Thread: Chapter 17 questions

Thanks, it-ogo.

Some more questions from the same chapter. These are translation exercises.

1. Please show me the light blue blouse.
Which one? This one?
No, on the left of the brown one.

--Покажите мне пожалуйста вот эту головую блузку.
--Какую? Эту? (Does this need to be in the accusative because it refers to блузку?)
--Нет, слева от коричневой.

2. Where's Misha?
He's gone to the store to buy a shirt and a sweater.
For his father?
No, for his brother. He'll return at four o'clock.

--Где Миша?
--Он пошёл в магазин покупать рубашку и свитер.
--Для отца?
--Нет, для брата. Он вернётся в четыре часа.

Here I'm not sure if the verbs should be in the imperfective or perfective.

Thanks,
Z

How about this one?

Olga went to the store, there bought a skirt, blouse, and shoes and after that went to a movie.
Ольга ходила в магазин, там купила юбку, блузку и туфли и после этого пошла в кино.

I'm not sure about imperfective/perfective here.

Thanks,
Z

Originally Posted by zorro

Ольга ходила в магазин, там купила юбку, блузку и туфли и после этого пошла в кино.

Perfect one.

Thanks, iCake.

Any help on the other two questions? (post #7)?

Z

Originally Posted by zorro

These are translation exercises.

1. Please show me the light blue blouse.
Which one? This one?
No, on the left of the brown one.

--Покажите мне пожалуйста ГОЛУБУЮ блузку.

--Какую? Эту? (Does this need to be in the accusative because it refers to блузку? - yes, Accusative!)

--Нет, ТУ, КОТОРАЯ слева от коричневой.

2. Where's Misha?
He's gone to the store to buy a shirt and a sweater.
For his father?
No, for his brother. He'll return at four o'clock.

--Где Миша?
--Он пошёл в магазин покупать рубашку и свитер.
--Для отца?
--Нет, для брата. Он вернётся в четыре часа.

Here I'm not sure if the verbs should be in the imperfective or perfective. --


Thanks,
Z

The second dialog is translated very well, excellent job! You can use either the imperfective form "покупать" (to emphasize the very process of buying - choosing, comparing etc.), or the perfective form "купить"(to just name a one-time act of buying).

Thank you, Yulia,

These are some more translations from the same chapter. I'm still not sure about imperfective/perfective.

1. We will go the the GUM, buy a present and then go to see Ivan Aleksandrovich.

Мы пойдём в ГУМ, купим подарок и потом пойдём к ивану Александровичу.

2. Where were you this morning?
I went to the store.

Где ты была сегодня утром?
Я ходила в магазин.

3. What happened in class today?
The professor had a cold and couln't talk.

Что случилось на задании сегодня?
Профессор простужен и не мог говорить.

Thanks again for your help,
Z