{"id":319,"date":"2009-05-11T05:55:21","date_gmt":"2009-05-11T09:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=319"},"modified":"2009-05-11T05:55:21","modified_gmt":"2009-05-11T09:55:21","slug":"russian-phraseology-%c2%ab%d0%a0%d1%83%d0%ba%d0%b8%c2%bb-hands-arms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/russian-phraseology-%c2%ab%d0%a0%d1%83%d0%ba%d0%b8%c2%bb-hands-arms\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Phraseology: \u00ab\u0420\u0443\u043a\u0438\u00bb [Hands & Arms]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since we’ll have to do without pictures here on our blog for a little while more, let’s pay close attention to the purely written side of Russian language instead, thus – Russian words and everything related to Russian words. I don’t know if anyone remembers that I wrote a few posts about Russian phraseology here about \u00ab\u043f\u043e\u043b\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0430<\/span> \u0433\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u0430 \u043d\u0430\u0437\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u00bb<\/strong> [a year and a half ago], but I think now is the most fitting time to return to this interesting subject and continue exploring the many ways of using body parts in Russian phraseology. Last year I managed to write posts on \u00ab<\/strong>\u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430<\/span><\/strong>\u00bb <\/strong>[head]<\/a>, \u00ab<\/strong>\u043d\u043e\u0441<\/strong>\u00bb<\/strong> [nose<\/a>; which is very sad because I would’ve have greatly enjoyed writing a post about ‘the Russian nose’ this year as well] and \u00ab<\/strong>\u0434\u0443\u0448\u0430<\/span><\/strong>\u00bb <\/strong>[soul]<\/a>. What we have left are \u00ab<\/strong>\u0433\u043b\u0430\u0437\u0430<\/span><\/strong>\u00bb<\/strong> [eyes], \u00ab<\/strong>\u043d\u043e<\/span>\u0433\u0438<\/strong>\u00bb<\/strong> [legs & feet], \u00ab<\/strong>\u0443<\/span><\/strong>\u0448\u0438<\/strong>\u00bb<\/strong> [ears], \u00ab<\/strong>\u0441\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0434\u0446\u0435<\/strong>\u00bb<\/strong> [heart] and \u00ab<\/strong>\u0440\u0443<\/span>\u043a\u0438<\/strong>\u00bb<\/strong> [arms & hands]. I suggest we re-start this discussion with \u00ab\u0440\u0443\u043a\u0438\u00bb. The first thing you need to know about the word \u00ab<\/strong>\u0440\u0443\u043a\u0430<\/span><\/strong>\u00bb<\/strong> is that it means both HAND and ARM. In Russian if you say: \u00ab<\/strong>\u0423<\/strong> <\/strong>\u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f<\/span><\/strong> <\/strong>\u0447\u0435<\/span>\u0448\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0440\u0443\u043a\u0430<\/span><\/strong>\u00bb<\/strong> you could be understood as saying a) my hand icthes, or b) my arm itches. If this phrase was not uttered by you during a conversation on the phone you should probably demonstativly scratch the correct body part, or at least point in its direction, so as to not confuse the Russian you are having to pleasure of communicating with. One other thing that should be noted about this word is that the stress has a rather tricky pattern to fall, at least in the beginning – in singular the stress falls on the first vowel in accusative: \u00ab<\/strong>\u0416\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/strong> <\/strong>(<\/strong>pfv.<\/em> <\/strong>\u043f\u043e\u0436\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/strong>) <\/strong>\u0440\u0443<\/span>\u043a\u0443<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0434\u0440\u0443<\/span>\u0433\u0443<\/strong>\u00bb <\/strong>[to shake (your\/a) friend’s hand], just like in plural: \u00ab<\/strong>\u0416\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/strong> <\/strong>(pfv. \u043f<\/strong>\u043e\u0436\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/strong>) <\/strong>\u0440\u0443<\/span>\u043a\u0438<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0434\u0440\u0443\u0437\u044c\u044f<\/span>\u043c<\/strong>\u00bb<\/strong> [to shake (your) friends’ hands]. But in nominative singular stress is on the second vowel – \u00ab<\/strong>\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0441\u0438<\/span>\u0432\u0430\u044f<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0440\u0443\u043a\u0430<\/span><\/strong>\u00bb<\/strong> [beautiful hand\/arm], – just like in, for example, plural dative: \u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u043e<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0440\u0443\u043a\u0430<\/span>\u043c<\/strong>!\u00bb<\/strong> [it’s a deal!]. But let’s not get too lost in all the discomfortable rules of Russian stress, as that will only have us more confused than we were to begin with. Let’s look at a few examples of Russian phraseology using this word, or more correctly speaking – this certain body part:<\/p>\n

