Russian words and phrases - What's in your bag?
Russian words and phrases
What's in your bag?
In this Russian lesson for beginners we'll learn how to say the phrase "I have something somewhere". Let's start with a very simple phrase :
I have a a cat in my house.
У меня в доме кот.
You know that English phrases like "I have", "she has" is often expressed in Russian as "У меня", "У неё" etc. That is preposition у + a noun or a pronoun in the genitive case
Watch the following video and learn the new words and practice.
Now practice building sentences with this structure!
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written by Russian-Online-Tutor , March 15, 2010
thanks for your questions Theresa!
(1) A lot of Russians still use handkerchiefs - носовые платки. As far as Kleenex tissues i think we call them - салфетки or мокрые салфетки(wet tissues). It's mostly girls that use these anyway. I wear an old fashioned handkerchief! I've never heard anyone use the word клиникс in Russian.
the plurals of the above be: (a) бумажные носовые платки(YES), носовые платки(YES), and клинексы(don't use it but if we did the plural form is correct)
(2) Russians living in America use many words differently(VERY TRUE!)
We use бумажник more often now then кошелёк. Ratio maybe 70% to 30% You're right. Girls call their handbags as сумочка. Сумка normally means something big like спортивная сумка - sports bag, сумка с вещами - a bag with clothes.
(3) Yes, that is better described as a wallet - бумажник. And a small leather handbag for men is called барсетка
Plurals - correct forms: сумки, сумочки, КОШЕЛЬКИ, бумажники.
hope it helps
If i didn't answer everything dont hesitate to ask again
Vyacheslav
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(1) A lot of Russians still use handkerchiefs - носовые платки. As far as Kleenex tissues i think we call them - салфетки or мокрые салфетки(wet tissues). It's mostly girls that use these anyway. I wear an old fashioned handkerchief! I've never heard anyone use the word клиникс in Russian.
the plurals of the above be: (a) бумажные носовые платки(YES), носовые платки(YES), and клинексы(don't use it but if we did the plural form is correct)
(2) Russians living in America use many words differently(VERY TRUE!)
We use бумажник more often now then кошелёк. Ratio maybe 70% to 30% You're right. Girls call their handbags as сумочка. Сумка normally means something big like спортивная сумка - sports bag, сумка с вещами - a bag with clothes.
(3) Yes, that is better described as a wallet - бумажник. And a small leather handbag for men is called барсетка
Plurals - correct forms: сумки, сумочки, КОШЕЛЬКИ, бумажники.
hope it helps
If i didn't answer everything dont hesitate to ask again
Vyacheslav
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(1) Americans do not use handkerchiefs any more. We use Kleenex tissues (клинекс) instead. Now I have heard клинекс called (a) бумажный носовой платок, (b) носовой платок, and (c) just plain клиникс. Which would be the best for me to use, and under what circumstances?
By the way, would the plurals of the above be: (a) бумажные носовые платки, носовые платки, and клинексы; respectively?
(2) Naturally, Russians living in America use many words differently, but whenever I've heard a woman refer to her "purse" or "handbag," she has always used the word (a) сумка, or (b) sometimes сумочка. Сумка also seems to be used for what we Americans would call a "bag," e.g., gym bag or camera bag, computer bag, etc. I've never heard "кошелёк" used for anything other than a small "coin purse." Does this correspond with the current usage in Russia?
(3) The photo you used showed what we Americans would call a "wallet" or "billfold," which I've heard referred to as "бумажник." Is that the correct word to use for where a man keeps his money and credit cards (and usually carries in his back pocket)?
Again, asking about plurals, I understand all of these words which end in the letter "к" would form their plurals by placing "и" at the end like: сумки, сумочки, кошелёки, бумажники. Is this right?
Thanks so much for helping with those troubling questions where it seems nearly impossible for me to find answers!
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