[identity profile] upthera44.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] learn_russian
I've accumulated a number of questions over the past few weeks, so I'm putting them all in one post, hopefully it is not overwhelming! Any help you could give would be great.

1. I've seen Jesus Christ written Иисус in Russian. But I've also heard Jesus referred to as something like "Ешуа" in Russian (for example, in the Russian serial film Master and Margarita). What's the difference between saying Иисус and Ешуа?

2. I read a list of verbs starting with the prefix "пред" which all mean roughly "to expect" or "to anticipate," but I don't think I've ever heard them used in actual conversation. Are the verbs предвидеть and предвкушать used? For instance, could I say "я предвижу, что ЦСКА выиграет" or would this sound strange and bookish? I know ожидать may be more commonly used.

3. What case does the verb перепутывать / перепутать use-- nominative, accusative, genitive, instrumental? For instance Я всегда перепутываю фейерверк(и/ов/ами) и салют(ы/ов/ами)?

4. How do you say "to pay someone back"? Is it just (за)платить кем–то? For instance, if someone lends you some money, can you reply: Я тебе заплачу завтра?

5. What's the difference between "к примиру" and "напримир"? Are they completely interchangeable?

Date: 2007-11-05 08:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] yurka-spb.livejournal.com
1. Jesus is Иисус. In Master and Margarita Bulgakov tried to imitate the old Jewish pronunciation to show that Woland is not retelling the Bible but telling how it "really happened".
2. These words are used in conversation but rarely than ожидать. Предвкушать is used when you expect to enjoy smth, предвидеть has no flavour of your own attitude, it just means forecast or foresee.
3. accusative
4. It is better to use "верну деньги". Я тобой заплачу завтра means something like "I am going to pay someone else and use you as a fee" which is probably not what you wanted to say.
5. I can not see the difference. But maybe it exists :)

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