Thread: Three sentences relating to food...

Hi.

I am trying to understand the different tenses in Russian and the book I am using is not very good. Could someone please help me translate these into Russian? I think once I have the answers I will be able to understand better how it all works.

- I am eating fish and chips
- I cooked fish last night
- I will buy fish tomorrow

- John and Andrew love carrots
- You ate vegetables last night
- We are cooking chicken for tea

Thanks for anyone who can translate these.

Andrew

- I am eating fish and chips. Я (сейчас) кушаю рыбку с картошкой.
- I cooked fish last night. Прошлым вечером я готовил(or приготовил) рыбу.
- I will buy fish tomorrow. Завтра я куплю рыбы.

- John and Andrew love carrots. Джон и Андрей обожают морковку.
- You ate vegetables last night. Прошлым вечером ты ел (вы ели) овощи.
- We are cooking chicken for tea. Мы (в настоящий момент) готовим цыплёнка к чаю.

Originally Posted by andrewsco

Hi.

I am trying to understand the different tenses in Russian and the book I am using is not very good. Could someone please help me translate these into Russian? I think once I have the answers I will be able to understand better how it all works.

- I am eating fish and chips = Я ем рыбу с чипсами (в настоящий момент)
Настоящее время

- I cooked fish last night = Вчера (прошлым) вечером (ночью) я приготовил рыбу.
Прошедшее время

- I will buy fish tomorrow = Я куплю завтра рыбу.
Будущее время

- John and Andrew love carrots = Джон и Эндрю (Андрей) любят морковь (you may use морковку but that depends on the context).

- You ate vegetables last night = Вчера (прошлым) вечером (ночью) ты ел овощи.

- We are cooking chicken for tea = Мы готовим курицу (цыплёнка) к чаю (do you really eat chicken with tea? )

Thanks for anyone who can translate these.

You're welcome, but usually people give their own variants of translation (well, maybe we've just done your homework and you'll remain uneducated )

Thanks guys.

No it's not homework - I am teaching myself, but I find that the book I am using gives verb tables which I find really confusing, I prefer to learn a word in the context of a sentance.

Just a few questions.

Завтра я куплю рыбы. OR Я куплю завтра рыбу

We are cooking chicken for tea

I don't think you understood this one correctly. What I meant was

We are cooking chicken for dinner - where I'm from in the North of England, we call dinner tea. I would say to my mother for example "What's for tea?" meaning "what's for dinner?"

Thanks
Andrew

Originally Posted by andrewsco

Thanks guys.

No it's not homework - I am teaching myself, but I find that the book I am using gives verb tables which I find really confusing, I prefer to learn a word in the context of a sentance.

Andrew

What about chicken for tea? I won't sleep tonight

I edited the above post - should answer your question.

Andrew

Originally Posted by andrewsco

I edited the above post - should answer your question.

Andrew

Oh, now I see.

Originally Posted by andrewsco

Завтра я куплю рыбы. OR Я куплю завтра рыбу

1. I will buy some amount of fish/water/pork/beef tomorrow.
Завтра я куплю [некоторое количество] рыбы.
Завтра я куплю [некоторое количество] воды.
Завтра я куплю [некоторое количество] свинины.
Завтра я куплю [некоторое количество] говядины.

2. I will buy one fish/bottle/pig/cow tomorrow.
Завтра я куплю [одну] рыбу.
Завтра я куплю [одну] бутылку.
Завтра я куплю [одного] поросёнка.
Завтра я куплю [одну] корову.

3. I will buy fish/water/pork/beef tomorrow.
Завтра я куплю рыбу.
Завтра я куплю воду.
Завтра я куплю свинину.
Завтра я куплю говядину.

Here рыба is not an animal but is a sort of meal.

Originally Posted by andrewsco

... in the North of England, we call dinner tea.

In Russia we call lunch dinner And we call dinner supper

1. I will buy some amount of fish/water/pork/beef tomorrow.
Завтра я куплю [некоторое количество] рыбы.
Завтра я куплю [некоторое количество] воды.
Завтра я куплю [некоторое количество] свинины.
Завтра я куплю [некоторое количество] говядины.

