I need some russian help!
привет!
Before I go further with russian and dive in headfirst. I need to learn and decipher how you guys put together your words and the structure of your sentences.
Below are 6 sentences:
The apple is red
It is John's apple
I give John the apple
We give him the apple
He gives it to John
She gives it to him
And another two:
I must give it to him
I want to give it to her.
What I would appreciate is if someone can translate these sentences into russian. And then with the exact english translation from russian underneath.
Also in russian do you have masculine, feminine and neutral genders of verbs?
What is the SVO in russian. Is it subject-verb-object (SVO) like English and Chinese (“I eat the apple”), is it subject-object-verb (SOV) like Japanese (“I the apple eat”), or something else?
Any help would be much appreciated!
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The apple is red - (Это) яблоко красное. ("is" is skipped)
It is John's apple - Это яблоко Джона. ("is" is skipped)
I give John the apple - Я даю Джону (это) яблоко.
We give him the apple. - Мы даем ему (это) яблоко.
He gives it to John - Он дает это (его if we speak about the apple) Джону.
She gives it to him - Она дает это (его if we speak about the apple) ему.
I must give it to him - Я должен дать это (его if we speak about the apple) ему.
I want to give it to her. Я хочу дать это (его if we speak about the apple) ей.
"And then with the exact english translation from russian underneath" - These sentences are word to word translation and yet sound completey Russian. It never works with longer sentences.
"Also in russian do you have masculine, feminine and neutral genders of verbs?" - No. The difference exists only between forms of 3rd Singular in the Past Tence.
"What is the SVO in russian. Is it subject-verb-object (SVO) like English and Chinese (“I eat the apple”), is it subject-object-verb (SOV) like Japanese (“I the apple eat”), or something else?" - Something else. Start with SVO, remember that some things may go to the end of the sentence as well as to its beginning, don't forget to keep related words close to each other. And there is a nice thing called Rhythm to confuse you.
I know that this doesn't help, but :D
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Thank you guys this is all dynamite!
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The Russian and English syntaxes are very similar, indeed. But first of all, you should study Russian cases and genders, yeah... Because it`s the most difficult subjects for English-speakers. Do you have any materials (books, sites, grammars) to study them?))
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It is subject-verb-object (SVO) like English in the simple sentences:
Я (subject (субъект кто/что?)) + ем ( verb (глагол))+ яблоко (object (объект что/кого?)) I love Russian girls= Я люблю русских девушек (SVO).
You could use http://translate.google.de or http://translate.ru (there is a automatic pronunciation for many languages and that's very important).
Usually I do this such way:
1 First of all I write a English text in translate.google.
2 Then I read the Russian translation. I do necessary corrections in the English text if I see some bullshit.
After that you'll have much less mistakes and you will be able correct some mistakes by yourself.
Also you can have a look at this: http://masterrussian.com/vocabulary/most_common_words_3.htm
Good luck.
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translation:
Яблоко красное.
Это яблоко Джона.
Я даю Джону яблоко.
Мы даём ему яблоко.
Он даёт это Джону.
Она даёт это ему.
Я должен дать это ему
Я хочу дать это ей
In russian we have genders of verbs only in the past tense
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