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 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5845 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes  1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 49 of 63 24 November 2011 at 2:56pm | IP Logged | |||||
That's a real good one! :) Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 24 November 2011 at 2:57pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| QiuJP Triglot Senior Member Singapore Joined 5853 days ago 428 posts - 597 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, EnglishC2, French Studies: Czech, GermanB1, Russian, Japanese | Message 50 of 63 28 November 2011 at 5:01pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Some Russian ones:
Несовершенный глагол шёл в бар. Все не знают, он ли сейчас в баре. Совершенный глагол пошёл в бар. Все знают. что он сейчас баре. Translation: An imperfective verb went in to a bar. All do not know, whether it is in the bar. A perfective verb went into the bar. All know that it is in the bar. I am sorry, but I have problem translating the different aspect of verbs in Russian to English proper. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| vonPeterhof Tetraglot Senior Member Russian FederationRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4770 days ago 715 posts - 1527 votes Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Japanese, German Studies: Kazakh, Korean, Norwegian, Turkish | Message 51 of 63 28 November 2011 at 5:11pm | IP Logged | |||||
What you wrote can be translated into English like this: An imperfective verb was going to a bar. Everybody doesn't know whether or not it's him that's in the bar right now. A perfective verb went to the bar. Everybody knows that he is [in the] bar now. Your perfective example doesn't mean that the verb is already there, it means that it has already departed to the bar. The verb you need to get the meaning you intended is пришёл, not пошёл. I would rephrase your examples this way: Несовершенный глагол шёл в бар. Никто не знает, в баре ли он сейчас. Совершенный глагол пришёл в бар. Все знают, что он сейчас в баре. 5 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| QiuJP Triglot Senior Member Singapore Joined 5853 days ago 428 posts - 597 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, EnglishC2, French Studies: Czech, GermanB1, Russian, Japanese | Message 52 of 63 03 May 2012 at 6:53pm | IP Logged | |||||
Then an adjective, a pronoun and an adverb walk into the same bar. The adjective and pronoun got declined as well. Their endings were worse than the noun. The adverb is indeclinable and the barman can do nothing. (Adverbs are indeclinable in Russian) At a later time, Метро(metro), такси (taxi), радио(radio) and Джейн (Jane) walk into the same bar. Barman tries to decline them, but realize that they are indeclinable (in Russian). Edited by QiuJP on 03 May 2012 at 8:19pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5379 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 53 of 63 03 May 2012 at 8:35pm | IP Logged | |||||
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A nominative noun walks into a bar. He thought he'd be declined, but it wasn't the case.
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| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5379 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 54 of 63 03 May 2012 at 8:39pm | IP Logged | |||||
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The exotic dancer worries the post position about.
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| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5379 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 55 of 63 03 May 2012 at 8:55pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Trois touristes -- un Américain, un Slovène et un Allemand -- entrent dans un bar à Paris. On y refuse l'accès aux deux premiers. Pourquoi?
À cause de leur accent. Translation: Three tourists -- an American, an Slovene and a German -- go into a bar in Paris. The first two are denied access. Why? Because of their accent. Edited by Arekkusu on 03 May 2012 at 8:56pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6149 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 56 of 63 04 May 2012 at 9:53am | IP Logged | |||||
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An intransitive verbal phrase, skips the queue, and walks straight into the bar. He's a ViP.
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