"У нас нет отпуска в октябре."
Translation:We do not have a vacation in October.
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How about translating "vacation" as a verb itself? "We do not vacation in October."
Edit: Why the downvotes, people? "To vacation" is indeed a verb in English, though admittedly not as widely used as phrasal verbs like "to take a vacation." See the second definition at http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vacation
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I think I got it, I think(wild guess) that one means Holiday and another vacation... but which is which? (Holiday being a definite day off according to calendar not necessarily taking it off, and Vacation being the days or weeks you take off a year) I think I miht have gotten tangled up in my explanation, hope is understandable lol. So, is отпуск holiday and каникулы vacation?
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Answered in a similar discussion for a similar sentence, but basically каникулы is time off from school, отпуск is time off from work. A definite holiday is a праздник.
edit: User mosfet07 provided the explanation.
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I do not think the audio sounds correct on Voice Lady's pronunciation of октябре. It sounds as though she is saying "ok-tih-bree-yeh" (with a stress on the е and vowel reduction on the я to make it sound like и), but Forvo speakers pronounce it as ok-tyah-br, with stress on the я. I did click the Report button; I find that the audio pronounces it that way in the sentence and when hovering just over the word.
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It is actually fairly accurate. In the nominative, it is ок-ТЯ-брь (stress on the Я), so it is more pronounced. In declined forms, the stress shifts to the last syllable (in this case, в ок-тя-БРЕ). When Я is unstressed it sounds more like an И than a Я.
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Oh of course - how preposterous of me to have forgotten that potentially shifting accent when a declension hits. Of course you are completely correct. Thank you so much. Be well!
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Plural of отпуск is отпуска́, and genitive plural is отпуско́в:
У нас нет отпусков в октябре
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And do you use it or do you prefer the singular form to talk about holidays? For example:
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A week free;
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A day free;
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Two separate weeks free (1-12 november + 15-30 november).
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We use it when we talk about a group of men, having vacations:
У меня (у тебя, у него, у неё) о́тпуск в декабре (singular)
У нас (у вас, у них) отпуска́ в декабре (plural) - We (you pl., they) alltogether have vacations in December
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Alright, so holidays is singular in Russian and it becomes plural when we talk about multiple individuals who have holidays at the same time?
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No, a non-vacation holiday (a national holiday, or Sunday for ex.) is called выходной (день) (день is implied) and has a plural form: выходные (дни) (usually last two days of a week)
Сегодня — выходной (день) - today is holiday
На этой неделе два выходных (дня) - there are two holidays this week
About vacations. If I take two or more vacations, then I would say
У меня отпуск в начале месяца и в конце - I have vacations at the beginning and at the end of the month.
Sorry, if I confuse you :)
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I think free day, off-day, rest-day and holyday all are possible translations for выходной, and vacation is a translation for отпуск (a non-regular free day or its sequence)
And for a national holiday, religious holiday or festival we have a word праздник
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The english version sounds unnatural.
"We do not have time off in October" is something english speakers would say.
'To vacation' is most certainly a verb in the English language. Ex. "We're vacationing in Florida next week".
