Can you give me the translation for the following words? I'm trying to name 3 Amur Tiger cubs at Marwell Zoo! Thank you for your help.
PRECIOUS
HOPE
TREASURE
RARITY
BIG CAT
REGAL
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Can you give me the translation for the following words? I'm trying to name 3 Amur Tiger cubs at Marwell Zoo! Thank you for your help.
PRECIOUS
HOPE
TREASURE
RARITY
BIG CAT
REGAL
Well , if you want precise translation (as in dictionary) here it is -
PRECIOUS - драгоценный
HOPE - надежда
TREASURE - сокровище
RARITY - oops, sorry I translated 'parity' :) Редкость
BIG CAT - большая кошка\ большой кот
REGAL - королевский
RARITY - раритет
REGAL - I think царский or just царь is better
That what I meant saying 'as in dictionary' . Then REGAL is adjective only, but if we translate those words with tigers in mind then it would be different. - depends on the author what she wants.
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That's interesting. Where is the zoo located?Quote:
Originally Posted by helen beevers
Call one of them Мурзик. Or Вася. Or Муся, if it is a girl.
BTW, I wonder, what are the most common names for cats in English?
as far as I discovered it located in Winchester, Hampshire, UKQuote:
Originally Posted by MasterAdmin
you can visit their site
Helen probably needs transcriptions also. Here's an approximate way to pronounce each of those words (I used ' to indicate which syllable is stressed):Quote:
Originally Posted by Aleph
PRECIOUS - драгоценный - drago'tzenniy
HOPE - надежда - nad'yezhda ('zh' is like the 's' in 'pleasure')
TREASURE - сокровище - sa'krovishe (not too sure about this one)
RARITY - Редкость - 'redkost (try to make the 'e' sound more like 'air' than 'red')
BIG CAT - большая кошка/ большой кот - bal'shaya 'koshka / bal'shoy kot
REGAL - королевский - karal'yevskiy
царский - 'tzarskiy (like the Russian 'Tzar/Czar/Csar')
Мурзик - Murzik (the 'r' is a little rolled, the 'u' is similar to put, not sure about the stress)
Вася - 'Vasya (make it an s like 'slip', not like 'phase')
Муся - Musya - sort of combine the two above I think :)
Russian is not an easy language for us Anglophones, Helen :wink:
@Propp: Cat names. Hmm. Not sure. How about Tiddles? :lol:
Always ready with an answer to the highbrow questions:Quote:
Originally Posted by Propp
http://www.petplanet.co.uk/petplanet/kids/topten.htm
http://www.pusscats.com/Cat_Names.htm
To these lists I'd add Chairman Miaow, obviously.