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Question about the Russian Language

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Sar Just Starting Joined: 14 Jul 2004 Posts: 3	Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 3:14 am    Post subject: Question about the Russian Language Can someone tell me how to say a couple of words in Russian? As in, not the Russian alphaebet written, but kind of like he word hello, privet, written in English alphaebet. 1. Attention / Attention wanting 2. Icey / Ice 3. Different 4. Singer /Sing 5. Goodbye 6. I miss you Thank you!
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Brent Lounge Lizard Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Posts: 91	Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 4:30 am    Post subject: 1. Attention = Внимание (veenmAniyeh) 2. Ice = Лёд (loat) 3. Different = Другой (droogoy) 4. Sing = петь (pyet') 5. Goodbye = до свидания (dasvedAniya) 6. I miss you = я тоскую без Вас (ya tahskooyu bez vas) The above translations may be a little off, but close. Remember that in Russian there are different rules for pronounciation compared to English.
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she_is_in_wonderland Just Starting Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 7 Location: Moscow, Russia	Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 7:00 pm    Post subject: Hello, Sar! When dealing with language, there is no one exact translation of this or that phrase. Everything depends on the situation in which the phrase or word is pronounced and on the people to which you are communicating. Thus, here is my version of how some words and phrases you've posted may be translated. "Attention" if said when in transport in order to inform somebody to be careful = OstorOzhnej, ostorOzhno "I miss you" if said to a close friend =Ja skuchAju bez tebja (it means you miss the person at this particular moment and it's not soon that he\she returns back) Ja soskUchilsja (he misses), Ja soskUchilas (she misses) (the phrase may be used when two people has already met and one tells the other about his\her feelings, or they may be talking on the phone, or meeting rather soon). Well, it's my personal linguistic view here. It may not coincide with points of view of other people Truly, Masha
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AliceFromMoscow WayToRussified Joined: 10 Jul 2004 Posts: 411	Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 1:53 am    Post subject: attention - "vnimanie" [read vnee'munneeye] hmmm hard to say... do you know how they read in german?... what-you-see-is-what-you-pronounce... or something like that... if you dont need pronunciation then just type "vnimanie" ice - lyod, led different - type "drugoi", [read droo'goy] Singer - "pevets"(if you are speaking about a man)[read pye'vyets], and "pevitsa"(if you are speaking about a woman)[read pye'vitsuh" Sing - pyet' Goodbye - type "Do svedania" [read dosvee'dunniuh"] I miss you - if you mean that you miss a person when you didn't see him\her for a long time, type "ya po tebe skuchaiu" [read ya po tee'bie skoo'chaiu]
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