Thread: asking for suggestions

I'd like to ask my friend to bring a dictionary for russia for.
but I have no idea what to choose.
would you tell me the dictionary you're using?
could you discribe it for me..
many thanks.

Originally Posted by whinny

I'd like to ask my friend to bring a dictionary for russia for.
but I have no idea what to choose.
would you tell me the dictionary you're using?
could you discribe it for me..
many thanks.

I always use the Lingvo dictionary!!!

Originally Posted by Chuvak

Originally Posted by whinny

I'd like to ask my friend to bring a dictionary for russia for.
but I have no idea what to choose.
would you tell me the dictionary you're using?
could you discribe it for me..
many thanks.

I always use the Lingvo dictionary!!!

Me too. Perhaps, whinny is asking about paper dictionaries.

Originally Posted by whinny

a dictionary for russia for.

What do you mean? What kind of dictionary do you need?

I <HEART> my Katzner. It's fairly big and paperback though, so I'm not sure how well it'll really work out for you if you're travelling (I did take mine to Russia).

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/047101 ... oding=UTF8

ENGLISH - RUSSIAN
АНГЛО - РУССКИЙ
RUSSIAN - ENGLISH
РУССКО - АНГЛИЙСКИЙ
DICTIONARY

BY KENNETH KATZNER; Revised and Expanded Edition, " The only comprehensive English - Russian, Russian-English Dictionary based on American English

Whinny - am I understanding you right, that you have a friend who is willing to bring you a dictionary back from Russia?

In that case, you'd probably have to forget about the above (they don't seem to be Russian editions??? Are they? I any case, nice tip, thanks Haksaw & Barmaley )

IF it is a dictionary from Russia you're asking about, I'd say: ОЖЕГОВ!!!!

It has saved me many a time.

It's an explanatory dictionary (Russian-Russian), written by a Mr. Ожегов, and is generally known as THE Ожегов. If you tell your friend to ask for that in the bookstore, they'll know what to give him.

It has about 57000 words in it, and is very comprehensive.
Even if you have very bad Russian - like me - if you use it in combination with a good translation dictionary (that will be where the Katzner comes in), there will be very little that you will not be able to find.


BTW, what's your native language? Maybe there's a good Russian-X out there for you?


Barmaley & Haksaw: a test for your Katzner
What is "ГНУС" ?

(just asking because I ran into that word this week. And even my excellent Russian-Danish Gyldendals didn't have it - which is very rare. Mr. Ожегов saved me again. And I'm also looking for a good Russian-English )

After digging up for this word in Lingvo I found out that гнус is gnats.

Гнус - это еще гнусавый человек (в переносном смысле - гадкий, подлый, противный)

Originally Posted by BabaYaga

Barmaley & Haksaw: a test for your Katzner
What is "ГНУС" ?

Katzner has it:
Гнус n. bloodsucking insects (mosquitoes, gnats, etc.).

sorry,I forgot to check my spelling..

babayada is right.My friend is coming back from russia(the fareast)

my mother tongue is Chinese...But I'd like to learn english and russian at the same time.I'm a sophomor student in russian department.
<At same time I've got a TOEFL score(603+twe5.0)>
More suggestions?

Originally Posted by whinny

sorry,I forgot to check my spelling..

babayada is right.My friend is coming back from russia(the fareast)

my mother tongue is Chinese...But I'd like to learn english and russian at the same time.I'm a sophomor student in russian department.
<At same time I've got a TOEFL score(603+twe5.0)>
More suggestions?

What's the maximum TOEFL score???

Originally Posted by Barmaley

Originally Posted by BabaYaga

Barmaley & Haksaw: a test for your Katzner
What is "ГНУС" ?

Katzner has it:
Гнус n. bloodsucking insects (mosquitoes, gnats, etc.).

Well done, Katzner.
Ожегов describes it as a collective name for small, flying insects (so it wouldn't work for the mosquitos we have here - they're huuuuge! ) - which fits perfectly in the context that I encountered it in.

Cool:
http://www.kalliope.org/digt.pl?long...ence2001061705

Originally Posted by basurero

Cool:
http://www.kalliope.org/digt.pl?long...ence2001061705

Very cool!

Especially this bit:

It is your trump,
It is your hateful little trump,
You pointed fiend,
Which shakes my sudden blood to hatred of you:
It is your small, high, hateful bugle in my ear.

So true! I hate that small, high, hateful bugle too!