I add a tag "Tongue twister". This is a short poem, that easy to remember, but difficult to articulate. Moreover, these often have interesting grammatical forms.
Russian word "скороговорка" consists of two ones "скоро" (="fast") and "говор" (="sound of talking") (together it means = fast-talking) + suffix "ka", which forms the subject as a result of the action.
For example:
Косил косой косой косой - [Kasil kasoj kasoj kasoj] listen or download
Do you like it? :) This means "squint-eyed man mows down by oblique scythe"
косил (it's a conjugation for masculine gender, past tense from "косить"=mow) = mow down;
косой (мужчина) = squint-eyed man; In the Russian language, we often use the adjective as a
косой косой - it's a declension for instrumental case from "косая коса"(= oblique scythe).
So you see that the Russian phrase does not need strict word order.
Russian word "скороговорка" consists of two ones "скоро" (="fast") and "говор" (="sound of talking") (together it means = fast-talking) + suffix "ka", which forms the subject as a result of the action.
For example:
Косил косой косой косой - [Kasil kasoj kasoj kasoj] listen or download
Do you like it? :) This means "squint-eyed man mows down by oblique scythe"
косил (it's a conjugation for masculine gender, past tense from "косить"=mow) = mow down;
косой (мужчина) = squint-eyed man; In the Russian language, we often use the adjective as a
grammatical subject without a noun.
косой косой - it's a declension for instrumental case from "косая коса"(= oblique scythe).
So you see that the Russian phrase does not need strict word order.
No comments:
Post a Comment