\u00ab<\/strong>\u041c\u0430<\/span>\u0448\u0430<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0441<\/strong> <\/strong>\u041f\u0430<\/span>\u0448\u0435\u0439<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0432\u043c\u0435<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u0435<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e<\/span>\u0442\u0430\u044e\u0442<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0438\u0437<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0440\u0443\u043a<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0432\u043e\u043d<\/em><\/strong> (<\/em><\/strong>\u043f\u043b\u043e<\/span>\u0445\u043e<\/em><\/strong>)<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/strong>[Together Masha and Pasha work atrociously; miserably bad].<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u0411\u044b\u043b \u043f\u043e<\/span>\u0437\u0434\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u0440 \u043f\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u043b\u0435 \u0436\u0430\u0440\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e, \u044f<\/span>\u0440\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0434\u043d\u044f \u0432 \u0441\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0435 \u0430<\/span>\u0432\u0433\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0430. \u041e\u043d\u0438<\/span> \u0448\u043b\u0438 \u043f\u043e \u043d\u0430<\/span>\u0431\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0436\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u042f<\/span>\u043b\u0442\u044b \u0440\u0443\u043a\u0430<\/span> \u043e<\/span>\u0431 \u0440\u0443\u043a\u0443<\/em>, \u0441\u043b\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u043d\u043e \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0432 \u0440\u0430\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0430<\/span>\u0437\u0435 \u0427\u0435<\/span>\u0445\u043e\u0432\u0430<\/a> \u00ab\u0414\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u0430 \u0441 \u0441\u043e\u0431\u0430<\/span>\u0447\u043a\u043e\u0439\u00bb<\/a>…\u00bb <\/strong>[It was a late evening after a hot, bright day in the middle of August. They were walking on the Yalta embankment hand in hand, just like in the short story “The Lady with the Dog” by Chekhov].<\/p>\n

– \u00ab<\/strong>\u0427\u0442\u043e<\/strong> <\/strong>\u043c\u043d\u0435<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0432\u0437\u044f\u0442\u044c<\/strong>?\u00bb <\/strong>[What should I take?] – \u00ab<\/strong>\u042d<\/span><\/strong>\u0442\u043e<\/strong> <\/strong>\u043d\u0435<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0442\u0430\u043a<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0443\u0436<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0432\u0430<\/span>\u0436\u043d\u043e<\/strong>, <\/strong>\u0432\u043e\u0437\u044c\u043c\u0438<\/span><\/strong> <\/strong>\u0447\u0442\u043e<\/strong> <\/strong>\u043f\u043e\u0434<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0440\u0443\u043a\u043e<\/span>\u0439<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/strong>[That’s not really all that important, take whatever’s at hand].<\/p>\n

– \u00ab\u041b\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u043e\u0447\u043a\u0430, \u044f \u043b\u044e\u0431\u043b\u044e<\/span> \u0442\u0435\u0431\u044f<\/span>. \u0412\u044b<\/span>\u0439\u0434\u0435\u0448\u044c \u0437\u0430 \u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f<\/span> \u0437\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u0443\u0436?\u00bb <\/strong>[Lenochka, I love you. Will you marry me?] – \u00ab\u0414\u0430, \u043d\u043e \u0442\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u0435<\/span>\u0441\u043b\u0438 \u0442\u044b \u0431\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u0438\u0448\u044c \u043a\u0443\u0440\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c, \u043d\u0435 \u0431\u0443<\/span>\u0434\u0435\u0448\u044c \u043f\u0438\u0442\u044c \u043f\u0438<\/span>\u0432\u043e \u0432 \u043f\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u043a\u0435 \u0441 \u043c\u0443\u0436\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u0438 \u043a\u0430<\/span>\u0436\u0434\u044b\u0439 \u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u0440, \u0430 \u0433\u043e\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u0438\u0442\u044c \u043c\u043d\u0435 \u0443<\/span>\u0436\u0438\u043d \u0438 \u043c\u044b\u0442\u044c \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0443<\/span>\u0434\u0443 \u043f\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u043b\u0435 \u043d\u0435\u0433\u043e<\/span>.\u00bb <\/strong>[Yes, but only if you quit smoking, and won’t drink beer in the park with the guys every evening, but cook me dinner and wash the dishes afterwards]. – \u00ab\u041b\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u043d\u043e… \u041f\u043e<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0440\u0443\u043a\u0430<\/span>\u043c<\/em><\/strong>!\u00bb <\/strong>[Okay… It’s a deal!]<\/p>\n

