"Here is Russia."
Translation:Вот Россия.
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Not quite clear on how здесь and вот differ due to situation for proper use. Clarified further on perhaps?
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Literally it translates as "здесь (тут) есть Россия"
"Вот Россия" - says someone pointing on a world map
"Здесь Россия" - says someone standing in middle of a field somewhere in Siberia
But yes, sometimes it is only a situational difference
It is right, but but Duolingo adheres to the concept of literal translation, because answer "Здесь Россия" must be correct.
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Thanks osleek! Shouldn't be both Вот and Здесь correct then, as there is no context given?
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Why is it wrong to say зто Россия ?I still can't get the difference between the two of them.
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Kasia, in my humble opinion "зто" means 'this is'. Here they ask to translate 'here is'.
Здесь Россия is an absolutely correct translation, this should not be a wrong answer!
No, there actually is a difference. Здесь refers to this place one is in; the English translation of Здесь Россия would be "This is Russia" (Referring to one's surroundings).
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Wouldn't 'this is Russia' be translated as "это Россия"? Google translates "здесь россия" as 'here is Russia'. Duolingo translates 'here is' as вот, тут, сюда and здесь. If здесь is referring to a place - which Russia is - it should be accepted as correct. Someone in the comments wrote that their native Russian friend says "здесь россия" is a legitimate translation of 'here is Russia'.
Is it acceptable to write Россия Вот? I know that Russian has a more flexible sentence structure then English but dose that apply here?
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It would sound fine if it is not a single sentence, but part of something like "Нет, это Украина. Россия вот."
If my understanding is correct, the thing being emphasized in the sentence goes at the end. Since вот is used to draw attention to something, the emphasis is naturally on what it's drawing attention to. If you're saying "here is Russia", it's Russia that is here, emphasis on Russia, "вот Россия". In your example. it's acceptable to say "Россия вот" because you're pointing out that Russia is here and not there, with the emphasis being on the location. Does that sound right?
Actually, "Россия вот" sounds very unnatural. Some addition at the end is needed. For example, if somebody asks you "Where is Russia?" the answer may be: "Россия вот ТУТ", "Россия вот ЗДЕСЬ", "Россия вон ТАМ".
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A few exercises ago duolingo asked for a translation of "Here is Russia and here is Ukraine". 'Здесь Украина а здесь Россиа' was accepted as correct. Now it asked for "Here is Russia" and 'Здесь Россиа' is not accepted. Where's the difference? Or is it a mistake of duolingo?
I dont have a cyrillic keyboard so keep failing translation from English into Russian. Keeps me from aceing exercise!
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I installed swiftkey keyboard in russian while my phone keyboard is in english, and I switch between the two of them
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Try a virtual russian keyboard. There's plenty of them online, e.g. http://www.russian-keyboards.com/Russische-Tastatur Don't give up! :)
Where is the learning? It asks a question, I'm wrong, and we go to another question I get wrong. So why us this helpful? No vocabulary is offered, no rules of grammar, and no correction after I get it wrong. What is the point of this, besides really stressing me out. Am I doing something wrong?
try using web version, it has grammar tips and corrections. And not just the "mobile web" if you are on your phone, but "web web".
I haven't figured how to enter the Russian letters. Is there any easy way to do this?
Go to your phone settings:
Click: "System"
Then: "Languages and input"
There should be an option to enable whatever languages you like for suggestions as well as different types of keyboards.
why is there so many different ways to say russia in russian? русская vs россия vs русский?
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As far as I understand россия means Russia. русская means russian (female). русский means russian (male). Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Same as below, 'там' is used to say 'there', instead. You use the word 'вот' when you can translate it to 'Tadaa! here is <x>!', though, perhaps, less enthusiastic when talking about one's sweater or backpack, I suppose..
Trying to get back to start to get russian keyboard...cant seem to do it and can only get so far without it...HELP!!
