Thread: Past form

Originally Posted by Бармалей

Originally Posted by Dobry

This is colloquial... but, of course, wrong grammar, and at University your professor would fail you for this mistake.

Like I said, not fail, but have you hung, drawn and quartered...

For sure!

But... does everyone understand, "hung, drawn and quartered"? This is an old naval/military/justice phrase.

I've never tried to translate this into Russian.

Originally Posted by Dobry

Originally Posted by Бармалей

Originally Posted by Dobry

This is colloquial... but, of course, wrong grammar, and at University your professor would fail you for this mistake.

Like I said, not fail, but have you hung, drawn and quartered...

For sure!

But... does everyone understand, "hung, drawn and quartered"? This is an old naval/military/justice phrase.

I've never tried to translate this into Russian.

I'd try something along the lines of "To go all Peter the Great on him?"

B - I think you mean Ivan the Terrible Иван грозный.

Originally Posted by chaika

B - I think you mean Ivan the Terrible Иван грозный.

He works too...but legend has it that Peter personally tortured his son when he tried to escape Russia...and then he had him executed. Fatherly love I suppose...

Ah those Russian czars, really do love their sons, don't they.

век живи, век учись. Спасибо за урок истории.

Originally Posted by chaika

Ah those Russian czars, really do love their sons, don't they.

век живи, век учись. Спасибо за урок истории.

Heh. No kidding. I always remember that about Peter and the story about him being interested in dentistry as well -- he fancied himself as a dentist, and one day a poor bugger in his service had a toothache. Unfortunately, nobody needed to pass a dentistry certification exam in 17th century Russia, least of all the Tsar, so he became a guinea pig. Ouch.