{"id":4007,"date":"2012-10-23T08:00:11","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T08:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=4007"},"modified":"2012-10-23T03:41:54","modified_gmt":"2012-10-23T03:41:54","slug":"fall-clothes-foul-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/fall-clothes-foul-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Clothes, Foul Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0414\u0414\u0422 - \u0427\u0442\u043e \u0442\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0435 \u043e\u0441\u0435\u043d\u044c (Official video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5KC-iscJtsI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It is definitely autumn now. The nights are finally <strong>\u0434\u043e\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e \u0445\u043e\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u043d\u044b\u0435<\/strong> (pretty cold) and the days are chilly too. And it is starting to rain more often. So it is time to put away <strong>\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u043d\u044f\u044f \u043e\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0436\u0434\u0430<\/strong> (summer clothing) and get out&#8230; what? Well, it\u2019s not quite cold enough for <strong>\u0437<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u043c\u043d\u044f\u044f \u043e\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0436\u0434\u0430<\/strong> (winter clothing) such as<strong> \u0448<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0431\u044b<\/strong> (fur coats) and<strong> \u043f\u0443\u0445\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span><\/strong> (dawn jackets). Yet it might be a bit too chilly for just <strong>\u0441\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u0440<\/strong> (a sweater).<\/p>\n<p>As<strong> \u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u043d\u044f\u044f <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u0435\u043d\u044c<\/strong> (early autumn) with its <strong>\u043f\u043e\u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0436\u0438\u0435 \u0434\u0435\u043d\u044c\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span><\/strong> (fair weather days) has ended and <strong>\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0437\u0434\u043d\u044f\u044f <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u0435\u043d\u044c<\/strong> (late autumn) with its <strong>\u043d\u0435\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0434\u043d\u0438<\/strong> (foul weather days) are approaching, we switch to<strong> \u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043c\u0438\u0441\u0435\u0437<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u043d\u043d\u0430\u044f \u043e\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0436\u0434\u0430 \u0438 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0431\u0443\u0432\u044c<\/strong> (shoulder season clothing and shoes).<\/p>\n<p>One type of <strong>\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0445\u043d\u044f\u044f \u043e\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0436\u0434\u0430<\/strong> (outerwear) that we might wear is<strong> \u043f\u0430\u043b\u044c\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span><\/strong> (coat).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u041c\u043e\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u0436\u0435\u043d\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0435 \u043f\u0430\u043b\u044c\u0442\u043e - \u043e\u0441\u0435\u043d\u044c 2011\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xSEzkjDPaEk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>How do you say \u201cI do not have a coat\u201d in Russian? Would it be\u00a0<em><strong>\u0423 \u043c\u0435\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044f<\/span> \u043d\u0435\u0442 \u043f\u0430\u043b\u044c\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span><\/strong><\/em> or <em><strong>\u0423 \u043c\u0435\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044f<\/span> \u043d\u0435\u0442 \u043f\u0430\u043b\u044c\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s say we need to go shop for <strong>\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043c\u0438\u0441\u0435\u0437<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u043f\u0430\u043b\u044c\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span><\/strong> (shoulder season coat). Of course, <strong>\u043f\u0430\u043b\u044c\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span><\/strong> can also be <strong>\u0437<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u043c\u043d\u0435\u0435<\/strong> (to be worn in the winter). How do you say, in Russian, that you ended up buying not one, but two coats, one for right now and one for the winter? Would you say\u00a0<em><strong>\u042f \u043a\u0443\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u0430 \u0434\u0432\u0430 \u043f\u0430\u043b\u044c\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span><\/strong><\/em> or <em><strong>\u042f \u043a\u0443\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u0430 \u0434\u0432\u0430 \u043f\u0430\u043b\u044c\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The great thing about the word <strong>\u043f\u0430\u043b\u044c\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span><\/strong> is that it does not change its endings no matter what case it is in or whether it is singular or plural. So here\u2019s what it would look like:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0423 \u043c\u0435\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044f<\/span> \u043d\u0435\u0442 \u043e\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u043d\u0435\u0433\u043e \u043f\u0430\u043b\u044c\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>.