cereal

[david-us.livejournal.com]

What do Russians call cereal ... like Corn Flakes?

For instance, how would they say, "I ate cereal for breakfast."

Thanks!

Comments

[apakin.livejournal.com]

Хлопья.

[romik-g.livejournal.com]

Каша?

[cherniavska.livejournal.com]

Я ела сухой завтрак(when it is not corn flakes) утром/Я ела кукурузные хлопья с молоком на завтрак.

I can't say for all Russians, that's how I translate it anyway. The thing is that Corn Flakes and any other cold cereal was not common in Russia until very recently so there is no an uniform translation.

[romik-g.livejournal.com]

хлопья, 1st comment ))

[colonelrabin.livejournal.com]

Хлопья. A direct copy "корнфлекс" is also in use.

[david-us.livejournal.com]

I just used Corn Flakes as an example. I'm mostly speaking of a general word for cereal. It could Rice Krispies, Froot-Loops, or whatever.

"What would you like for breakfast? Would some cereal be OK?"

How would you say that?

[chaosmalefic.livejournal.com]

хлопья

btw, I eat them only before going to sleep (second dinner, heh))) )

[elwen-tindomiel.livejournal.com]

хлопья с молоком, I suppose

[chaosmalefic.livejournal.com]

"Что бы Вы/ты хотел/хотели на завтрак? Хлопья подойдут?"

[apakin.livejournal.com]

«Что Вы хотите на завтрак? Хлопья подойдут?».
We eat cereal by itself very seldom. Usually with dried fruits and it's called «мюсли» (muesli).

[apakin.livejournal.com]

My friend eat it without milk :)

[elwen-tindomiel.livejournal.com]

some people prefer tea, for example :)

[colonelrabin.livejournal.com]

"Корнфлекс" became actually a generic term or a synonym for cereals. Of course, a Swiss-German word Müsli (not exactly cereals, I know) is also used, but in Your example, I would simply use "хлопья".

[oryx_and_crake]

Muesli and cornflakes are two very different things. Corn flakes with dried fruit are not muesli, they are corn flakes with dried fruit.

[zauberer.livejournal.com]

I even heard some people using the word "сереалы" (due to the lack of proper counterpart).

[apakin.livejournal.com]

Please, find the words «corn» or «flakes» in my comment. I told about cereal.
And cereal with dried fruits (or nuts) is muesli (http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8E%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B8).