"Дайте яйцо, пожалуйста."

Translation: Give me the egg, please.

[Olya622911]

Why THE egg

[NicolasBou855167]

As I understand, both "an" egg and "the" egg are said the same way in Russian, so either would be valid

[Whitie_stuff]

Both are valid

[Szl48]

Why isn't it necessary to include меня to convey the meaning of give ME an egg, as opposed to just give an egg?

[deactivated user]

You can include «мне» in Russian. But it should be «мне» (Dative case), not «меня» (Accusative case; here, «яйцо» is this case).

I'm not sure why this exact translation has «me» in English but doesn't have it in Russian. Maybe it would sound unnatural in English without «me»?

[xwafflex]

Could you pass the salt to me, please?
Could you pass me the salt, please?
Could you pass the salt, please?
Pass the salt, please.
Salt, please.

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All sound perfectly okay. If it were me speaking, I would use any of the shortest 3 variants for brevity. The longer ones carry a tone of being more polite. But they all still sound perfectly fine.

[0rangeFluff]

All of those sound perfectly fine, but that's because you used a different verb. "Give the salt, please" would sound bizarre and rather rude despite the please (at least to me).

[Maslanov]

Дайте here implies дайте мне, and also yes, it sounds like a more proper translation

[Alon844897]

How does дайте pronounced?
Dan-tyae?
Where doea the N come from?

[Deyw99]

Daj-tyje

[Whitie_stuff]

It's 'dahy-teh', like 'die teh'

[KiefAtheros]

Lol

[Szl48]

Ok, thanks. And, yes, it would sound unnatural.

[aspencer]

"Pass the salt". "Me" is not always necessary... (BTW, I haven't tried using "pass" instead of "give" for дай/дайте, so I don't know if would be accepted. It should be, for this context)

[Cecilia798621]

not, "could you please pass me that egg". No its "GIVE EGG PLEASE"

[Julian710976]

Only one egg?

[ngeneshki]

Just one, thanks. :)

[ABVT802]

So the direct translation is something like "give eggs, please"? Is it always naturally inplied that they need to be given to you?

[BouchaibOu]

Дайте яйцо кому? Путину или Пушкину!!!

[zhenidrag]

Why is gimme incorrect??

[BubDuck]

I think it is because "gimme" is rather informal. The Russian sentence uses "Дайте" which is a formal form of the verb, so you should also use formal words in English.

[ioaemcl]

Because it is not an English word.

[1984dodo]

Maybe it is similar to the way Korean speak. We casually say "pass or give the egg" when it's meant giving to me.

[deactivated user]

I thought I have to put пожапуйста directly behind the verb?

[rstautberg]

Is this phrase equilalent to "may i have an egg/eggs, please?" It seems like it's trying to be polite, but saying 'give me' is never polite in English

[Shivaadh]

Have I understood correctly that яйцо is accusative here?

[Riley809661]

Why isnt the translation "give egg, please"? Shouldn't it be "дайте мне яйцо, пожалуйста" if its asking "give me the egg please"?

[steve579062]

Why not give me egg please. Does it need " the " ?

Do you want chicken or egg ? Give me egg please, seems ok to me.