"Как хорошо ты знаешь русский язык?"

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January 29th, 2006, 05:24 PM
pranki

"Как хорошо ты знаешь русский язык?"

Such a simple sentence unexpectedly confused me very much. I have got some variants ("how much are you skilled in Russian", "how well do you know Russian") but they seem to me either awkward or incorrect...
January 29th, 2006, 06:27 PM
saibot

"How well do you know Russian?" sounds perfect to me.
January 29th, 2006, 09:07 PM
Darobat

The first variant has some grammar issues. It should be "How skilled are you at Russian?"
January 30th, 2006, 01:37 AM
challenger

Why isn't the word сколь?
January 30th, 2006, 02:03 AM
basurero

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Originally Posted by challenger

Why isn't the word сколь?

Do you mean сколько?

I think you could also say "Насколько ты знаешь русский язык?"
January 30th, 2006, 02:55 AM
pranki

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Originally Posted by basurero

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Originally Posted by challenger

Why isn't the word сколь?

Do you mean сколько?

I think you could also say "Насколько ты знаешь русский язык?"

Maybe "Насколько хорошо ты знаешь русский язык". Without "хорошо" it sounds a bit weird for me.

Thank you for your answers.
January 30th, 2006, 05:29 PM
Triton

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Originally Posted by challenger

Why isn't the word сколь?

Because сколь is archaic. :wink:
January 30th, 2006, 06:38 PM
pranki

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Originally Posted by Triton

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Originally Posted by challenger

Why isn't the word сколь?

Because сколь is archaic. :wink:

Well, not at all...
January 30th, 2006, 10:16 PM
challenger

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Originally Posted by Triton

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Originally Posted by challenger

Why isn't the word сколь?

Because сколь is archaic. :wink:

Doggone textbooks from 1958! :o So now как functions as the interrogative adverb of degree?
January 31st, 2006, 04:11 PM
Triton

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Originally Posted by pranki

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Originally Posted by Triton

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Originally Posted by challenger

Why isn't the word сколь?

Because сколь is archaic. :wink:

Well, not at all...

Почему же “at all”? :roll: Would you really ask someone “Сколь хорошо ты знаешь русский язык?"” ;)

Словарь Ушакова:
СКОЛЬ, нареч. (устар.). Насколько, как. Сколь тяжела обязанность моя. Пушкин.
http://www.announcement.ru/enc_word/skolss_515159.html

Словарь Ожегова:
СКОЛЬ, мест. нареч. (устар. и прост.). Насколько, как. С. красивы горы!
http://www.announcement.ru/enc_searc...w_search=title

Although, I would agree, that сколь is still sometimes used in expressions like “сколь угодно долго” («Телеканалы готовы к сколь угодно долгому выступлению Путина»).

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Originally Posted by challenger

So now как functions as the interrogative adverb of degree?

Either как or насколько (if that’s what they call “interrogative adverb of degree” :lol: ).
January 31st, 2006, 04:47 PM
pranki

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Originally Posted by Triton

Although, I would agree, that сколь is still sometimes used in expressions like “сколь угодно долго” («Телеканалы готовы к сколь угодно долгому выступлению Путина»).

This is exactly what I mean :)
January 31st, 2006, 07:19 PM
challenger

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Originally Posted by pranki

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Originally Posted by Triton

Although, I would agree, that сколь is still sometimes used in expressions like “сколь угодно долго” («Телеканалы готовы к сколь угодно долгому выступлению Путина»).

This is exactly what I mean :)

"Not at all" means не совсем. You probably meant "not entirely"-не вполне. And in this case I would say "[b]That's[/b[ exactly what I mean," although "this" isn't ungrammatical.
February 1st, 2006, 01:36 AM
pranki

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Originally Posted by challenger

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Originally Posted by pranki

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Originally Posted by Triton

Although, I would agree, that сколь is still sometimes used in expressions like “сколь угодно долго” («Телеканалы готовы к сколь угодно долгому выступлению Путина»).

This is exactly what I mean :)

"Not at all" means не совсем. You probably meant "not entirely"-не вполне. And in this case I would say "[b]That's[/b[ exactly what I mean," although "this" isn't ungrammatical.

Thanks! I wrote "that's" at first :)
As for "not at all", he wrote "сколь is archaic", I answered "не совсем". Is it incorrect?
February 1st, 2006, 01:43 AM
TATY

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Originally Posted by pranki

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Originally Posted by challenger

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Originally Posted by pranki

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Originally Posted by Triton

Although, I would agree, that сколь is still sometimes used in expressions like “сколь угодно долго” («Телеканалы готовы к сколь угодно долгому выступлению Путина»).

This is exactly what I mean :)

"Not at all" means не совсем. You probably meant "not entirely"-не вполне. And in this case I would say "[b]That's[/b[ exactly what I mean," although "this" isn't ungrammatical.

Thanks! I wrote "that's" at first :)
As for "not at all", he wrote "сколь is archaic", I answered "не совсем". Is it incorrect?

I don't really undersand the last sentence.

But "Not at all" means you strongly disagree and what is said is completely untrue, e.g. saying Cколь is a commnly used modern word.
February 1st, 2006, 03:03 AM
pranki

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Originally Posted by TATY

But "Not at all" means you strongly disagree and what is said is completely untrue, e.g. saying Cколь is a commnly used modern word.

Oh... I didn't know. Thank you.
February 1st, 2006, 04:37 PM
Triton

В общем, разобрались. :D