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- "Ты что, не ешь хлеб?"
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It emphasizes surprise. Some examples:
- Ты не ешь хлеб? You don't eat bread? / Don't you eat bread?
- Как, ты не ешь хлеб? What, you don't eat bread? (I can't explain, but "как" instead of "что" sounds better to me.)
- Ты что, не ешь хлеб? What, you don't eat bread?
- Ты не ешь хлеб, что ли? You don't eat bread, do you?
411
olimo, а не подскажете почему не принимает "What, do you not eat bread?". Ведь это правильный несокращенный отрицательный вопрос.
411
It's an interesting question. In russian, they are called the people with a disease "Целиаки́я" (also spelled "глютенэнтеропатия", "кишечный инфантилизм" or "болезнь Ги — Гертера — Гейбнера").
531
Because the relevant noun is ty, and there is no intermediate (helping ) verb. Ty takes esh' (Generally ty takes V+esh0.
741
In Spanish is easier to translate and understand the above Russian sentence: Ты что, не ешь хлеб? Vos que, no comes pan?
543
I learn Italian as well as Russian, and I find it very useful to memorise the notable similarities between the languages. It helps me learn more quickly, I think. E.G. Italian "biblioteca" translates to the Russian "библиотека". I imagine a similar strategy could be used between Spanish and Russian.
543
Finally came across this again, and I'll think of some examples. A big one that stands out is Russian "что" vs. Italian "che". They are slightly different words, but are used in a much more similar way than anything in English.
Also the word genders and verb declensions. I specifically only began understanding these in Russian when I compared to Italian (e.g. -ите = -ate; -у/ю = -o/io; -ть = re; etc.).
It's difficult trying to think of examples from the top of my head, but it's certainly true that I am frequently accessing both my English and Italian vocabulary during Russian lessons. In many cases the Italian word is closer to the Russian one than the English is.
"Много"/"molto"
Написал "Do not you eat bread?", в итоге ошибка и исправил на "Don't you eat bread?". Бред какой-то...