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[dr-waffles.livejournal.com]

Hello.

How do you say "Only asking - no need to be rude!" in Russian?

Thanks :)

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[mustangostang.livejournal.com]

Без грубостей - я просто спрашиваю!

[welgar.livejournal.com]

Я просто спросил. Хамить необязательно.

[miram.livejournal.com]

Не сердитесь, я просто спросил.

[oryx_and_crake]

сердиться is very much different from "to be rude".

[wordsofstealth.livejournal.com]

does it mean to be a pig?

[oryx_and_crake]

No, сердиться means to be angry. You can be angry without being rude. (E.g. you can be angry and totally silent.) And I think neither of these words has anything to do with a pig - why such an idea?

[wordsofstealth.livejournal.com]

Cerditsia sounds like the word pig in spanish

[oryx_and_crake]

Oh, I see. No, there is no connection. The most common Russian word for pig is свинья (clearly related to English "swine").

[wordsofstealth.livejournal.com]

yea, i knew that, just thought it might be a synonym

[russian-bob.livejournal.com]

If you asking for something:
Не надо грубить, я Вас всего лишь попросил(а).

if you asking a question:
Не надо грубить, я Вас всего лишь спросил(а).

[moon-aka-sun.livejournal.com]

Просто вопрос, ничего личного.

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

As you can see there's a bunch of different ways to say that in Russian :)) russian_bob's and mustangostang's versions seconded; helios256's is a less literal translation but also possible (and very expressive;-))

[botanik1.livejournal.com]

Чё, и спросить уже нельзя?