{"id":15026,"date":"2022-02-18T17:34:57","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T17:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=15026"},"modified":"2022-02-18T17:35:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T17:35:53","slug":"the-russian-art-of-spitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/the-russian-art-of-spitting\/","title":{"rendered":"The Russian art of spitting"},"content":{"rendered":"

As it turns out from Bota\u2019s blog<\/a> from Tuesday, today is \u0414\u0435\u043d\u044c \u041f\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043c\u0435\u0301\u043d\u0435\u0439<\/strong> in Russia! This dish, of course, is one of my personal favorites, not only to eat, but also to make. But what if you take a bite of a \u043f\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043c\u0435\u0301\u043d\u044c<\/em><\/strong> and realize you don\u2019t like it? Or maybe you\u2019re a \u0432\u0435\u0433\u0435\u0442\u0430\u0440\u0438\u0430\u0301\u043d\u0435\u0446<\/strong> vegetarian and realize that this dish is, in fact, for meat lovers? \u0422\u044c\u0444\u0443! <\/strong>This is what you say in Russian when you are mimicking the sound of spitting, the subject of today\u2019s blog, which is about spitting.<\/p>\n

Spitting holds a special place in the hearts of Russian people, which is reflected in the many sayings centered around this verb. Here are a few of them.<\/p>\n

\u0422\u044c\u0444\u0443!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Let\u2019s start with the word we\u2019ve already learned. This word is a \u043c\u0435\u0436\u0434\u043e\u043c\u0435\u0301<\/strong>\u0442\u0438\u0435<\/strong>\u00a0interjection<\/em> that mimics the sound of someone spitting. You can say it as an expression of disgust, hatred, or disapproval for something:<\/p>\n

—<\/strong>\u041a\u0440\u0435\u0432\u0435\u0301<\/strong>\u0442\u043a\u0438? <\/strong>\u0422\u044c\u0444\u0443!<\/strong>2<\/a><\/sup>Shrimp? Yuck!<\/span><\/p>\n

You can say it when you make a mistake (usually verbal, that is, you misspoke). Also, the most important meaning of this word comes in the following form:<\/p>\n

\u0422\u044c\u0444\u0443-\u0442\u044c\u0444\u0443-\u0442\u044c\u0444\u0443, \u0447\u0442\u043e\u0301\u0431\u044b \u043d\u0435 \u0441\u0433\u043b\u0430\u0301\u0437\u0438\u0442\u044c!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Here, this expression, used in rapid succession three (also sometimes two) times is the exact equivalent to knocking on wood in English. This is sometimes accompanied by the speaker turning their head and spitting on the imaginary \u0447\u0451\u0440\u0442<\/strong> devil<\/em> that stands on their left shoulder. \u0421\u0433\u043b\u0430\u0301<\/strong>\u0437\u0438\u0442\u044c<\/strong> means \u201cto jinx something.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you are wondering how this strange combination of letters is pronounced, you can hear it pronounced in the video below, from the 1973 Soviet classic \u00ab<\/strong>\u0418\u0432\u0430\u0301<\/strong>\u043d <\/strong>\u0412\u0430\u0441\u0438\u0301<\/strong>\u043b\u044c\u0435\u0432\u0438\u0447 <\/strong>\u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f\u0301<\/strong>\u0435\u0442 <\/strong>\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0444\u0435\u0301<\/strong>\u0441\u0441\u0438\u044e\u00bb<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

—<\/strong>\u0422\u044b <\/strong>\u043b\u044e\u0301<\/strong>\u0431\u0438\u0448\u044c <\/strong>\u043a\u0440\u0435\u0432\u0435\u0301<\/strong>\u0442\u043a\u0438?<\/strong>1<\/a><\/sup>Do you like shrimp?<\/span><\/p>\n