Thread: Рассказ о Сарe из Принстонa

Originally Posted by Leof

Tell me a secret, how did you do that?

Просто редактируешь первое сообщение в теме (если оно твоё), и в нём поле "Subject".

Спасибо!

Спасибо Leof. You mean how does one edit the title /topic? If so, just go click on the title and click edit. However, you have to be the author of the topic to do so.

Can you explain the correction, Я уже исправил название этой темы.
I am still trying to grasp the various cases.

Originally Posted by tohca

Спасибо, Leof.

tohca, an address should be always separated with commas.

I.e.:
I like you, baby!
Baby, I like you!
You know, baby, I like you!

Ok, got it. (Hopefully).
Спасибо, Оля, для за вашу помощь.

Спасибо (вам), Оля,_за вашу помощь

Thanks for enlighten me tohca! Now it works.

But in fact you have to address Оля your question. I corrected your spelling unconsciously, as I am a native speaker. Though I have no idea why I did so - I just knew it was one of probable versions.
So it would be very kind of Оля to explain us the corrections I did.

Originally Posted by tohca

Can you explain the correction, Я уже исправил название этой темы.
I am still trying to grasp the various cases.

Literally it's "the title of that topic", so "that" here refers to "topic" and should agree with it's case and gender.
"Темы" is feminine and genitive. So you take "эта" (fem.) (not "это" or "этот"!) and put it into genetive: "этой".
If you want use any masculine noun (for example "раздел") it would be "этого" (masc. gen.), i.e. "название этого раздела".

Now you see.

Thank you gRomoZeka!

I hope I get this right.
название этой темы = title of the theme (use fem gc, as тема is fem)
название этого раздела = title of the part (masc gc, раздел is masc)

Originally Posted by tohca

I hope I get this right.
название этой темы = title of the theme (use fem gc, as тема is fem)
название этого раздела = title of the part (masc gc, раздел is masc)

True.

But remember,
название этой темы = title of this theme
название этого раздела = title of this part

название темы = title of the theme
название раздела = title of the part

Спасибо, Leof. Сейчас, всё ясно.

Originally Posted by Leof

But in fact you have to address Оля your question. I corrected your spelling unconsciously, as I am a native speaker. Though I have no idea why I did so - I just knew it was one of probable versions.
So it would be very kind of Оля to explain us the corrections I did.

Hm, Leof, I am a native speaker too!
And I also don't know rules! I can't explain, I mostly can only correct.

Originally Posted by tohca

Спасибо, Leof. Сейчас_ всё ясно.

Originally Posted by tohca

Я уже исправил это_ название темы.

название is neutrum, so it should be это, not этот

So:
"это название темы" means "this title of the theme"
"название этой темы" means "the title of this theme"

You can choose the right variant yourself.

Originally Posted by Оля

And I also don't know rules!

Nada! I do not believe a word!

Originally Posted by Leof

Originally Posted by Оля

And I also don't know rules!

Nada! I do not believe a word!

Why?...
But that's true... И я даже горжусь этим

Извините, Оля. Earlier I did not understand about the following:

название этой темы = title of this theme
название этого раздела = title of this part

название темы = title of the theme
название раздела = title of the part

I was not sure of Leof's correction as I didn't know the subtle difference between 'this theme' and 'the theme'.

On the comma, I am sorry as i'm still not absolutely sure when to use, but I guess it will come along.

Originally Posted by tohca

Извините, Оля. Earlier I did not understand about the following:

название этой темы = title of this theme
название этого раздела = title of this part

название темы = title of the theme
название раздела = title of the part

I was not sure of Leof's correction as I didn't know the subtle difference between 'this theme' and 'the theme'.

On the comma, I am sorry as i'm still not absolutely sure when to use, but I guess it will come along.

I didn't understand what is your question

There are not articles in Russian, so "the theme" = just "theme" = just "тема", and "this theme" = THIS theme = "ЭТА тема". As I understand it.

Originally Posted by Leof

Спасибо (вам), Оля,_за вашу помощь

Thanks for enlighten me tohca! Now it works.

But in fact you have to address Оля your question. I corrected your spelling unconsciously, as I am a native speaker. Though I have no idea why I did so - I just knew it was one of probable versions.
So it would be very kind of Оля to explain us the corrections I did.

Sorry Оля, I was just referring to Leof's suggestion to refer the question above to you. However, I think I am clear now about the use of 'the' and 'this'.

Yes your interpretation of my question is correct.

название этой темы = title of this (the theme which is being discussed)theme
название этого раздела = title of this (the part which is being discussed)part

название темы = title of the (any)theme
название раздела = title of the (any)part

Оля, your corrections had always been evidently writen with the knowledges of the Russian grammar! Everyone could agree!

Originally Posted by Leof

название этой темы = title of this (the theme which is being discussed)theme
название этого раздела = title of this (the part which is being discussed)part

название темы = title of the (any)theme
название раздела = title of the (any)part

Оля, your corrections had always been evidently writen with the knowledges of the Russian grammar! Everyone could agree!

Боже мой! Конечно!!