Thread: Old Soviet Grammar Book

LOL Taty. What exactly do you mean by 'Tatarstan?' :P

Originally Posted by uno

LOL Taty. What exactly do you mean by 'Tatarstan?' :P

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatarstan



The autonomous Republic of Tatarstan, on the Volga river in eastern European Russia.

Capital city Казань (1,000,000+ residents), or Qazan, Казан in Tatar,



Check your Russian geography please.

Wow Wow Boy! Easy Bessy!

Thanks though for the info!

Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

Originally Posted by pranki

Secondly, you shouldn't use the verb "кушать" here. This verb is used only with reference to children. If you speak about teenagers or adults, you should use есть.

Nonsense. "Kушать" is less formal than "есть" but it's absolutly normal. I know a lot of educated people, some of them with two or more University degrees, who use this word all the time adressing to their friends (not only kids).

I distinctly remember my preparation for the gold medal essay at school, when my teacher told me the thing about the word "кушать" I have written above. OK, I am aware that the language demanded by gold medal essays contains additional and severe restrictions which don't matter in real life. But anyway the word "есть" is far more literary than "кушать", so it's far more preferable to use "есть" instead of "кушать".

(As usual, I ask to correct my mistakes )

Originally Posted by pranki

Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

Originally Posted by pranki

Secondly, you shouldn't use the verb "кушать" here. This verb is used only with reference to children. If you speak about teenagers or adults, you should use есть.

Nonsense. "Kушать" is less formal than "есть" but it's absolutly normal. I know a lot of educated people, some of them with two or more University degrees, who use this word all the time adressing to their friends (not only kids).

I distinctly remember my preparation for the gold medal essay at school, when my teacher told me the thing about the word "кушать" I have written above. OK, I am aware that the language demanded by gold medal essays contains additional and severe restrictions which don't matter in real life. But anyway the word "есть" is far more literary than "кушать", so it's far more preferable to use "есть" instead of "кушать".

(As usual, I ask to correct my mistakes )

Option 1: so it's far more preferable to use "есть" than of "кушать".
Option 2: so it's preferable to use "есть" instead of "кушать".
(As usual, I ask people to correct my mistakes )

And "s go outside of ,s and .s, inside ;s and ?s. Many people, however, disregard this (sort of like есть and кушать, I suppose )

EDIT: And apostrophes go outside of commas and periods, inside of semi-colons and question marks

Originally Posted by challenger

And "s go outside of ,s and .s, inside ;s and ?s. Many people, however, disregard this (sort of like есть and кушать, I suppose )

It took me 5 min to figure out what you were trying to say