{"id":11851,"date":"2019-08-01T07:41:59","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T07:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=11851"},"modified":"2019-07-31T22:27:25","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T22:27:25","slug":"life-finds-a-way-natural-adjectives-in-russian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/life-finds-a-way-natural-adjectives-in-russian\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Finds a Way: &#8220;Natural&#8221; Adjectives in Russian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How do you say &#8220;natural&#8221; in Russian? The answer depends on what you are talking about. This post will look at the different ways of referring to organic things and when each of them is appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>For the sake of variety, I will be listing the feminine forms of the adjectives in this entry.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11865\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11865\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11865\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/sunflower-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"sunflower\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/sunflower-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/sunflower-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/sunflower-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@aaronburden?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Aaron Burden<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/search\/photos\/nature?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h2>\u0415\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0301\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0430\u044f<\/h2>\n<p>This word can be a bit of a tongue twister, so let&#8217;s trace down how it came to be. You may remember the word <strong>\u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/strong> in the sense of &#8220;there is&#8221; or &#8220;someone has,&#8221; not to be confused with the infinitive \u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c meaning &#8220;to eat&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u0423 \u043d\u0430\u0441 \u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c \u043a\u043e\u0301\u0448\u043a\u0430<\/strong> (We have a cat).<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u0417\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044c \u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0442\u0443\u0430\u043b\u0435\u0301\u0442?<\/strong> (Is there a toilet\/washroom\/restroom here?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In turn, \u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c is technically the 3rd person singular conjugation of the word <strong>\u0431\u044b\u0442\u044c<\/strong>, to be. This verb has lost its conjugation in contemporary Russian, but it used to look like this:<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" rules=\"all\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">\u042f<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">\u0435\u0441\u043c\u044c<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">\u041c\u044b<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">\u0435\u0441\u043c\u044b\u0301<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">\u0422\u044b<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">\u0435\u0441\u044c, \u0435\u0441\u0438\u0301<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">\u0412\u044b<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0301<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">\u041e\u043d, \u043e\u043d\u0430, \u043e\u043d\u043e<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">\u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">\u041e\u043d\u0438<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">\u0441\u0443\u0442\u044c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>\u0415\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0301<\/strong> means the nature of something, its unaltered state. Add a suffix, and you get <strong>\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0301\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0430\u044f<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0415\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0301\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0430\u044f<\/strong> refers to something happening naturally without external intervention, something being self-evident and almost inevitable, or someone behaving naturally.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0301\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u043e\u0442\u0431\u043e\u0301\u0440 \u2014 natural selection<\/li>\n<li>\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0301\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u044f\u0437\u044b\u043a\u0438\u0301 \u2014 natural languages<\/li>\n<li>\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0301\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u043d\u0430\u0443\u0301\u043a\u0438 \u2014 natural sciences<\/li>\n<li>\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0301\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u0447\u0438\u0441\u043b\u043e\u0301 \u2014 natural number<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_11867\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11867\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11867\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/lake-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"lake landscape\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/lake-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/lake-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/lake-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@riccardoch?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Riccardo Chiarini<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/search\/photos\/trees?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h2>\u041f\u0440\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0301\u0434\u043d\u0430\u044f<\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u041f\u0440\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0301\u0434\u0430<\/strong> means &#8220;nature&#8221; and belongs to an extended word family with the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/talking-about-your-immediate-family\/\">-\u0440\u043e\u0434- root<\/a>, which has to do with birth and blood relations. The primary meaning of <strong>\u043f\u0440\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0301\u0434\u043d\u0430\u044f<\/strong> is &#8220;pertaining to nature.&#8221; Unlike <strong>\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0301\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0430\u044f<\/strong>, it&#8217;s not that <strong>\u043f\u0440\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0301\u0434\u043d\u0430\u044f<\/strong> necessarily happened on its own \u2014 it&#8217;s just that it happened out in &#8220;the wild.&#8221; However, there may be some overlap with <strong>\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0301\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0430\u044f<\/strong> if something nature-made or innate is meant.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u043f\u0440\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0301\u0434\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0440\u0435\u0441\u0443\u0301\u0440\u0441\u044b \u2014 natural resources<\/li>\n<li>\u043f\u0440\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0301\u0434\u043d\u0430\u044f \u043a\u0430\u0442\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e\u0301\u0444\u0430 \u2014 natural disaster<\/li>\n<li>\u043f\u0440\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0301\u0434\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0430\u0301 \u2014 natural environment\/habitat<\/li>\n<li>\u043f\u0440\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0301\u0434\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0434\u0430\u0301\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u2014 innate characteristics\/talents<\/li>\n<li>\u043f\u0440\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0301\u0434\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0301\u0447\u043d\u0438\u043a \u2014 natural source<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_11866\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11866\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11866\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/vegetables-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"vegetables\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/vegetables-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/vegetables-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/vegetables-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@clouda9?