| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
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| Quick translations | 7/9/2009 | Anatoli |
Q: I need to know, for story purposes, the English spelling of the Russian words for 'strawberry' and ...
A: Here are the tranlsations: strawberry: ...
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| How to pronounce and write ярость in Roman alphabet. | 7/7/2009 | Anatoli |
Q: I'm writing a short story for class where a Russian boxer uses the name ...
A: "ярость" is pronounced "yarost'" or simpler "yAHrast'". The ...
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| Question about Russian case system | 7/2/2009 | Anatoli |
Q: I'm learning Russian, and have a quick question I hope you can help with... it concerns proper usage ...
A: Your question is not about the case system, the case system or declension is for nouns, pronouns, ...
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| Translation | 7/2/2009 | Anatoli |
Q: I'm hoping you might be able to translate something in Russian I have just heard in a movie. The ...
A: In Russian: Сейчас, сейчас! ...
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| translation from eng to russian | 7/1/2009 | Maria Kuruskina |
Q: need help to translate the following into Russian: teamwork cooperation contribution celebrating ...
A: teamwork командная ...
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| phonetic Russian translation to English -- more | 7/1/2009 | Anatoli |
Q: Could you translate this into English please? Dorogoy, spasibo za tepli vecher, kotori u nas bil . ...
A: >>я очень ...
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| phonetic Russian translation to English | 7/1/2009 | Anatoli |
Q: Could you translate this into English please? Dorogoy, spasibo za tepli vecher, kotori u nas bil . ...
A: In Russian (Cyrillic script): Дорогой, ...
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| Цесаре́вич vs. Царе́вич | 6/28/2009 | Maria Kuruskina |
Q: What is the difference between Цесаре́вич ...
A: Цесаре́вич - the heir to the throne ...
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| Surnames | 6/26/2009 | Maria Kuruskina |
Q: I was just wondering if you knew the meaning and/or origin of a few more Russian surnames: Atepko ...
A: before I make any inquiries to answer your question, can you explain to me why you need it? i mean, ...
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| Russian surname | 6/20/2009 | Anatoli |
Q: do you know the meaning, origin and possibly other information about the Russian surnames Atarskih, ...
A: I can only provide the Russian script and a more standard romanisation. Atarskih, Atazhahov and ...
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| Russian surname | 6/19/2009 | Maria Kuruskina |
Q: I was wondering if you could help me. Would you be able to provide the meaning, origin, or other ...
A: Agalakov - Agalak - is a Turk name, so the surname might originate from a number of countries. ...
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| Russian surname | 6/19/2009 | Maria Kuruskina |
Q: I was wondering if you could help me. Would you be able to provide the meaning, origin, or other ...
A: In fact, it is not a Russian surname. It consists of two words Atalla and khan. Atalla - is ...
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| Formal vs. Informal - Follow-up | 6/12/2009 | Natasha Kozyreva |
Q: I was just wondering at what point Russians begin to use informality when addressing someone... "Ti" ...
A: Greetings Mick, You're most welcome :) If you'd like to invite someone to call you ...
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| Formal vs. Informal | 6/11/2009 | Natasha Kozyreva |
Q: I was just wondering at what point Russians begin to use informality when addressing someone... "Ti" ...
A: This is an interesting question and I had to think about it for some time. The register of a ...
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| How to say 3 sentences in Russian | 6/7/2009 | Liliya |
Q: I need to see phonetic translation, i dont understand the russian alphabet. thank you so much!!! ...
A: If you are going to use these sentences as a greeting and you are planning to say them all at once, ...
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| RI | 6/4/2009 | Natasha Kozyreva |
Q: Many thanks for sorting out “blini” and “blintz” so definitively! Today I was wanting to ask about ...
A: You're most welcome. The situation with religious education in Russian schools isn't settled yet. ...
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| “blini” and “blintz” | 6/3/2009 | Natasha Kozyreva |
Q: For Russian-style pancakes, English seems to use both “blini” and “blintz”. Please could you give ...
A: I was rather baffled by the word blintz at first, then I thought it might come from the mildly ...
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| Pronunciation Question | 5/21/2009 | Natasha Kozyreva |
Q: I am studying Russian and have a question regarding a pronunciation exception. I understand that " ...
A: I'm not sure why this is do, but I reckon the explanation may be simple: there must have been a ...
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| Translation | 5/21/2009 | Natasha Kozyreva |
Q: I have a Russian friend whose favorite quote is : В жизни ...
A: At first this phrase seemed a bit strange to me, but now I guess it may be a pun on the famous ...
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| Name written in Cyrillic script | 5/20/2009 | Anatoli |
Q: I am trying to find the name Anatoly written in Cyrillic script, I am having a had time finding a ...
