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

[khathi.livejournal.com]

You never hears about low-calorie beer in Russia simply because it's never emphasized, like, say, in US. Technically low-alcohol beer will always be low-calorie as well, because of the way it's made: light beers use the wort with much lower density, which results in thin, watery beer with low alcohol and low caloric content.

[sart2003.livejournal.com]

Aha, I see. So in this case we can call it Слабоалкогольное пиво.

[khathi.livejournal.com]

Most probably. Or just "лёгкое пиво" -- to be frank, i couldn't notice the difference between American crappy beers (like, say, Coors or Bud Light) and Russian crappy ones like Клинское.