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Using Pimsleur Russian studies - how does one say the word "Things"?? I cannot find the way that Pimsleur expresses the word "thing, or things" in my dictionary, or books. The tapes sound like "сего”, but my books say "вещи", I am confused............ :? Please translate: "Yesterday I (masc.) bought many things". Thank you........
Вчера я купил много вещей.
много сего means a lot of stuff, rather than things. it implies useless or non important things. you can also say он сказал много сего and it has the same meaning
Maybe in the following paragraph it has a meaning, otherwise I wouldnt use it
И паки некогда после правила моего, мнитмися, в полунощи или и дале возлегшу ми опочину(л. 293 об.)ти от труда, и абие сведохся в сон тонок. И приидоша ко мне в келию два беса, один наг, а другой ф кавтане, и взем доску мою, на ней же почиваю, и начаша мене качати, яко младенъца, и не дадяху ми опочинути, играюще бо. И много сего было у них.
It sounds way too archaic, it's like addressing a person with "thou"
Maybe it's "всего" not "сего" that you hear on your tape
Вчера я купил машину, пару дач и ещё много всего
Yesterday I bought a car, a couple of cottages and a lot more things of the kind
Да, действительно, очень похоже на старославянский язык :) Так сейчас уже давно не говорят и не пишут.Quote:
Originally Posted by adoc
yeah, I also think it's "много всего"
"Всё" here means "all [things]"
adoc: Your extract is really wicked indeed! Such a nice trip of a medieval sex- food- sense- deprived freak"