«Только трезвая Россия станет великой!» [Only a Sober Russia Will Become Great!]
Since I’m back in Russia I am also fully and completely back in the blogging game, now that I once again can catch the country of interest in her everyday activities, like for example this poster above. I found it on the wall of a corridor in my university earlier today. The poster was not a complete shocker to me, as I and probably everybody else have known about Russians’ relationship with alcohol [i.e. vodka] for some time. Adding to this, last Saturday the first ever «день трезвости» was ‘celebrated’ here in Yekaterinburg. I didn’t find out about until Sunday night - as I was being served a vodka martini - but could at least pride myself at having been sober the previous day. But enough about me, let’s instead take a closer look at word of the week and it’s ‘relatives’, with ‘relatives’ meaning words that have some kind of relation to it.
трезвость = sobriety; temperance; abstinence
«трезвость ума» = cool-headedness
трезвый = 1. sober; not drunk, 2. colloq. who does not drink; teetotaling, 3. fig. sober; realistic
«У него взгляд на жизнь не очень трезвый» = His view on life isn’t very realistic.
трезво = adv. soberly
трезветь (impfv.) отрезветь (pfv.) = to sober up; become sober
«Под утро она начала трезветь» = Toward morning she began sobering up.
трезвенник = colloq. teetotaler
And one last very useful word when it comes to discussing sobrietry with Russians [but be warned - it is far from ‘literary' in any means, and should only be used among good friends or with strangers that could become good friends]:
«У вас сейчас сухой закон?» = Are you drinking now (these days)? [lit. ‘are you having a dry law now?', a question that could be good to pose from time to time, as Russians will sometimes, not all, but some, try not to drink from in periods of sobriety].
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What is the reason for the move? I kinda like the old layout better when the comments were on the same page with the main blog. And will I recieve the e-mail notifications for this one as I used to for the old one?
And as for трезвость, I just stopped smoking after 24 years of non-stop-lighting-cigarettes-those-filthy-cancer-sticks. And now I feel so great and happy. I wish the same for every smoker - quit and be happy.
Ко мне когда я прочитала это, это кажеться не правильно: Вот предложениеЖ
«Под утро она начала трезветь» = Toward morning she began sobering up.
По мнению, по-английский это значит - Toward morning, she began to sober up.
Я переводила это с инфинитивом потому что это предложение без причастии.
Эсли бы предложение было - «Под утро она начала трезвеющая (или тревая?).»
Пожалуйста, объясняйте что есть правильно иле эсли бы оба они правильно.
Благодарю вас за ответа.
Анисья
Я только изучаю русскому языку дома без посторонней помощи! Сказали мне что я говорю с правильном москвическом акцентои. С этом я счастливая.
Ну пока в России и на Украине магазины живут только за счет продажи водки
Можно и поспорить по этому вопросу, ведь только в споре может зародиться истина.