beer = пиво

[david-us.livejournal.com]

I know this video is extremely corny, nonetheless, she is a native speaker (Marina Orlova).

http://hotforwords.rt.com/lessons/beer/

I was very surprised with her pronunciation.

She seems to be saying - pee-voh. I have always pronounced it pee-vah. I always thought the unstressed "o" was pronounced like "a".

While we're on the topic of beer. I'm wondering if the following are correct and commonly used:

светлое пиво = pale ale (How is this different from лёгкое пиво?)
тёмное пиво = dark beer
разливное пиво = draft beer

How would you say, "light beer", as in low calorie? Or, do they not have that in Russia?

Also, beer comes in either a bottle (бутылка) or can (банка) - right?

If баночное пиво is "canned beer", then how would you say "bottled beer"? Is there an adjective for that?

Thanks!

David Emerling
Memphis, TN
 

Comments

[merry1978.livejournal.com]

As a linguist, I have to disagree. ;)

Бутылочное пиво is perfectly normal and is used in dictionaries as an example (see in a dictionary here:
http://www.gramota.ru/slovari/dic/?word=%E1%F3%F2%FB%EB%EE%F7%ED%FB%E9&all=x&lop=x&bts=x&zar=x&ag=x&ab=x&sin=x&lv=x&az=x&pe=x )

There is no word 'бутылированный', however. There is a professional term 'бутилированный', usually for water that is sold in bottles.

[vsjo-taki.livejournal.com]

Thank you.