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[fiachasorcha.livejournal.com]

slightly silly question, but how would one say 450? I've never been very good at hundreds.

четиресот пятдесять?



also, would anyone happen to know where I could hear a Russian alphabet song. You know the type, the things people teach their kids so they can learn the language. I have never really learned the alphabet, or rather what order it all goes in, and I'm thinking it might be smart to learn that before much longer.

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[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

четыреста пятьдесят

declension applies to both words: четырёхсот пятидесяти (genitive), четырёмста пятидести (dative) etc.

[fiachasorcha.livejournal.com]

wow, that's not at all how I expected it to be. thank you, especially since I would have looked even sillier if I had gotten that wrong while giving my presentation on the 450 pound squid just caught...

[fiachasorcha.livejournal.com]

also, I have a spelling question. I thought ь came at the end of all numbers 50 and over. But perhaps it's all numbers over 50?

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Actually, all three 2-digit numbers below 40: десять, двадцать, тридцать. Сорок (40) is another story, and then you have пятьдесят, шестьдесят, семьдесят etc.
Why don't you look up a dictionary first? it's all there :))

[nymphatacita.livejournal.com]

My russian prof taught me this: all russian numbers can only have one soft sign. that's why "shest'decyat" doesn't have one at the end (there's one in the middle).

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

450 pound squid would be "четырёхсотпятидесятифунтовый кальмар" or "кальмар весом в четыреста пятьдесят фунтов". Not that anybody in Russia counts in pounds, though, so you may want to transfer pounds into kilograms first (one pound is close to 0.4 kg.)

[fiachasorcha.livejournal.com]

it actually was kilograms, I'm just the typical american who tends to misspeak into pounds.

[oryx_and_crake]

четыремстам пятидесяти?

[2007april.livejournal.com]

четырёмста пятидесяти (dative case)

[oryx_and_crake]

I don't think so. четыремстам пятидесяти, четырьмястами пятьюдесятью.

[2007april.livejournal.com]

yes, you are right. I missed one letter

[sogno-lasciato.livejournal.com]

четыреста пятьдесят

[miram.livejournal.com]

AFAIR there is no Russian alphabet song, at least widely used.
There are, however, several poems for children about the alphabet.
It was discussed about 1.5 years ago:
http://community.livejournal.com/learn_russian/300084.html

[fiachasorcha.livejournal.com]

thank you! they keep telling us that the alphabet isn't THAT important, but I can't help but think it's something I should learn before I'm officially at an "advanced" level (I know, you'd never guess from the questions I ask)

[miram.livejournal.com]

The alphabet IS important :) Just as the multiplication table is important in maths.