Thread: Cards: if you're fluent in Russian, please help me!!!!!!!

I NEVER say "крести" instead of "трефы". It's like saying "crosses" instead of "clubs". May be people who don't know other games except "Дурак" use this word, I don't know...
May be "go fish" is smth like "бери (из колоды)" ("take (from the deck)).

Originally Posted by pranki

diamonds -- буби

Бубны, карточная масть

— так называется третья по значению карточная масть; знак ее заимствован у французов, которые Б. называют carreaux, квадрат, как она и изображается. Бубнами у нас эта масть называется от нем. Schellen, бубенчики, как изображают немцы эту масть на своих картах.

Originally Posted by Milanya

Originally Posted by pranki

diamonds -- буби

Бубны, карточная масть

Yes, бубны is the right variant. But буби is more common in spoken language. And (funny thing!) we often speak буби but never decline this word (for example "бубейная" ) and always speak бубновая etc.

For Propp:
I and my friends know many card games, but we never say трефы, always крести. And I've never heard "трефы" in "home" games. Of course, I don't usually playing in elite casinos...

Originally Posted by pranki

Yes, бубны is the right variant. ...

Дама бубён варила бульон
И жарила десять котлет.
Десятка бубён украла бульон,
Котлеты украл валет.

Король бубён спросил про бульон
Котлеты он ждал на обед.
Десятка бубён вернула бульон,
Котлеты вернул валет.

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Yes, бубны is the right variant. But буби is more common in spoken language. And (funny thing!) we often speak буби but never decline this word (for example "бубейная" :) ) and always speak бубновая etc.[/quote]

O.K. this one lost me...are you saying that буби is how it's written down (not declined) but when it's spoken it's declined (бубновая, etc) ?

Originally Posted by SashaT

O.K. this one lost me...are you saying that буби is how it's written down (not declined) but when it's spoken it's declined (бубновая, etc) ?

Just don't decline буби in written or spoken language. And it's better to use бубны

I and my friends like pranki always said буби and крести and never трефы.