<\/strong> (I do not have a coat for the autumn) <strong>\u041a \u0441\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u044c\u044e, \u0432 \u043c\u0430\u0433\u0430\u0437<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0435 \u0431\u044b\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span> \u0440\u0430\u0441\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0436\u0430 \u0438 \u044f \u043a\u0443\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u0430 \u043d\u0435 \u043e\u0434\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>, \u0430 \u0434\u0432\u0430 \u043f\u0430\u043b\u044c\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>, \u043e\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u043d\u0435\u0435 \u0438 \u0437<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u043c\u043d\u0435\u0435.<\/strong> (Luckily, there was a sale at the store and I bought not one, but two coats, one for autumn and one for winter) <strong>\u041c\u043e\u0439 \u043c\u0443\u0436 \u043d\u0435 \u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b \u0432\u043d\u0438\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043d\u0430 \u043e\u0431\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u043a\u0438, \u043d\u043e \u043e\u043d \u043d\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span> \u043d\u0435 \u0441\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044b<\/span>\u0441\u043b\u0438\u0442 \u0432 \u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u0435.<\/strong> (My husband did not pay any attention to my new clothes, but he does not understand anything about fashion) <strong>\u041e\u043d \u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u0438\u0442 \u043e\u0434\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span> \u0438 \u0442\u043e \u0436\u0435 \u043f\u0430\u043b\u044c\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span> \u0443\u0436<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span> \u043b\u0435\u0442 \u043f\u044f\u0442\u044c.<\/strong> (He\u2019s been wearing the same coat for the last five years or so)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0412\u043e\u0442 \u0438 \u043b\u0435\u0442\u043e \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0448\u043b\u043e...\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sVpqRK3eSZw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So, in Russia we have<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u043d\u044f\u044f <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u0435\u043d\u044c<\/strong> &#8211; early autumn<br \/>\n<strong>\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0431\u044c\u0435 \u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u043e<\/strong> &#8211; Indian summer, which refers to the wonderfully warm and sunny days in the early autumn<br \/>\n<strong>\u0437\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u044f <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u0435\u043d\u044c<\/strong> &#8211; golden autumn, when the leaves turned golden yellow and scarlet red<br \/>\nand, finally, <strong>\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0437\u0434\u043d\u044f\u044f <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u0435\u043d\u044c<\/strong> &#8211; late autumn<\/p>\n<p>There are lots of wonderful Russian sayings about autumn. Many are about the unpredictably foul weather autumn brings us. For example,<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0412 \u043e\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u043d\u0435\u0435 \u043d\u0435\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u044c\u0435 \u0441\u0435\u043c\u044c \u043f\u043e\u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0434 \u043d\u0430 \u0434\u0432\u043e\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>: \u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0435\u0442, \u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0435\u0442, \u043a\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u0442, \u043c\u0443\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442, \u0440\u0432\u0451\u0442, \u0441\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0445\u0443 \u043b\u044c\u0451\u0442 \u0438 \u0441\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0437\u0443 \u043c\u0435\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0451<\/span>\u0442.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s see if we can make sense of this saying by analyzing the words:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u043d\u0435\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u044c\u0435<\/strong> &#8211; foul weather; this is one of those <strong>\u043d\u0435-<\/strong> words that does not have an opposite without the prefix <strong>\u043d\u0435-<\/strong>. The opposite of the adjective <strong>\u043d\u0435\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u043d\u044b\u0439<\/strong> is <strong>\u043f\u043e\u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0436\u0438\u0439<\/strong>; but for the noun <strong>\u043d\u0435\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u044c\u0435<\/strong> the antonym is <strong>\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0451<\/span>\u0434\u0440\u043e<\/strong> (notice, it is not <strong>\u0432\u0435\u0434\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span><\/strong> which means \u201cbucket\u201d) or just <strong>\u0445\u043e\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0448\u0430\u044f \u043f\u043e\u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u0430<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0435\u0442<\/strong> is the third person singular present tense form of <strong>\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u044f\u0442\u044c<\/strong> which means \u201cto sow\u201d. In the autumn, it is the rain that sows &#8211; <strong>\u0434\u043e\u0436\u0434\u044c \u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0435\u0442<\/strong>. This usually refers to a steady <strong>\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u043a\u0438\u0439<\/strong> (here: thin) rain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0435\u0442<\/strong> is the third person singular present tense form of <strong>\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u044f\u0442\u044c<\/strong> which means \u201cto blow\u201d. As you\u2019ve guessed, in the autumn <strong>\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u0440 \u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0435\u0442<\/strong> (wind blows).<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u043a\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u0442<\/strong> comes from <strong>\u043a\u0440\u0443\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/strong> (swirl). Again, it is something that wind might do, as in <strong>\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u0440 \u043a\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u0442 \u043e\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u0448\u0438\u0435 \u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u044c\u044f<\/strong> (wind is swirling fallen leaves)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u043c\u0443\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442<\/strong> comes from <strong>\u043c\u0443\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/strong> (to muddy) as in <strong>\u043c\u0443\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u0443<\/strong> (to muddy the water, both literally and figuratively). By the way, another meaning of the word <strong>\u043c\u0443\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/strong> is to be sick to one\u2019s stomach, for example, as a result of too much drinking or getting sea sick. Both meanings are reflected in a phrase <strong>\u043c\u0443\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0448\u0443<\/strong> (to feel disgusted of and sick of something or someone) as in <strong>\u0434\u043e\u0436\u0434\u044c \u0432\u0441\u0451 \u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0435\u0442, \u0432\u0441\u0451 \u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442 \u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0448\u0443<\/strong> (the rain keeps falling, keeps sickening my soul).<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0440\u0432\u0451\u0442<\/strong> comes from <strong>\u0440\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/strong> (to tear) &#8211; as in the line from an old song <strong>\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u0440 \u043e\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u043b\u0438\u0441\u0442 \u0441\u0440\u044b\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u0442<\/strong> (autumn wind tears off a leaf)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u043b\u044c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0451<\/span>\u0442<\/strong> and <strong>\u043c\u0435\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0451<\/span>\u0442<\/strong> come from verbs <strong>\u043b\u0438\u0442\u044c<\/strong> (to pour) and <strong>\u043c\u0435\u0441\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span><\/strong> (to sweep) &#8211; of course, rain <strong>\u043b\u044c\u0451\u0442<\/strong>. But can you guess what it is that <strong>\u043c\u0435\u0442\u0451\u0442<\/strong>? Sure, it can be wind. But it can also be <strong>\u043f\u043e\u0437<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0451<\/span>\u043c\u043a\u0430<\/strong> (low drifting snow). And late autumn in Russia can bring <strong>\u043c\u043e\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0437\u044b<\/strong> (freezes) and <strong>\u0441\u043d\u0435\u0433<\/strong> (snow).<\/p>\n<p>With this in mind, maybe buying <strong>\u0434\u0432\u0430 \u043f\u0430\u043b\u044c\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0is not such a bad idea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is definitely autumn now. The nights are finally \u0434\u043e\u0432\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e \u0445\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u043d\u044b\u0435 (pretty cold) and the days are chilly too. And it is starting to rain more often. So it is time to put away \u043b\u0435\u0442\u043d\u044f\u044f \u043e\u0434\u0435\u0436\u0434\u0430 (summer clothing) and get out&#8230; what? Well, it\u2019s not quite cold enough for \u0437\u0438\u043c\u043d\u044f\u044f \u043e\u0434\u0435\u0436\u0434\u0430 (winter clothing) such as&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/fall-clothes-foul-weather\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[253041,11797,13008,253040],"class_list":["post-4007","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-language","tag-golden-autumn","tag-russian-autumn","tag-russian-sayings","tag-weather-in-russia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4007","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\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4007"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4009,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4007\/revisions\/4009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}