Thread: Random words

I was looking through my dictionary and I have found some words with which I have questions.

Kryl'tso - Porch (does that mean connected to a house with no covering above it?)

I found the words:
Kuzen and Kuzina

I know that 'Dvoyurodnyy brat' and 'Dvoyurodnaya sestra' mean cousin (male and female), but are the above also used for an abbreviated term?

I have asked this question before and I am not sure if the word has the same connotation as the other.

Attic - Mansarda, Cherdak

Is there a difference? Because I know in French attic is 'grenier', but I also found in my dictionary, that 'mansarde' means an inhabited attic. Does this have the same meaning in Russian? Mansarda meaning a place where people stay, and a cherdak meaning a place where things are stored?

How does one say 'hall' or 'hallway'? - Zal, Kholl

How does one say 'Welcome to my house'?
or just simply 'Welcome'

I believe that is all for now.

Thanks
Cnacu6o

Dunno Knave but you asked a couple of times about Beauty and the Beast. Did you ever have a look at the last post at http://masterrussian.net/mforum/viewtopic.php?t=3877

Originally Posted by Knave

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Kryl'tso - Porch (does that mean connected to a house with no covering above it?)

Or just 'steps' ( a few usually )
Yes, it is supposed to be connected to a house, sometimes with a covering above it, sometimes without it.

Originally Posted by Knave

I found the words:
Kuzen and Kuzina

I know that 'Dvoyurodnyy brat' and 'Dvoyurodnaya sestra' mean cousin (male and female), but are the above also used for an abbreviated term?

Кузен/Кузина are just old-fashioned variants of Двоюродный брат/сестра.

Originally Posted by Knave

I have asked this question before and I am not sure if the word has the same connotation as the other.

Attic - Mansarda, Cherdak

Is there a difference? Because I know in French attic is 'grenier', but I also found in my dictionary, that 'mansarde' means an inhabited attic. Does this have the same meaning in Russian? Mansarda meaning a place where people stay, and a cherdak meaning a place where things are stored?

Yes, that's true

Originally Posted by Knave

How does one say 'hall' or 'hallway'? - Zal, Kholl

Also вестибюль, фойе, коридор

Originally Posted by Knave

How does one say 'Welcome to my house'?
or just simply 'Welcome'
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Добро пожаловать [ в мой дом ]!

Зал is also a hall like a large building (music hall)

This is concerning the website Mike had given me...

Thank you Mike, but I wasn't able to download the stuff on that website.

Sorry, but thanks so much anyway. I appreciate your effort. My computer

would not let me download them.

Kryl'tso

http://images.yandex.ru/yandsearch?styp ... %EE&isize=