Sentences

I can't work out how to say "sentences" in Russian.
I want to say things like:

Simple sentences
Basic sentences
Gramatically complicated sentences
Easy sentences
Long sentences

Can you help? :)

Wow, could you be any vaguer? I would buy a textbook, which will start with one of the two simplest sentences there can be.

Утро. It is morning.
Я -- студентка. I am a student.

What exactly was it you were wanting? I mean you can't get a complex sentence unless you know the simple ones.

The basic structure is (adjective(s)) + subject + (adverb(s)) + verb + (adjs.) + objects.
Большая утка быстро съела зерно. The big duck quickly ate the kernel of corn.

For objects, generally indirect object precedes direct, e.g. Dick gave Jane the book.

Now for a quiz. Can you identify which words represent the parts of a sentence --

Гло́кая ку́здра ште́ко будлану́ла бо́кра и кудря́чит бокрёнка.

(Hint: it's a compound sentence consisting of two clauses linked by и 'and', but both having the same subject).

Hope you enjoyed this!

Edit to fix быстро and add:
And this can be translated into other languages, even Swedish! http://arno1251.livejournal.com/301421.html

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Гло́кая ку́здра ште́ко будлану́ла бо́кра и кудря́чит бокрёнка.

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AAaaHahaha! :lol:
Cool.

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(Hint: it's a compound sentence consisting of two clauses linked by и 'and', but both having the same subject).

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Another hint: do not try to look up these words over dictionaries...

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Большая утка выстро съела зерно.

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Большая утка быстро склевала зёрнышко.

Съела зерно sounds here like зерно is a substance or a material (non quantifiable).
But for "the kernel of corn" зёрнышко sounds way better and склевала (клевать) is a standard word for birds' eating.
I assume though you used those to make it easier for Johanna. I use the same technique very often.

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Simple sentences
Basic sentences
Gramatically complicated sentences
Easy sentences
Long sentences

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Простые предложения
Базовые/основные предложения (if you mean "basic" in the meaning of "something simple for a beginner" then the adjective will be "простые" as well)
Грамматически сложные предложения
Простые предложения
Длинные предложения

http://lingvo.yandex.ru/en?os=translati ... anslate=on

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Originally Posted by Johanna

I can't work out how to say "sentences" in Russian.
I want to say things like: Grammatically complicated sentences

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Sentence = предложение (in Russian "предложение" has also another meaning :"offer", "proposition", "suggestion")

Grammatically complicated sentences. = Грамматически сложные предложения.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Oops I really confused people. I meant the ACTUAL WORD "sentences". Hence the quotation marks!

I wanted to say it here: http://rhinospike.com/language/rus/

Luckily Eugene and CoffeeCup understood my question!
Thanks for the translations!

But Chaika's answer was fun too! :ROFL:



"Having a laugh" = not being serious or making fun of something.

Example: Are you serious about wanting to spend your summer holiday in Chernobyl, or are you just having a laugh?
"I think you're just having a laugh at me!"!

Johanna, a thousand pardons! I totally missed what you were asking. But anyway, you have learned a famous Russian sentence that means absolutely nothing but is totally grammatical! Kind of like our 'Twas brillig and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe.

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Originally Posted by chaika

Kind of like our 'Twas brillig and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe.

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Russian translation of "Jabberwocky":

Варкалось. Хливкие шорьки
Пырялись по наве.
И хрюкотали зелюки
Как мюмзики в мове.

О, бойся Бармаглота, сын!
Он так свирлеп и дик,
А в глуще рымит исполин —
Злопастный Брандашмыг!

Но взял он меч, и взял он щит,
Высоких полон дум.
В глущобу путь его лежит,
Под дерево Тумтум.

Он стал под дерево и ждёт,
И вдруг граахнул гром —
Летит ужасный Бармаглот
И пылкает огнём!

Раз-два, раз-два! Горит трава,
Взы-взы — стрижает меч.
Ува! Ува! И голова
Барабардает с плеч!

О светозарный мальчик мой!
Ты победил в бою!
О храброславленный герой,
Хвалу тебе пою!

Варкалось. Хливкие шорьки
Пырялись по наве.
И хрюкотали зелюки
Как мюмзики в мове.

Замечательно! Спасибо большое. Изучаю это.

В этом стихотворении
больше половины слов
выдуманы автором.

Эти слова - просто звук
для картинки,
которую вы можете представить
у себя в голове.

Fields, some noises around...

Evening - варкалось
Хливкие шорьки - something like a fantasy creatures
...
И хрюкотали зелюки - try to reproduce a frogs song. This sound looks like "хрюкотали"

как мюмзики в мове - как мыши в траве

в мове - в траве (простое созвучие, sound equals)

мюмзики - мыши, something little, fast and hidden like mouse.

etc...