"mom and dad"

Translation: мама и папа

[Magnvs]

What is the difference between "мама и папа" and "мама а папа"?

[c.a.sid]

"а" implies contrast as far as I'm aware, i think it means "and" just like "и" but suggests the meaning of "but" or "whereas"
это мама и это папа - this is mum and this is dad
это мама а это папа - this is mum, whereas/but this is dad

(i am a total beginner but i saw an explanation like this somewhere so I'm not sure if the examples are correct but hopefully the definition is accurate(

[Venom_69420]

I searched and it is exactly what u said

[bambam1511]

I don't understand the difference between a and и

[Jeannine65405]

Ohhh, that moment when you accidentally type рара instead of папа -_- oops

[yashar.german]

I have the same question as Magnvs.
Why ""мама а папа"" is wrong?

[Jenkiz92]

мам marked as typo?

[Yuri_A_K]

"мам" and "пап" is colloquial form in russian.

[TrueCB]

the translation is 'mama' though.

[Eric_Tolman]

Could this also be "Мать и Отец"?

[Panzerhund911]

I wrote "Папа и мама" and it marked it wrong. What's the difference?

[Yuri_A_K]

Because father is the first and mother is the second

[Talaith1]

still have no russian letters showing so I cannot ever complete this perfectly