{"id":5631,"date":"2014-05-06T06:20:06","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T06:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=5631"},"modified":"2014-06-09T17:38:24","modified_gmt":"2014-06-09T17:38:24","slug":"fascinating-russian-things-you-didnt-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/fascinating-russian-things-you-didnt-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Fascinating Russian: Things you didn’t Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\u0447\u0430\u0439\u043d\u0438\u043a\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u0410, \u0411, \u0412 <\/span>are not just letters of the Russian alphabet but also words. Technically, there are 10 single-letter words in the Russian language: <\/span>\u0430, \u0431, \u0432, \u0436, \u0438, \u043a, \u043e, \u0441, \u0443, <\/b><\/span><\/span>\u044f<\/b><\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00ab\u0410\u00bb<\/b><\/span><\/span> – <\/span>conjunction, could be translated as <\/span>\u201cbut<\/b><\/span>, <\/b><\/span>while, and, while, as opposed to\u201d<\/b><\/span> in English. Example: <\/span>\u042f \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043f\u043e\u0447\u0438\u0442<\/b><\/span><\/span>\u0430<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u044e \u0441\u044b\u0440<\/b><\/span><\/span>\u0443<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u044e \u043c\u043e\u0440\u043a<\/b><\/span><\/span>\u043e<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u0432\u044c, <\/b><\/span><\/span>\u0430<\/b><\/span><\/span> \u043d\u0435 \u0432\u0430\u0440<\/b><\/span><\/span>\u0435<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u043d\u0443\u044e.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span>( I prefer raw carrots to cooked carrots.) <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00ab\u0418\u00bb<\/b><\/span> – conjunction <\/span>\u201cand.\u201d<\/b><\/span> \u042f \u043b\u044e\u0431\u043b<\/b><\/span>\u044e\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span>\u0438<\/b><\/span> \u043c\u0430\u043b<\/b><\/span>\u0438<\/b><\/span><\/span>\u043d\u0443, <\/b><\/span>\u0438<\/b><\/span> \u0435\u0436\u0435\u0432<\/b><\/span>\u0438<\/b><\/span><\/span>\u043a\u0443. <\/b><\/span>( I like <\/b><\/span>both<\/b><\/span> raspberries <\/b><\/span>and<\/b><\/span> blackberries.)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00ab\u0411\u00bb<\/b><\/span> – short form of the conjunctive particle <\/span>\u00ab\u0411\u044b\u00bb. Example: <\/span>\u0415<\/b><\/span><\/span>\u0441\u043b\u0438 <\/b><\/span>\u0431\u00a0<\/b><\/span>\u044f \u0437\u043d\u0430\u043b \u043e\u0431 <\/b><\/span>\u044d<\/b><\/span><\/span>\u0442\u043e\u043c \u0437\u0430\u0440<\/b><\/span>\u0430<\/b><\/span><\/span>\u043d\u0435\u0435, \u044f <\/b><\/span>\u0431\u044b<\/b><\/span> \u043e\u0431\u044f\u0437<\/b><\/span>\u0430<\/b><\/span><\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0448<\/b><\/span>\u0435<\/b><\/span><\/span>\u043b.<\/b><\/span> (\u00a0<\/b>Had<\/b><\/span> I known that ahead of time, I <\/b><\/span>would have<\/b><\/span> definitely gone. )<\/b><\/span> Conjunctive mood may pose additional challenges due to the fact that completely different parts of speech are used in Russian and English to express it; it just takes a little time to get used to \ud83d\ude42 . <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00ab\u0416\u00bb<\/b><\/span> – short form <\/span>(colloquialism) of the particle <\/span>\u00ab\u0416\u0435\u00bb. Example: <\/span>\u0427\u0442\u043e <\/b><\/span>\u0436<\/b><\/span> \u0442\u044b \u043c\u043d\u0435 \u0440<\/b><\/span>\u0430<\/b><\/span><\/span>\u043d\u044c\u0448\u0435 \u043d\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0433<\/b><\/span>\u043e<\/b><\/span><\/span> \u043d\u0435 \u0441\u043a\u0430\u0437<\/b><\/span>\u0430<\/b><\/span><\/span>\u043b?<\/b><\/span> (\u00a0<\/b>Why didn’t you<\/b><\/span>say something sooner? )<\/b><\/span> As you can see, the particle does not translate literally. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00ab\u0412\u00bb, \u00ab\u041a\u00bb, \u00ab\u041e\u00bb, \u00ab\u0421\u00bb, <\/b><\/span>and <\/b><\/span><\/span>\u00ab\u0423\u00bb<\/b><\/span> are prepositions. The exact translation will not be the same every time, but I will give you some examples. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u0412\u00a0<\/span>\u043a\u0430\u043a<\/span>\u043e<\/span><\/span>\u043c <\/span>\u044f<\/span><\/span>\u0449\u0438\u043a\u0435 \u0440\u0430\u0441\u0447<\/span>\u0435<\/span><\/span>\u0441\u043a\u0430?<\/span> (What drawer is the comb<\/span> in?<\/span>)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\u0423 \u0412\u0430\u0441 \u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0447\u0442\u043e-\u043d\u0438\u0431<\/span>\u0443<\/span><\/span>\u0434\u044c <\/span>\u043a<\/span> \u0447<\/span>\u0430<\/span><\/span>\u044e?<\/span> (Do you have anything that<\/span>goes with<\/span> t<\/span>ea?)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\u041e\u00a0<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u043c \u0432\u044b \u0441\u043f<\/span>\u043e<\/span><\/span>\u0440\u0438\u0442\u0435? <\/span>(What are you arguing <\/span>about<\/span>?)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\u042f \u043c\u043e\u0433<\/span>\u0443<\/span><\/span> \u043f\u043e\u0439\u0442<\/span>\u0438\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u0441<\/span> \u0442\u043e\u0431<\/span>\u043e<\/span><\/span>\u0439.<\/span> (I can go <\/span>with<\/span> you.) <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\u0423 <\/span>\u043c\u0435\u043d<\/span>\u044f<\/span><\/span> \u0431\u043e\u043b<\/span>\u0438<\/span><\/span>\u0442 \u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432<\/span>\u0430<\/span><\/span>.<\/span> (I have<\/span> a headache.) <\/span><\/b>As you can see, the preposition does not even translate into English in this case, but this is a very common use case in Russian: <\/span>\u0443 \u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f, \u0443 \u0442\u0435\u0431\u044f, \u0443 \u043d\u0435\u0433\u043e, \u0443 \u043d\u0435\u0435, \u0443 \u0440\u0435\u0431\u0435\u043d\u043a\u0430, etc. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00ab\u042f\u00bb<\/span> <\/b>– personal pronoun \u201c<\/span>I.<\/span><\/b>\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u041b<\/span>\u0430<\/span><\/span>\u0434\u043d\u043e, <\/span>\u044f<\/span> \u0441\u0430\u043c \u0432\u043e\u0437\u044c\u043c<\/span>\u0443<\/span><\/span>!<\/span> (OK,<\/span> I’<\/span>ll get it myself!)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

