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  1. January 2nd, 2011, 06:40 AM #1
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    нерпенок

    What's the base word for нерпенок?
    thanks!!

    Сотрудникам иркутского нерпинария пришлось встречать праздник на работе, но ученые были только рады. Впервые в неволе у байкальских тюленей Тита и Несси родился нерпенок.
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  2. January 2nd, 2011, 06:45 AM #2
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    нерпа, the only fresh-water seal in the world.

    Байкальская нерпа — Википедия

    Edit: wiki says there are other two, didn't know that.
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  3. January 6th, 2011, 08:00 PM #3
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    The 2nd one is Ладожская кольчатая нерпа. The 3rd one is ?
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    кот - котёнок
    галка - галчонок
    нерпа - нерпёнок
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    Quote Originally Posted by alexsms View Post
    The 2nd one is Ладожская кольчатая нерпа. The 3rd one is ?
    ...в Ладожском озере обитает ладожская (Phoca hispida ladogensis), а в озере Сайма — сайменская (Phoca hispida saimensis) — подвиды кольчатой нерпы. [wiki]

    BTW, the original phrase is weird. I think it'd be more natural to say "у байкальских нерп родился нерпенок" or "у байкальских тюленей родился тюлененок". Otherwise it sounds like a strange natural phenomenon.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gRomoZeka View Post
    BTW, the original phrase is weird. I think it'd be more natural to say "у байкальских нерп родился нерпенок" or "у байкальских тюленей родился тюлененок". Otherwise it sounds like a strange natural phenomenon.
    Technically, yes. But i think they wanted to avoid tautology and wanted to make it sound more interesting, because the word "нерпёнок" quickly draws attention, it sounds very funny and lovely for a Russian ear, not as interesting as "тюленёнок".
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  7. January 6th, 2011, 10:13 PM #7
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    because the word "нерпёнок" quickly draws attention, it sounds very funny and lovely for a Russian ear
    True!
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  8. January 6th, 2011, 10:30 PM #8
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    Btw, anyone got scared reading this?

    Нерпа — вершина в пищевой цепи в экосистеме Байкала. Единственный источник опасности — человек.
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  9. January 6th, 2011, 10:34 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Basil77 View Post
    Btw, anyone got scared reading this?
    No. I got scared by reading this:
    Нерпа — вершина в пищевой цепи в экосистеме Байкала.
    So it only looks cute, but in reality it harass everything else that lives in Baikal. ))
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  10. January 6th, 2011, 11:32 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by sperk View Post
    What's the base word for нерпенок?
    thanks!!
    so it's нерпа.

    but how would you call this child of нерпа in English? seal cub? or seal pup?
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