Some help

[socialsodomy.livejournal.com]

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!

Comments

[kon_ka.livejournal.com]

Yes, it does sound slightly ruder. "привет" is the sort of colloquialism that is generally acceptable in any informal setting (though my mother used to reproach me for using even that when I was little), while "здорово" implies a certain camaraderie (some people would only use it with people they could get drunk together with, or something). Saying this to a brother or sister would also be OK, but not always so to one's father (depends a lot on a particular family). Essentially, when you want to be either a touch familiarly rude, or a touch jokey/ ironic (with a very good friend), you can use it. "Simpler" people might use it more generally.