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Russian Language and Culture
This category includes questions and answers relating to Russian, the Slavic language of Russia, its people and their culture.
1,156 Questions
What is the Italian translation of the Russian name 'Sasha'?
Sasha is the same in Italian and Russian.
Specifically, the name functions as a Russian loan name in Italian. It is a masculine proper noun. The pronunciation will be "SA-sha" in Italian.
How do you say Cheyenne in Russian?
1. Шайенн (shayenn).
2. (the Algonquian language of the Cheyenne) шайенский язык (shayénskiy yazyk).
How do you say evil in Russian?
Zlo ( noun)
Zloy ( adjective,male)
Zlaya (a., female )
Zloye (a., neuter )
Zliye (a., plural)
How many people in Kazakhstan are of Russian origin?
As of 2014, the population of Kazakhstan is 17,948,816. Current estimates put the Kazakhs of Russian ethnicity or origan as 23.7% of the population.
How do you say girl in Russian?
Rasiyskaya devochka = Girl from Russia
Russkaya Devochka= Russian girl (of Slavonic origin)
Russian is the English equivalent of 'rusa'. The Spanish word functions as an adjective or as a noun in a Spanish sentence. It may refer to the Russian people or to the Russian language.
How do you say does anyone speak English here in Russian?
Здесь кто-нибудь говорит по-английски? (Zdes' kto-nibúd' govorít po-anglíyski?)
Who said Russians lie for no apparent reason?
Peter Fleming, a British adventurer and writer, said that "Latins and Arabs lie to please; the British to cover up, but only the Russians lie without any discernible motive and often to their detriment. It's a way of life."
How many diphthongs are there in the Russian language?
A phonemic diphthong is a vowel sound which consists of two distinct articulatory parts, but behaves as a single phoneme and forms a single syllable. It is phonemically inseparable, therefore it can be perceived as a single vowel by some native speakers who do not notice its two articulatory parts.
Examples of true phonemic diphthongs in English (sounds, not letters): A in LATE, I in TIME, OI in POINT, O in HOPE, OW in TOWN.
According to this classic definition, Russian does not have any diphthongs.
What is sometimes called "diphthongs" in some Russian courses for foreigners, are not really diphthongs. They are combinations of "a vowel" + "semivowel й". The "semivowel й" is a sound very similar to the one represented by Y in English words like YET, YES, YARD, YOUNG etc.
So, we have combinations like АЙ (май, тайна), ОЙ (слой, пойма), УЙ (дуй, буйвол) and others. They are perceived as two distinct sounds by Russian speakers, and they are morphologically separable (compare: ДУТЬ "to blow" - infinitive - ДУЛ "blew" past - ДУЙ "blow!" imperative, where -Й is a suffix added to the stem).
Then, if the questions actually was "How many combinations of a vowel + й are possible in Russian?" then the answer is:
All the combinations are possible. There are 6 basic vowel sounds in Russian, so all the six combinations with Й can occur: АЙ, ЭЙ, ИЙ, ОЙ, УЙ, ЫЙ. Again, I mean sounds, not letters. In spelling there are more options: ЯЙ, ЕЙ, ЁЙ, ЮЙ are also possible, though they do not represent independent vowels.
The basic pronunciation rule is easy: the vowel quantity itself does not change (irregardless on being followed by Й or not), and Й is pronounce the way it is described above.
How do you say everything will be ok in the Russian language?
As in many languages there are many ways to say that everything will be ok that differ slightly in their applicability in different contexts. "Ð’ÑÑ‘ будет в порÑдке" (Vsyo budet v poryadke) would be very close to the original meaning. "Ð’ÑÑ‘ будет хорошо" is also close and is a line in a song by Mark Sobol: "Ð’Ñе будет хорошо, к чему такие Ñпешки? Ð’Ñе будет хорошо, и в дамки выйдут пешки! И будет шум и гам, и будет Ñчет деньгам. И дождички пойдут по четвергам"
Can non-Russians join the Russian army?
The only way a Non-Russian could join the Russian Army is that
1. Must have a Russian Passport
2. Must have a Russiam citizenship
3. normal requirement for any army, No criminal history, No drugs uses etc...
What is the religion of Slavs?
Christianity. Catholic (mostly Poles, Belarusians and Ukrainians in part, and others) and Orthodox (mostly Russian, Bulgarians, partly Belarusians, Ukrainians, Serbs and others).
The title Tsar or Czar is a reference to?
Julius Caesar
cant believe the above answer....it should be that it is the title of the former Emperors of Russia
actually Julius ceasar is the answer for a+
The title Tsar or Czar is a refers to the supreme ruler of Russia. The title of Czar, like the German title of Kaiser are derived from the Roman title Caesar referring to the emperor of Rome.
How do you become a contestant on Russian roulette?
Russian Roulette the game show? Or Russian Roulette the gun?
The game show:
The show has be canceled, and no longer has new contestants.
The gun:
You just need another willing play, a gun, and one bullet.
How do you say fire in Russian?
OGON' - pronunciation AGO:N' (n at the end is very soft, stress on O) The translation was kindly provided by an experienced Russian-Translation-Pros.com
Where can I find the Russian translation of A Clockwork Orange?
You can find this here http://lib.ru/INPROZ/BERDZHES/apelsin_j.txt