2. I will buy one fish/bottle/pig/cow tomorrow.
Завтра я куплю [одну] рыбу.
Завтра я куплю [одну] бутылку.
Завтра я куплю [одного] поросёнка.
Завтра я куплю [одну] корову.

3. I will buy fish/water/pork/beef tomorrow.
Завтра я куплю рыбу.
Завтра я куплю воду.
Завтра я куплю свинину.
Завтра я куплю говядину.

The words that you have put in brackets here - Iassume you Don't say them? So I would say Завтра я куплю рыбу / рыбы depending on which context I mean? It is just there for clarity?

I sometimes find brackets confusing as I'm not sure whether they are spoken, or are an alternative for a word (eg вечером (ночью))

Thanks
Andrew

Originally Posted by andrewsco

The words that you have put in brackets here - Iassume you Don't say them?

Yes! It is optional. I use square brackets for it.

Originally Posted by andrewsco

So I would say Завтра я куплю рыбу / рыбы depending on which context I mean?

Yes.

Originally Posted by andrewsco

I sometimes find brackets confusing as I'm not sure whether they are spoken, or are an alternative for a word (eg вечером (ночью))

Here is alternative. I use round brackets or slash for it

For example night can be both ночь and вечер.

<table border=1><tr><td>Time</td><td>Russia</td><td>Translation</td><td>US/UK</td></tr>
<tr><td>7:00-8:00</td><td>Завтрак</td><td>Breakfast</td><td>Breakfast</td></tr>
<tr><td>10:00-11:00</td><td>2-ой завтрак*</td><td>2-nd breakfast, tiffin</td><td>Tiffin, Lunch</td></tr>
<tr><td>12:00-13:00</td><td>Обед</td><td>Dinner</td><td>Lunch</td></tr>
<tr><td>15:30-16:30</td><td>Полдник*</td><td>Afternoon snack</td><td>5-o'clock tea</td></tr>
<tr><td>18:00-19:00</td><td>Ужин</td><td>Supper</td><td>Dinner</td></tr>
<tr><td>22:00-23:00</td><td>Поздний ужин</td><td>Late supper?</td><td>Supper</td></tr>
</table>

*usually for children

<table border=1>
<tr><td>time</td><td>Russia</td><td>translation</td><td>UK/US</td></tr>
<tr><td>06:00-09:00</td><td>утро</td><td>morning</td><td>morning</td></tr>
<tr><td>09:00-12:00</td><td>день</td><td>day</td><td>morning</td></tr>
<tr><td>12:00-18:00</td><td>день</td><td>day</td><td>day</td></tr>
<tr><td>18:00-21:00</td><td>вечер</td><td>evening</td><td>evening</td></tr>
<tr><td>21:00-00:00</td><td>[поздний] вечер</td><td>evening</td><td>night</td></tr>
<tr><td>00:00-03:00</td><td>ночь</td><td>night</td><td>night/morning</td></tr>
<tr><td>03:00-06:00</td><td>ночь/утро</td><td>night/morning</td><td>morning</td></tr>
</table>

Originally Posted by Wowik

<table border=1>
<tr><td>12:00-18:00</td><td>день</td><td>day</td><td>afternoon</td></tr>
</table>

I didn't know I could use tables here.

Originally Posted by Ramil

I didn't know I could use tables here.

"Disable HTML in this post" says this

Originally Posted by Wowik

Originally Posted by Ramil

I didn't know I could use tables here.

"Disable HTML in this post" say this

You can't have a guarantee that everyone on this forum has HTML turned on.

Originally Posted by Ramil

You can't have a guarantee that everyone on this forum has HTML turned on.

I think every browser has HTML turned on.

"Disable HTML in this post" means that <table> from text must be converted to &lt;table&gt; in the final HTML code it is useful if you quote some html code for readers

У меня это отображается вот так:

<table border=1>
<tr><td>time</td><td>Russia</td><td>translation</td><td>UK/US</td></tr>
<tr><td>06:00-09:00</td><td>утро</td><td>morning</td><td>morning</td></tr>

и т.д.

Originally Posted by Оля

У меня это отображается вот так:

Да, получается , что есть выключено в профиле "Always allow HTML:", то ничего не видно. Ну и зачем тогда всё это напопридумывали, если нельзя попользоваться?

Для тех, кому не видно, прикладываю табличку