– \u00ab\u041e\u0442\u043a\u0443<\/span>\u0434\u0430 \u0442\u044b \u0437\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u0448\u044c, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u0410<\/span>\u043b\u043b\u0430 \u041f\u0443\u0433\u0430\u0447\u0451<\/span>\u0432\u0430<\/a> \u0442\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0440\u044f<\/span>\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u0434\u0430\u0451<\/span>\u0442 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0435<\/span>\u0434\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u043a\u043e\u043d\u0446\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0442?\u00bb <\/strong>[How do you know that Alla Pugachyova is only pretending that this is her last concert?] – \u00ab<\/strong>\u042d\u0442\u043e<\/strong> <\/strong>\u041f\u0420<\/strong>–<\/strong>\u0442\u0440\u0438\u043a<\/strong>, <\/strong>\u044f<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0443\u0437\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u043b<\/strong> <\/strong>\u044d<\/span><\/strong>\u0442\u043e<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0438\u0437<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u043f\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0432\u044b\u0445<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0440\u0443\u043a<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/strong>[It is a PR-trick, I found out firsthand].<\/p>\n

\u00ab<\/strong>\u0412\u0437\u044f\u0432<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0441\u0435\u0431\u044f<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0432<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0440\u0443<\/span>\u043a\u0438<\/em><\/strong>, <\/strong>\u043e\u043d\u0430<\/span><\/strong> <\/strong>\u043f\u043e\u0448\u043b\u0430<\/span><\/strong> <\/strong>\u043f\u043e\u0442\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u0431\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/strong> <\/strong>\u043f\u043e\u0432\u044b\u0448\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044f<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0437\u0430\u0440\u043f\u043b\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044b<\/strong>\u00bb <\/strong>[She gathered herself and went to demand a raise in salary].<\/p>\n

\u00ab<\/strong>\u041f\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0432\u044b\u0435<\/strong> <\/strong>\u043c\u0435<\/span>\u0441\u044f\u0446\u044b<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0431\u0435\u0437<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e<\/span>\u0442\u044b<\/strong> <\/strong>\u043e\u043d<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0431\u044b\u043b<\/strong> <\/strong>\u043a\u0430\u043a<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0431\u0435\u0437<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0440\u0443\u043a<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb <\/strong>[The first months without a job he was helpless; lost].<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u041c\u044b \u0432 \u041c\u043e\u0441\u043a\u0432\u0435<\/span> \u0432 30-\u0438\u0435 \u0433\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u044b \u0436\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u0438 \u0441\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u0441\u0435\u043c \u0440\u044f<\/span>\u0434\u044b\u0448\u043a\u043e\u043c \u0441 \u041c\u0438\u0445\u0430\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u043e\u043c \u0410\u0444\u0430\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u044c\u0435\u0432\u0438\u0447\u0435\u043c \u0411\u0443\u043b\u0433\u0430<\/span>\u043a\u043e\u0432\u044b\u043c <\/a>– \u0440\u0443\u043a\u043e<\/span>\u0439 \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/em>!\u00bb <\/strong>[In Moscow in the 1930’s we lived very close to Mikhail Afanas’evich Bulgakov – only a stone’s throw away!]<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u041c\u0438\u043b\u0438\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0435<\/span>\u0440 \u043a\u0440\u0438\u0447\u0438<\/span>\u0442 \u0432\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u0443: \u0420\u0443<\/span>\u043a\u0438 \u0432\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0445<\/em>!\u00bb <\/strong>[The policeman shouts to the thief: Hands up!]<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u041c\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u0430 \u043a\u0440\u0438\u0447\u0438<\/span>\u0442 \u0440\u0435\u0431\u0451<\/span>\u043d\u043a\u0443, \u0432\u0437\u044f<\/span>\u0432\u0448\u0435\u043c\u0443 \u0431\u0435\u0437 \u0440\u0430\u0437\u0440\u0435\u0448\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044f \u043f\u0435\u0447\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u044c\u0435: \u0420\u0443<\/span>\u043a\u0438 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0447\u044c<\/em>!\u00bb <\/strong>[The mother shoes to the child who has taken a cookie without permission: Hands off!]<\/p>\n

