Some help

Jun. 29th, 2005 11:51 am
[identity profile] socialsodomy.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] learn_russian
Hi! I am writting a letter to my friend in Tatarstan and I need some help with a few phrases. Thanks in advance!


  • Describing authorship: I mailed her a bunch of CDs and now I want to tell her about them. So, how would I say like "the disk by Leonard Cohen"? I suppose I could put his name in genitive case, like: "диск Леонарда Коэна." But then again, I would like to put his name in English because who is this "Леонард Коэн" guy?!?!

  • How do I say "airplane ticket" and "train ticket"? I know that "билет" is ticket but I don't know how to attach the mode of transportation to it ...

  • What is the gender of the city Казань?



Also, she uses the word "здорово" a lot, which I am told means like "fun." I have never heard this word spoken, but I am under the impression that it has a different accent than the word "здорОво" (accent on the 2nd "О") which means like "healthy." So, where does the accent go when it means like "fun"?

Thank you!

Re: So-o-o many meanings

Date: 2005-06-30 04:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mangiami.livejournal.com
For Polish, you can actually use that phrase with the same pronunciation, I think, and it means "cheers" when you drink. Correct me if I'm wrong. Maybe that is where the confusion arises.

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