Thread: How to say, "What's this in Russian"?

Hi,

I'm in Kazakhstan at the moment with work and I am trying to speak as much Russian as I can. There is one phrase that would be really useful and that is to be able to say "What is the word for <this> in Russian?" or "How do you say <this> in Russian?"

For example I was trying to ask what the word for glass was yesterday but I could get the girl to understand my question.

As simple as possible so that I am understood please.

Thank you
Andrew

Как по-русски (then the word you want).

say it like: cock pah rooski glass.
How do you say glass in Russian.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by sperk

cock pah rooski

It's "cock" only in American pronunciation.

andrewsco is from UK, so it's better to say for him that it's "kah-k".

Originally Posted by Оля

Originally Posted by sperk

cock pah rooski

It's "cock" only in American pronunciation.

andrewsco is from UK, so it's better to say for him that it's "kah-k".

Of course, we don't know where in the UK Andrew is from, so 'cock' might still be OK. Although, most everybody from the UK knows what an American sounds like, so if you say, "Say 'cock' like an American would", it would probably work. Of course, it would probably also sound like a joke, considering the other meaning of the word. :"":

Originally Posted by Matroskin Kot

Of course, we don't know where in the UK Andrew is from, so 'cock' might still be OK.

I really wonder where in the UK the pronunciation is like that.

(tell me, where it is, and I will never go there )

[quote=Оля]

Originally Posted by "Matroskin Kot":3ke88y98

Of course, we don't know where in the UK Andrew is from, so 'cock' might still be OK.

I really wonder where in the UK the pronunciation is like that.

(tell me, where it is, and I will never go there )[/quote:3ke88y98]

I really haven't any idea, I was just suggesting the possibility. There's a whole rainbow of different accents in the UK, and some sound quite a lot like American.

To be honest, is the Standard UK and American pronunciation of 'cock' so different? I don't think so.

Originally Posted by Matroskin Kot

To be honest, is the Standard UK and American pronunciation of 'cock' so different? I don't think so.

Aren't they?
Or maybe these examples are not of the standard language: http://www.wordreference.com/definition/cock ?

[quote=Оля][quote="Matroskin Kot":ez60x3jf]To be honest, is the Standard UK and American pronunciation of 'cock' so different? I don't think so.[/quote]
Aren't they?
Or maybe these examples are not of the standard language: [url="http://www.wordreference.com/definition/cock"]http://www.wordreference.com/definition/cock[/url] ?[/quote:ez60x3jf]

No, those both sound accurate. It's funny, though, that hearing the words compared side-by-side like that makes them seem more different than I would have expected. I guess when I listen to somebody speak in one of the major native English accents, it just sounds "normal", and the differences don't stand out.

Originally Posted by Оля

Originally Posted by sperk

cock pah rooski

It's "cock" only in American pronunciation.

andrewsco is from UK, so it's better to say for him that it's "kah-k".

...better for him to say it like "kah-k."

Originally Posted by sperk

Originally Posted by Оля

andrewsco is from UK, so it's better to say for him that it's "kah-k".

...better for him to say it like "kah-k."

I meant another sentence.
Better for him to say it like "x" would be Ему это лучше произносить как "x" in Russian. What I meant, in Russian would be: Для него лучше сказать, что это прозносится "x". I.e. "It's better if we say for him that it's [kah-k]".

Originally Posted by Оля

"It's better if we say for him that it's [kah-k]".

It's better if we tell him to pronounce it like "kah-k."

Perhaps he is Cockney?

I Russian you say "Что это на русском языке" for "What's this in Russian".

Originally Posted by studyguide

I Russian you say "Что это на русском языке" for "What's this in Russian".

Sounds like "русский язык" is a surface and there's sth upon it

Originally Posted by studyguide

I Russian you say "Что это на русском языке" for "What's this in Russian".

You, who? Not natives, obviously.

Originally Posted by studyguide

I Russian you say "Что это на русском языке" for "What's this in Russian".

Q: Что это на русском языке?

A: Не знаю, но это вкуснее со сметаной.