A: My name is Anatoli (same as Anatoly) and I write it as ...
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| my name | 5/18/2009 | Natasha Kozyreva |
Q: can you help me please, as i would really like to know my name, Jack Challis, in Russian and in the ...
A: It's just that I thought your name might be pronounced Shah-lee. As you say it is Cha-lis, then the ...
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| Translation | 5/17/2009 | Natasha Kozyreva |
Q: How would you translate the phrase "I am as I am"? Also, how would you pronounce the translation?
A: The translation is either Я такой, ...
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| Stalin's order 227 | 5/14/2009 | Liliya |
Q: i am struggling to pronounce "ni shagu nazad" or phonetically "nee shAhgu nazAhd" is it nee as in ...
A: Here you go John, Ни шагу назад – ...
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| Grammatical forms | 5/2/2009 | Liliya |
Q: How are qualified these grammatical forms such as: ...
A: As you already know, adjectival participles are formed out of verbs. The verbs that end with the ...
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| луна́ | 4/30/2009 | Natasha Kozyreva |
Q: As I think I've mentioned before, I live in Turkey. I am currently doing a Turkish course, and the ...
A: I believe that in this case the Russian word is used similarly to the English one. The dictionary of ...
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| который | 4/29/2009 | Maria Kuruskina |
Q: Could you give me some examples in Russian language about how to use ...
A: который - is a relative pronoun, masculine gender, which ...
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| Russian Prayer in Cryllic | 4/29/2009 | Liliya |
Q: Would you be able to write this prayer in cryllic for me? (I wanted to get this phrase into a ...
A: Here you go: Во имя Отца и ...
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| Grammatical forms | 4/28/2009 | Liliya |
Q: How are qualified these grammatical forms such as: ...
A: The forms you mentioned are known in Russian as ...
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| Russian Proverb | 4/12/2009 | Gary Goldberg |
Q: Do you know the English equivalent of this Russia proverb: кому ...
A: Кому́ война́, а ...
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| Phonetics | 4/11/2009 | Natasha Kozyreva |
Q: I was wondering if you could give me the English phonetics for the following ...
A: I've found some sites that can partly answer your question so I'll refer you to them: ...
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| по | 4/8/2009 | Natasha Kozyreva |
Q: Please, what is the exact meaning of по in ...
A: Unfortunately, there is no such word in the dictionary of etymology available to me, so I can only ...
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| how do you spell this last name in Russian | 4/7/2009 | Anatoli |
Q: In english it sounds like Katchuke
A: The correct name is Tkachuk (Tkah-chOOk), with the 2nd syllable stressed. T and K are pronounced ...
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| spelling of surname sounds like shore-i-a-cough | 4/7/2009 | Liliya |
Q: i'm trying to locate an old friend of mine who happens to be a contractor and don't remember how he ...
A: It's hard to say what exactly the last name you are talking about is, but the closest one I can ...
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| Translation in Russian Script | 4/6/2009 | Anatoli |
Q: Could you please translate the following for me,as it is needed in Russian script in the project i ...
A: I'm sorry but this is not in Russian. If you want to say "integration program" it's ...
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| How to say | 4/3/2009 | Natasha Kozyreva |
Q: I have a new dog and want to call it puppy. But would like to know how I say it in Russian. What I ...
A: Greetings Adrian, So you want to know the pronunciation of the Russian word for "puppy". "Puppy" ...
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| Russian Cyrillic Writing | 3/30/2009 | Natasha Kozyreva |
Q: Greetings- I found a booklet and a document in my Lithuanian grandmother's possessions. I can't ...
A: You're most welcome. Unfortunately I still can't make out those letters and neither can the people ...
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| Russian Cyrillic Writing | 3/30/2009 | Natasha Kozyreva |
Q: Greetings- I found a booklet and a document in my Lithuanian grandmother's possessions. I can't ...
A: This paper is a leave warrant. Unfortunately some of the letters in the name (the handwritten words ...
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| Name Translation. | 3/22/2009 | Natasha Kozyreva |
Q: Ok, so I've been writing my name in the Cyrillic alphabet but I've been translating it letter for ...
A: There may be several variants a name can be transliterated so I perfectly understand your having ...
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| russian name translation | 3/21/2009 | Natasha Kozyreva |
Q: could help me put ''vladimir ivanovich pozdnyakov'' in the russian alphabet, if you can help i will ...
A: That would be Владимир ...
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| Spelling I bulgarian | 3/18/2009 | Maria Kuruskina |
Q: How do I write Ivanoff using bulgarian/Russian letters. It is my last name and want to know how it ...
A: Иванов (in Russian), I don't know Bulgarian, the spelling might ...
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