What you see below are examples of <\/span>\u043f\u0430\u043d\u0442\u043e\u0433\u0440<\/b><\/span>\u0430<\/b><\/span><\/span>\u043c\u043c\u0430<\/b><\/span> – a phrase where the letter composition is the same but the meaning is completely different and is defined by where the actual words start and end. Basically, the phrases consist of the same exact letters but they make up entirely different words \ud83d\ude42 . The first line, for example, translates as follows: <\/span>\u0437\u0430\u0434<\/b><\/span>\u0435<\/b><\/span><\/span>\u043b\u043e<\/b><\/span> \u2014 it rubbed me the wrong way <\/b><\/span>or<\/span> it touched me; <\/b><\/span>\u0437\u0430 \u0434<\/b><\/span>\u0435<\/b><\/span><\/span>\u043b\u043e<\/b><\/span> \u2014 <\/b>get started, get going (on something). <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Let’s see if you can translate the rest \ud83d\ude42 , add your translations in the comment section.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\u043f\u0430\u043d\u0442\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430\u043c\u043c\u0430\"<\/a>

\u043f\u0430\u043d\u0442\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430\u043c\u043c\u0430<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u0414\u043e \u0437<\/b><\/span>\u0430<\/b><\/span><\/span>\u0432\u0442\u0440\u0430!<\/b><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u0410, \u0411, \u0412 are not just letters of the Russian alphabet but also words. Technically, there are 10 single-letter words in the Russian language: \u0430, \u0431, \u0432, \u0436, \u0438, \u043a, \u043e, \u0441, \u0443, \u044f. \u00ab\u0410\u00bb – conjunction, could be translated as \u201cbut, while, and, while, as opposed to\u201d in English. Example: \u042f \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043f\u043e\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430\u044e \u0441\u044b\u0440\u0443\u044e…<\/p>\n

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