Are you married?

[david-us.livejournal.com]

I ran into a nice elderly Russian couple the other day at the Detroit airport. They could speak a little English, but not much. I could tell they were very excited to be conversing with somebody that, at least, halfway understood them.

I was pretty sure they were married, but I wasn't sure. It occurred to me to ask, but then it entered my mind, "How do I ask them (together), whether they are married to one another?"

In Russian, I recalled that there was a specific way to say that a woman is married and that there was a different way to say that a man is married. What is the generic way of asking two people, together, whether they are married?

Would, "Вы женаты друг с другом?" have been appropriate?

While we're on the topic: What if I was only talking to a woman - how would I ask her if she was married?

And then, what about a man?

Thanks!

David Emerling
Memphis, TN

Comments

[devitor.livejournal.com]

Don't mess things up, question 'вы женаты?' could not be understood wrong way - if one say it without any wrong expression, of course