\u00ab<\/strong>\u0420\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u044c\u0448\u0435<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0432\u0441\u0435<\/strong> <\/strong>\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0438\u0437\u0432\u0435\u0434\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044f<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0421\u043e\u043b\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438<\/span>\u0446\u044b\u0438\u043d\u0430<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0445\u043e\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u0438<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0438\u0437<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0440\u0443\u043a<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0432<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0440\u0443<\/span>\u043a\u0438<\/em><\/strong> <\/strong>\u0432<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0441\u0430\u043c\u0438\u0437\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0435<\/a><\/strong>\u00bb <\/strong>[Before all of Solzhenitsyn’s work went from hand to hand in samizdat<\/a>].<\/p>\n

\u00ab<\/strong>\u041f\u043e\u0431\u0435<\/span>\u0434\u0443<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0432<\/strong> <\/strong>\u043a\u043e<\/span>\u043d\u043a\u0443\u0440\u0441\u0435<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0445\u043e<\/span>\u0432<\/strong> <\/strong>\u043e\u043d<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0432\u0437\u044f\u043b<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0433\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044b\u043c\u0438<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u0440\u0443\u043a\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u0438<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb<\/strong> [He took home victory in the poetry slam competition with his bare hands]. (P.S. this sentence might be incorrect and weird, but<\/em> – \u00ab<\/strong>\u0447\u0442\u043e<\/strong> <\/strong>\u043d\u0430\u043f\u0438<\/span>\u0441\u0430\u043d\u043e<\/strong> <\/strong>\u043f\u0435\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u043c<\/strong>, <\/strong>\u0442\u043e\u0433\u043e<\/span><\/strong> <\/strong>\u043d\u0435<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0432\u044b<\/span>\u0440\u0443\u0431\u0438\u0448\u044c<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0442\u043e\u043f\u043e\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u043c<\/strong>!\u00bb <\/strong>[“What is written with a pen, that you can’t cut away with an ax!”, i. e. \u2018what is written is written’ or \u2018what is done is done’<\/em>].)<\/p>\n

Tonight at three in the morning I woke up by hearing the Russian national anthem at an extreme loud volume all around me. At first I thought it was a part of my dream, but then I opened my eyes and looked around me and realized that not only was I awake, but the national anthem was still in sounding my ears! I gathered that it was coming from a room above mine in the dormitory, and the easy to identify melody was entering into my room through the open window. (Now summer has come to the Urals – we like to skip the whole \u2018spring thing’ here – and sleeping with the window closed would mean waking up in a bath of sweat.) <\/em>Then I heard cars everywhere beeping and driving fast and people shouting and singing and suddenly I remembered last summer and thought to myself: “Probably Russia has won something… maybe hockey. It is too early for soccer, right?”<\/a> The national anthem was followed by my neighbors shouting to each other “Russia is the best!” and “We are the champions!” for about an hour. Until they were both out of breath and patriotism, I suppose, and decided to finally go to sleep. Doubtlessly, I love Russia. There’s always something happening in this country… Where else in the world would I be woken up in the middle of the night to \u00ab<\/strong>\u0441\u043b\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u044c\u0441\u044f<\/strong>, <\/strong>\u041e\u0442\u0435<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/strong>\u00bb<\/strong> and a city in complete blissfull chaos because of some sport related event?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since we’ll have to do without pictures here on our blog for a little while more, let’s pay close attention to the purely written side of Russian language instead, thus – Russian words and everything related to Russian words. I don’t know if anyone remembers that I wrote a few posts about Russian phraseology here…<\/p>\n

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