If I were going to say I am getting new blades (for my ice skates) what word would I use for "blade"?
Thanks.
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If I were going to say I am getting new blades (for my ice skates) what word would I use for "blade"?
Thanks.
I think "лезвие", though probably there are some other special terms too.
Is "blade" a whole metal part of a skate? Or only a bottom part? So, you are, basically, changing everything except the boots?Quote:
Originally Posted by Biancca
Yeah the blades are separate, they are screwed into the boot so you can switch them like I am doing. I finally got some nice blades and I am way too excited about skating to practice Russian much. I am trying to land a double loop..blah blah blah. Sorry, I can never stop talking about it.
Congratulation! :D It's "коньки". Basically, in Russian we call blades only - коньки, "the skates". Аnd the skate boots - are "the boots", ботинки. "To screw the blades into the boots" - "прикручивать коньки к ботинкам".Quote:
Originally Posted by Biancca
Thanks!!! I also found this...
http://skating.nm.ru/Misc/words.html
I beg to differ, "коньки" are the whole things (ice skates) and "blades" are "лезвия" as Friendy said.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gerty
No, it's not. Check with the Russian dictionary. "Коньки - металлические лезвия, прикрепляемые к ботинкам".Quote:
Originally Posted by net surfer
Well, theoretically you're right but tell me then how you'll call the whole thing? And show me a Russian shop where "blades" are called "коньки" and "skates" are not called "коньки".Quote:
Originally Posted by Gerty
My examples:
http://www.trial-sport.ru/gds.php?c=51569&s=51530
http://www.trial-sport.ru/gds.php?c=121537&s=51530
Well, I definitely can imagine people call skates (ботинки с коньками) "коньки". Especially when they are sold together. I just don't think we use the word "лезвия" as "коньки". I certainly have heard "наточить лезвия", but don't you think "лезвия" here is the bottom part of skate, the edge itself?Quote:
Originally Posted by net surfer
OK heres what the skatey people said
Skates are "Konki'
Boots are "batinki"
And blades are "lezvei"
I don't get it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gerty
Yeah, it's a metal part of this:Quote:
I certainly have heard "наточить лезвия", but don't you think "лезвия" here is the bottom part of skate, the edge itself?
http://www.weider.yaroslavl.ru/useri...image__78l.jpg
The plastic part is called "стойка" - http://www.weider.yaroslavl.ru/opt/78.html
But if it's like this:
http://www.trialsport.ru/images/catalog/mk_21.jpg
Then you can call the whole thing as "лезвие".
All right, I give up. But it is something new. Then I was young, I use to skate a lot. We never use the word "лезвие" about skates. Only in the expression: "They fell down and he accidentally cut her face with the skate blade" :twisted: .
Yeah, often we use "коньки" when speak about "лезвия", like "у меня коньки тупые, пойду поточу". I think "лезвия" is used only to distinguish blades itself from "коньки" like "лезвия на моих коньках можно поменять", "у тебя лезвия длиннее чем у меня" etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gerty
PS: I'll try to correct if you don't mind :)
I used toQuote:
Then I was young, I use to skate a lot. We never use the word "лезвие" about skates.
We never used
That first blade is a hockey blade.
The second one is an MK Gold Star --one of the best figure skating blades out there, though I prefer Wilson Gold Seals.
Biancca, you really know your blades! Do you also know to what temperature you have to cool the ice, in order to get the slipperiest surface?
Gerty, wasn't there a famous Russian female skater who got her skull split by a blade that slipped off another person's skate? I seem to remember her from the last winter olympics... Nothing :twisted: about that! :)
Don't know about ice temperature but here is the world champion of figure skating
http://www.stephanelambiel.ch/photo/...ct04/Lau07.JPG
Even though this guy is better. He's the best skater of all time
Evgeni Plushenko
http://www.kingonice.com/board/0158.jpg
Don't remember.... :roll: What does the Google think about it?Quote:
Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie