few words in sentences (RU->EN)

I got another mail from this girl, who is studying at university, yet seems to have difficulties spelling russian words. Thought spelling was piece of cake in a phonetic language.

Are the red words spelled wrong ? What should they be ? And what do they mean ?

Могу ли я у вас
попросить еще какое <font color=red>нибудь</font> фото в простой <font color=red>жизненой</font>(естественной) обстановке.

I know естественной = natural - But what is the other word ? And how to they differ ?

В марте у меня будет <font color=red>сесия</font> в институте
Best guess is sessions (she is going to lectures).

Если быть <font color=red>откравенной</font> то мне трудно представить

I think I got the meaning, so it is more curiosity about the words

Yes, she spelled some words a bit wrong. I would put a hyphen between какое and нибудь: какое-нибудь. The next word should be "жизненной", and she means here "everyday life." So she wanted a picture in some everyday or "natural" setting. The next word - сессия - means exam week. As for откравенной, it's got to be the word откровенный in the feminine instrumental(the o is unstressed in this word, which is why she spelled it like that). She means to be open or frank.

About spelling in a phonetic language being easy, that's exactly the type of spelling mistake she made: spelling everything phonetically :)

Using my paper dictionery instead of the computer, I found that откравенной = открoвенной = frankly. So this is another example of the phonetic language being not-so-phonetic-after-all :roll:
You still did not tell waht какое-нибудь means. But this combination means any.

Thanks for the help this time.

I did not tell you what "kakoe-nibud" means because I thought you already knew this word :) It means "any" or "some sort of." The -nibud ending is what gives it that meaning; if it was "kakoe-to", it'd be referring to a specific thing, a photo in this case. You can use these endings with other question words as well; for example "kto-nibud"(some person), "kto-to"(some specific person).

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Originally Posted by povlhp

Могу ли я у вас попросить еще какое <font color=red>нибудь</font> фото в простой <font color=red>жизненой</font>(естественной) обстановке.

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какое-нибудь is one word (= some). жизненной = adj. everyday

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Originally Posted by povlhp

В марте у меня будет <font color=red>сесия</font> в институте Best guess is sessions (she is going to lectures).

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You are right. The right spelling is "сессия".

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Originally Posted by povlhp

Если быть <font color=red>откравенной</font>, то мне трудно представить ...

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The right spelling is "откровенной" (= forthright). btw, "Если быть откровенной, ..." is an ideom like "Честно говоря, ...".

More help please:

The 2 translation engives I use are a bit weak on this:

Поэтому радоваться вместе пасхальным праздникам не получится.

It is the 2 words they seems to have trouble with. My own dictionary translation comes up with:
Therefore please together easter holiday not receive/turn-out.

So - she prefers me not to come visit her during easter ? The please/радоваться word is confusing here.

Machine translations gives:
Therefore to be pleased together to easter holidays will fail.
Therefore to be glad at together Easter holidays will not come out.

Something like "So we can't enjoy Easter together; it won't work out." As for if that includes you, I need more context. Perhaps she's talking about her relatives or something.

I know the context, and it involves me ;-) Easter is too close to examn for her.

But here is the context
Мой учебный план немного изменился, следующую сессию перенесли на апрель (с 18 апреля по 7 мая). Поэтому радоваться вместе пасхальным праздникам не получится.

BTW: Do russians know that easter is march 20 to march 28th ? New Year is at another time I have been told. As far as I can see, the eastern easter is later than the western easter. When is the Easter in Russia 2005 ?

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Originally Posted by povlhp

I know the context, and it involves me ;-) Easter is too close to examn for her.

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Yes, it means that she will be busy because of the exams and Pravit's translation is absolutely correct. As for your coming, I think it's better to ask her directly.

I have asked her, just waiting for answer. I think they main problem, given the dates above, is that I am thinking western easter, she is thinking russian easter (5th of may)