Thread: A couple of original videos (with me trying to speak Russian)

Originally Posted by Throbert McGee

Hmmm, in that case, would it sound okay to invert the adjective and noun and say "лук ЗЕЛЁНЫЙ"? Because in the recipe I used a "regular onion" (which was lightly fried) and "green onions" (which were raw). So I wanted to emphasize clearly the difference between the two types of onion.

I’d say that your stressing the word зеленый was approapriate, but not necessary at all. If you hadn’t stressed it I would never have started thinking about the “репчатый” onion that you have already fried, even without watching your video and only listening.

Then, it should have been поставить в духовку instead of посадить в печку. We extremely rarely call the kitchen stove печка. We call it плита. When I hear someone saying Я купил новую печку I’m always like, “What? Oh, I see." But the place you put the caviar at the end of your cooking is духовка. Поставить в плиту would be impossible, too.

Originally Posted by Helenej

Then, it should have been поставить в духовку instead of посадить в печку. We extremely rarely call the kitchen stove печка. We call it плита. When I hear someone saying Я купил новую печку I’m always like, “What? Oh, I see." But the place you put the caviar at the end of your cooking is духовка. Поставить в плиту would be impossible, too.

Thanks for clearing this up! And I just did a Google Image search on these words, and nearly all of the hits for печка were old-fashioned brick ovens -- sometimes with Иван-дурак sleeping on top of it, or riding on a walking печка with legs , по щучьему велению!!

P.S. But it does seem that печка CAN be used for modern kitchen appliances, although mainly in the context of "microwave ovens" or "automatic breadmakers" -- not the full-size gas or electric oven, however.