u043b\u044f \u0434\u0443\u0448\u0438<\/strong> \u2013 for one\u2019s own pleasure
\n\u0416\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0434\u0443\u0448\u0430<\/strong> \u0432 \u0434\u0443<\/strong>\u0448\u0443 \u2013 to live in perfect harmony
\n\u00ab\u041f\u0435\u0440\u0432\u044b\u0435 \u0433\u043e\u0434\u044b \u043f\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0435 \u0441\u0432\u0430\u0434\u044c\u0431\u044b \u043c\u044b \u0436\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u0434\u0443\u0448\u0430 \u0432 \u0434\u0443\u0448\u0443\u00bb <\/strong>= \u201cDuring the first years after our wedding we lived in perfect harmony\u201d<\/p>\n

\u0414\u0443\u0448\u0430<\/strong> \u043e<\/strong>\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0430 \u2013 the life of the party
\n\u0414\u0443\u0448\u043e<\/strong>\u0439 \u0438 \u0442\u0435<\/strong>\u043b\u043e\u043c \u2013 heart and soul
\n\u0417\u0430 \u0434\u0443\u0448\u043e<\/strong>\u0439 \u2013 to one\u2019s name
\n\u041d\u0430 \u0434\u0443<\/strong>\u0448\u0443 \u043d\u0430\u0441\u0435\u043b\u0435<\/strong>\u043d\u0438\u044f \u2013 per capita
\n\u041d\u0438 \u0434\u0443\u0448\u0438<\/strong> \u2013 not a soul
\n\u00ab\u0412\u0447\u0435\u0440\u0430, \u0432\u043e\u043f\u0440\u0435\u043a\u0438 \u043e\u0431\u044b\u0447\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0443, \u0432 \u0431\u0430\u0441\u0441\u0435\u0439\u043d\u0435 \u043d\u0435 \u0431\u044b\u043b\u043e \u043d\u0438 \u0434\u0443\u0448\u0438\u00bb <\/strong>= \u201cYesterday, unlike usually, there wasn\u2019t a soul at the public swimming pool\u201d<\/p>\n

\u041e\u0442 \u0432\u0441\u0435\u0439 \u0434\u0443\u0448\u0438<\/strong> \u2013 from the bottom of one\u2019s heart
\n\u0421\u043c\u0435\u044f<\/strong>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u043e\u0442 \u0434\u0443\u0448\u0438<\/strong> \u2013 to laugh heartily
\n\u00ab\u042f \u0432\u0441\u0435\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u043e\u0442 \u0434\u0443\u0448\u0438 \u0441\u043c\u0435\u044e\u0441\u044c, \u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u0441\u043c\u043e\u0442\u0440\u044e \u00ab\u041d\u0430\u0448\u0443 \u0420\u0430\u0448\u0443\u00bb<\/strong> = \u201cI always laugh heartily when I watch \u201cNasha Russia\u201d (comedy TV-show in contemporary Russia)<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

\u041f\u043e \u0434\u0443\u0448\u0435<\/strong> (+dat.)<\/em> \u2013 to one\u2019s liking
\n\u0413\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438<\/strong>\u0442\u044c \u043f\u043e \u0434\u0443\u0448\u0430<\/strong>\u043c (note the different stress!) <\/em>\u2013 to talk heart-to-heart, or (jokingly) to talk seriously with someone
\n\u0421 \u0434\u0443\u0448\u043e<\/strong>\u0439 \u2013 with feeling
\n\u0421\u043a\u043e<\/strong>\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u0434\u0443\u0448\u0435<\/strong> \u0443\u0433\u043e<\/strong>\u0434\u043d\u043e \u2013 to one\u2019s heart\u2019s content<\/p>\n

\u0423 \u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f<\/strong> \u0434\u0443\u0448\u0430<\/strong> \u043d\u0435 \u043d\u0430 \u043c\u0435<\/strong>\u0441\u0442\u0435 \u2013 I’ m worried (lit. my soul is not in place)<\/em>
\n\u0411\u0440\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0433\u0440\u0435\u0445 \u043d\u0430<\/strong> \u0434\u0443\u0448\u0443 \u2013 to take the blame (lit. put the sin on [one\u2019s] soul)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u0414\u0443\u0448\u0435<\/strong>\u0432\u043d\u043e \u2013 mentally; sincerely
\n\u00ab\u0417\u043d\u0430\u0435\u0448\u044c, \u0441\u0435\u0433\u043e\u0434\u043d\u044f \u043c\u044b \u0441 \u043d\u0438\u043c \u0442\u0430\u043a \u0434\u0443\u0448\u0435\u0432\u043d\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438\u043b\u0438, \u0447\u0442\u043e, \u043a\u0430\u043a \u043c\u043d\u0435 \u043a\u0430\u0436\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f, \u043e\u043d \u0441\u043a\u043e\u0440\u043e \u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f \u043d\u0430 \u0441\u0432\u0438\u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0433\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0438\u0442\u00bb<\/strong> = \u201cYou know, today I talked so sincerely with him that, as it seems to me, he\u2019ll soon ask me out on a date\u201d<\/p>\n

\u0414\u0443\u0448\u0435<\/strong>\u0432\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u2013 mental, emotional; sincere, heartfelt
\n\u0414\u0443<\/strong>\u0448\u0435\u043d\u044c\u043a\u0430 (\u0414\u0443<\/strong>\u0448\u0435\u0447\u043a\u0430) \u2013 dear, darling, sweetheart
\n\u00ab\u0414\u0443\u0448\u0435\u043d\u044c\u043a\u0430, \u043d\u0430\u043b\u0435\u0439 \u043c\u043d\u0435 \u0435\u0449\u0451 \u0447\u0430\u0448\u0435\u0447\u043a\u0443 \u043a\u043e\u0444\u0435 \u0441\u043e \u0441\u043b\u0438\u0432\u043a\u0430\u043c\u0438 \u0438 \u0442\u0440\u0435\u043c\u044f \u043a\u0443\u0441\u043a\u0430\u043c\u0438 \u0441\u0430\u0445\u0430\u0440\u0443!\u00bb<\/strong> = \u201cSweetheart, pour me one more (little) cup of coffee with cream and three sugar cubes!\u201d<\/p>\n

I really like the last word \u2013 \u0414\u0443\u0448\u0435\u043d\u044c\u043a\u0430<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 I think it\u2019s like calling the person you love \u2018my soul\u2019 or, even better, \u2018little soul\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Already on the 28th of February 1866 a certain Mr. Fyodor Tyutchev [\u0424\u0451\u0434\u043e\u0440 \u0422\u044e\u0442\u0447\u0435\u0432] realized what a mystery the Russian Soul is to us \u2018non-Russians\u2019 and that\u2019s probably what he was thinking of when he wrote these classical lines: \u00ab\u0423\u043c\u043e\u043c \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u044e \u043d\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u043d\u044f\u0442\u044c, \u0410\u0440\u0448\u0438\u043d\u043e\u043c \u043e\u0431\u0449\u0438\u043c \u043d\u0435 \u0438\u0437\u043c\u0435\u0440\u0438\u0442\u044c, \u0423 \u043d\u0435\u0439 \u043e\u0441\u043e\u0431\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c, \u0412 \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u044e \u043c\u043e\u0436\u043d\u043e \u0442\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e…<\/p>\n

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