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[soidisantfille.livejournal.com]

Some practical questions...

The following phrases, in Russian, would have come in handy today when I went clothes shopping:

Can I try it on?
Do you have this in a bigger/smaller size?
Do you have it in a different colour?

Can someone translate?  Thanks!

Comments

[buddah-gautama.livejournal.com]

Can I try it on? - Можон это померять?
Do you have this in a bigger/smaller size? - У вас есть это большего/меньшего размера?
Do you have it in a different colour? - У вас есть это другого цвета?

[buddah-gautama.livejournal.com]

My mistake: Not "Можон" but "Можно"

You've misprinted -

[natha1ie.livejournal.com]

should be "можно".

Re: You've misprinted -

[buddah-gautama.livejournal.com]

Да, я знаю... Исправился...:)

[natha1ie.livejournal.com]

1. МОжно мне Это примЕрить?
2. У вас есть то же, но бОльшего/мЕньшего размЕра?
3. У вас есть (Эта вещь) другОго цвЕта?

[drmengele.livejournal.com]

Nobody speaks like suggested above, at least here in Moscow.

- Можно померить? (the clothes are in your hands)
- Есть размер побольше/поменьше?
- Есть другой цвет? or, with a bit different meaning, а какой еще есть цвет?

[ashalynd.livejournal.com]

Or even:
- А где можно примерить? (And where can I put that on?)
- А есть побольше/поменьше? - or - Мне нужно на размер больше/меньше. (I need a bigger/smaller size).
- А есть такая же/такой же/такое же,но (...) цвета? (Do you have the same thing but in (...) color?)

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

This is OK for a native Russian speaker, but obviously nobody expects a foreigner use those colloqiualisms-of-the-day instead of plain good normative Russian.

[ashalynd.livejournal.com]

It depends on the foreigner's level. I am a foreigner in the country where I live and I do use colloquialisms. It helps a lot to make communication easier.

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

A foreigner who asks 'how would one say "Can I try it on?"' is definitely still quite far from the level of using colloquialisms. You cannot write "War and Peace" before you master the alphabet, can't you? ;-)

[ashalynd.livejournal.com]

This is not the sort of things they put in textbooks, so you never know...

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

This is exacltly the sort of things they put in entry-level tourist phrasebooks, though.

[soidisantfille.livejournal.com]

Actually, learning the colloquialisms is sort of why I'm here. I'm fine with basic communication in Russian (most of the time) but every so often, I realize that I've never needed to say something quite normal before. Case in point: I was trying to buy a sweatshirt, but I needed a different size and what I said just prompted the salesgirl to speak back to me in English.

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Well, it's either she wanted to show off, or you still need to master the "basic communication" to a cerain level :)
Note that "colloquialisms" and "everyday speech" are not synonymous. The same person can sound illiterate or smart, depending on the vocabulary this person employs. What caused me to react was the vocabulary that, without the knowledge of "how to say that quite normal," would make you sound illiterate and/or low-life.

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Oh come on, you didn't think that a salesperson at a clothes shop would expect a foreigner, with an obvious foreign accent, to speak casual colloquial Russian?

The versions given above were correct, there was nothing wrong with them, it was good normative Russian, and nobody would expect a non-native speaker use colloquialisms-of-the-day instead.

[drmengele.livejournal.com]

Well, it seems like OP is able to make the direct translations (which were posted above) of these phrases by herself. The questions were exactly about everyday colloquialisms. About spoken Russian. Maybe I'm wrong tho.

[soidisantfille.livejournal.com]

You're right, I was looking for the colloquial way to say it. Thanks!