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Correen<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/search\/photos\/natural?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h2>\u041d\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0440\u0430\u0301\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0430\u044f<\/h2>\n<p>Finally, <strong>\u043d\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0440\u0430\u0301\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0430\u044f<\/strong> quite obviously comes from Latin. Here the emphasis is on being organic and unadulterated. This word is often used for marketing purposes to describe cosmetics or foods without additives. Oftentimes, <strong>\u043d\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0440\u0430\u0301\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0430\u044f<\/strong> is the opposite of <strong>\u0438\u0441\u043a\u0443\u0301\u0441\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0430\u044f<\/strong> (artificial).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u043d\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0440\u0430\u0301\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0443\u0301\u043a\u0442\u044b \u2014 natural foods<\/li>\n<li>\u043d\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0440\u0430\u0301\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0436\u0435\u0301\u043c\u0447\u0443\u0433 \u2014 natural pearls<\/li>\n<li>\u0432 \u043d\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0440\u0430\u0301\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0443\u044e \u0432\u0435\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0438\u043d\u0443\u0301 \u2014 life-size (used as a modifier)<\/li>\n<li>\u043d\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0440\u0430\u0301\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0430\u044f \u043a\u043e\u0301\u0436\u0430 \u2014 genuine leather<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Test Yourself!<\/h2>\n<p>Now that you&#8217;ve read about the usage of these three adjectives, see if you can pick which ones go with each of the following nouns. Remember, sometimes there is more than one correct answer!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u0433\u0430\u0437 (gas)<\/li>\n<li>\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0441\u043e\u0442\u0430\u0301 (beauty)<\/li>\n<li>\u043f\u0440\u0438\u0447\u0438\u0301\u043d\u044b (causes)<\/li>\n<li>\u0441\u0432\u0435\u0442 (light)<\/li>\n<li>\u0446\u0432\u0435\u0442 (colo{u}r)<\/li>\n<li>\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0446\u0435\u0301\u0441\u0441 (process)<\/li>\n<li>\u044f\u0432\u043b\u0435\u0301\u043d\u0438\u0435 (phenomenon)<\/li>\n<li>\u0441\u043f\u043e\u0441\u043e\u0301\u0431\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c (ability)<\/li>\n<li>\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0438\u0430\u0301\u043b (material)<\/li>\n<li>\u0441\u043c\u0435\u0440\u0442\u044c (death)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See below for a table showing how many times each adjective + noun combination appeared in the Russian National Corpus.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode-toggle toggle-see-answers-here closed default border\"><h4 class=\"toggle-trigger\"><a href=\"#\">See answers here<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"toggle-content\">\n<table id=\"tablepress-2\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-2 aligncenter\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><th class=\"column-2\">\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439\/\u0430\u044f\/\u043e\u0435\/\u044b\u0435<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">\u043f\u0440\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0434\u043d\u044b\u0435\/\u0430\u044f\/\u043e\u0435\/\u044b\u0435<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">\u043d\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0440\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0439\/\u0430\u044f\/\u043e\u0435\/\u044b\u0435<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">\u0433\u0430\u0437 (gas)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">830<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0441\u043e\u0442\u0430 (beauty)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">29<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">60\u00a0<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">\u043f\u0440\u0438\u0447\u0438\u043d\u044b (causes)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">160<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">\u0441\u0432\u0435\u0442 (light)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">88<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">\u0446\u0432\u0435\u0442 (colo{u}r)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">47<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">23<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0446\u0435\u0441\u0441 (process)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">186<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">129<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">\u044f\u0432\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 (phenomenon)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">71<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">336<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">\u0441\u043f\u043e\u0441\u043e\u0431\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c (ability)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">18<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">100<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0438\u0430\u043b (material)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">20<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">88<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">\u0441\u043c\u0435\u0440\u0442\u044c (death)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">399<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-2 from cache --><\/div><!--\/.toggle-content-->\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"title_open\" value=\"Hide\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"title_closed\" value=\"See answers here\" \/><\/div><!--\/.shortcode-toggle-->\n<p>How did you do? Does this distinction make sense?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/lake-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"lake landscape\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/lake-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/lake-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/lake-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>How do you say &#8220;natural&#8221; in Russian? The answer depends on what you are talking about. This post will look at the different ways of referring to organic things and when each of them is appropriate. For the sake of variety, I will be listing the feminine forms of the adjectives in this entry. \u0415\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0301\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0430\u044f&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/life-finds-a-way-natural-adjectives-in-russian\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":11867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[17,8232],"class_list":["post-11851","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vocabulary","tag-adjectives","tag-collocations"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11851"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11869,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11851\/revisions\/11869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}