Thread: Can someone help me with this vocabulary please?

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I have been learning russian for about 2 months seriously and am working towards a russian GCSE on my own. I have looked up the following in a fairly comprehensive dictionary, however the entries seem to be quite lacking, mainly due to my apparant lack of russian grammatical knowledge. I would like to know how to express the following in russian. If theverbs take any special cases, then, if possible it would be great if I could be notified of this. Both aspects would be helpful too.

"to lie in" - as in sleep longer at the weekends for example.

"to be drunk" - I am aware there is no "to be" in russian, but is there a set phrase?

"to get drunk"

the adjective "strong", as in a "strong alcoholic drink, for example русская водка

the term for "homework", as in the work a pupil completes at school.

the word for "weekend"

the word for a "mobile phone"

the words for "to learn" and "to study"


Having studied German to a fairly (I am currently doing my AS level), I am aware that some languages distinguish from "learning" a language at school level, and "studying" a language at university. Is this the case in Russian? Or is there some other way the Russians make it clear, if at all?

Большое спасибо за помощь с русским язиком

Джек

Originally Posted by JackBoni

the adjective "strong", as in a "strong alcoholic drink

it's крепкий (крепкие напитки)

Originally Posted by JackBoni

the term for "homework", as in the work a pupil completes at school.

домашнее задание (sing.), домашние задания (pl.)

Originally Posted by JackBoni

the word for "weekend"

выходные (or уикенд, but it is not so common used)

Originally Posted by JackBoni

the word for a "mobile phone"

мобильный телефон or мобильник

Originally Posted by JackBoni

the words for "to learn" and "to study"

to learn - учить
to study - изучать or учиться

Originally Posted by JackBoni

Большое спасибо за помощь с русским языком

Originally Posted by JackBoni

"to lie in" - as in sleep longer at the weekends for example.

maybe валяться (в постели)

Originally Posted by JackBoni

"to be drunk" - I am aware there is no "to be" in russian, but is there a set phrase?

there is no "to be" in russian - why?
to be drunk - быть пьяным.

Originally Posted by JackBoni

"to get drunk"

If I'm not mistaken (if I've understood it in English right), it's "опьянеть" or "стать пьяным".

Originally Posted by JackBoni

I am aware that some languages distinguish from "learning" a language at school level, and "studying" a language at university. Is this the case in Russian?

Yes, something like that.

JackBoni:

Does anyone know how to say these in Russian? Both aspects with the verbs where possible.

to lie in - i lie in, I had a lie in etc..

to text (i.e send a message on your mobile phone)

a text - ie, a message that you send on your mobile?

to play on the computer

to play computer games/ a game

to be drunk

to get drunk

to have a hangover

How do you spell the name "Sergei Gurlukovich"?

Большое спасибо за помощь с русским языком

Джек

Lampada just deleted the double topic when I posted the answer, so my hard labor was swiped away. Uh, let's give it another try...

Does anyone know how to say these in Russian? Both aspects with the verbs where possible.

To change your aspect, just put по in front of a verb (поваляться, etc.)

to lie in - i lie in, I had a lie in etc..

лежать / валяться

to text (i.e send a message on your mobile phone)

слать сообщение

a text - ie, a message that you send on your mobile?

текстовое сообщение

to play on the computer

играть на компьютере

to play computer games/ a game

играть в компьютерные игры / в игру

to be drunk[quote:31kes6tu]
быть пьяным

[quote:31kes6tu]to get drunk

напиться

to have a hangover

страдать от похмелья

How do you spell the name "Sergei Gurlukovich"?

[/quote:31kes6tu][/quote:31kes6tu]
Сергей Гурлукович (sp?) Are you sure you spelled this, er, surname/patronimics right?

get drunk: пьянеть / опьянеть (напиться)
a link: пьянеть

a text - ie, a message that you send on your mobile?

Usually we say "смс" (эс-эм-эс).

Originally Posted by Оля

выходные (or уик-энд, but it is not so common used)

Originally Posted by Оля

Originally Posted by JackBoni

"to lie in" - as in sleep longer at the weekends for example.

maybe валяться (в постели)

А как же "лечь"??

Originally Posted by Yazeed

Originally Posted by Оля

Originally Posted by JackBoni

"to lie in" - as in sleep longer at the weekends for example.

maybe валяться (в постели)

А как же "лечь"??

Лечь - to lie (down). (Наверное, lie in тоже можно).
А почему тебе так сильно не понравилось "валяться"?

"to lie in" - as in sleep longer at the weekends for example.

Утром в постель лечь может только человек, который всю ночь где-то шлялся.
To sleep longer (at the weekends) = валяться в постели (когда не надо вставать на работу).

a text - ie, a message that you send on your mobile?

SMS (short message system)
СМС (эС-эМ-эС), эсэмэска; rare текстовое сообщение.

послать СМС,
получить эсэмэску.

Originally Posted by Rtyom

Lampada just deleted the double topic when I posted the answer, so my hard labor was swiped away. Uh, let's give it another try...

Кто первый встал – того и тапки

[quote=Оля]

Originally Posted by Yazeed

Originally Posted by "Оля":1qd25f38

Originally Posted by JackBoni

"to lie in" - as in sleep longer at the weekends for example.

maybe валяться (в постели)

А как же "лечь"??

Лечь - to lie (down). (Наверное, lie in тоже можно).
А почему тебе так сильно не понравилось "валяться"?[/quote:1qd25f38]

Не то, чтобы мне не понравилось, а то, что я беспокоился потому что всегда говорю "лечь" и, прочитав твой ответ, я думал, что всё это время я ошибался. Поэтому я так и отреагировал.))