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"Анна Ивановна, вы спите днём?"
Translation:Anna Ivanovna, do you sleep in the daytime?
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С фашистской силой тёмною, с проклятою ордой. Пусть ярость благородная Вскипает, как волна, Идёт Анна Ивановна, Священная война!
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Yeah, i imagine the context being a cheesy date. During dinner xD by some wierd guy preparing to ask this, the most important thing for him to know ..for... Reasonss
It's a stereotypical name which can easily show off patronymic grammar
That means you assume they have the same father. Patronyme refers to your father's name, family name is shared by marriage.
Or maybe just have father, who's name is Ivan? What is really common name in Russia, doesn't have to be same Ivan.
Not really in my experience, I mean I don't know about the British usage but in ny experience we Americans use both forms
Is this a question about Anna's sleeping habits? Or should we imagine that she is being shaken awake and about to receive a gentle scolding? Or, without further context, could it be either?
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It is a question about Anna's sleeping habits. If someone finds her sleeping (when she should not be sleeping) and going to give her a scolding, it would be without "днём":
"Вы спите?" (the formal or the plural form)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG6nK-ffXi8
Or "ты спишь?" (the informal form)
Thank you for both answering my question and making me smile with the answer!
I can imagine a teacher saying this to a girl named "Anna Ivanovna" who is sleeping during class time.
Teacher: "Анна Ивановна, вы спите днём? " Anna: "Оооо, нет госпожа!" @_@
Sarcastically, maybe? We do not generally use the given name + patronymic pattern unless we want to be polite and respectful (generally, with an adult or superiour).
Днём, у́тром, но́чью, ве́чером, зимо́й, ле́том, о́сенью, весно́й are adverbs that comes from the Instrmental case of the corresponding noun. The border is blurry here, though.
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"During the day" translates as "в тече́нии дня́". This phrase is similar, but it has its own translation.
Never sure how to pronounce the "дн" cluster at the beginning of words. Usually I just pretend that the previous word has a д at the end.
I'm curious about this one as well. The audio sounds similar to "gn-" to me
Why is вы here not capitalized? I always thought вы was plural you, and Вы was respectful-singular-you?
respectful singular "you" is capitalized at the beginning of the sentence (like all other words) and in certain formal styles, which we do not cover. Normally, it is just «вы».
So вы is plural and formal you? In Polish, there is a different word for it + 3rd person singular verb.
Most native English speakers would not say do you sleep in the daytime we would say do you sleep during the day. I hate these literal translations.
If to sleep during the day is essentially to take a nap, would "Do you take naps?" be an acceptable translation?
Oh come in is saying Ana instead of Anna a reason to get the whole thing wrong?
It's dnʲˈɵm
Check this great link where you can find the phonetic transcription for any Russian word and the slow pronunciation for many words, including днём
https://easypronunciation.com/en/russian-phonetic-transcription-converter
What sort of character did you write: e or o ? I never saw an intermediate like a barred o
Heeelllo admins- I am tired of being marked off for "wrong" English answers. I am NOT here to study correct English. I don_t care about English at all. I want to learn Russian. and these very minor mistakes (if alt all) which are also highly contested among native speakers as we see again and again in the comments, hinder progress. I am spending more attention on the English details than on the Russian one, for gods sake. Can this please be seen to. Thank you.
I do agree with this. I often second guess myself trying to tell if this sentence is acceptable in both english and russian.
Six times in a row the same task. While repetition is a good way to learn a language, you should not overdo it, if you want to keep your students.
Does this really mean if she sleeps in the afternoon, like a siesta? Or if she sleeps during the day instead of the night?
How do you pronounce днём? Idk if the audio is weird or if I am just stupid...
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'Anna Ivanovna, do you sleep during the day' is a more common option in everyday English
How do I make the questions written in Cyrillic instead of this Anglicized stuff?
There's a small Aa-Яя switch near the top left of the screen during a lesson. Click on it and you'll get Cyrillic.
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Is to "спите днём" a phrasal verb for "to nap" or does it simply mean exactly "to sleep during the day"?
спать is the verb that means "to sleep". Днём is an adverb that means "in the afternoon", "in the daytime" (as opposed to the nighttime).
Why put full name?
PS Not commenting on this, but den' sounds like a Hindi word 'din' which means day
Re: P.S. It's no coincidence - Russian's also from the Proto-Indo-European Language Family :)
Interesting...I would have thought it was more related to Greek as they practically share an alphabet; or is Greek part of this family as well - ?
"in daytime" is poor English grammar, "daytime" requires a definite article when used with "in"
Вот здесь было by day https://www.duolingo.com/comment/11635976 Здесь же by day не принимается, в чем соль?
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Can I say "anna ivanovna are you asleep in the daytime" in the meaning "Anna Ivanovna, what are you doing? You could walk or work, you just waste your time!"
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I don't see where we get in the daytime. Is it because day is in Dative and the Dative implies with the day?
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Because днём means in the daytime and ночью means at night. And I have no idea what case that is! Wait, yes I do cause Shady up above explained that they are adverbs derived from the instrumental case. So, adverbs!
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Yes, it is exactly right. If it was rejected it would be something else, maybe a typo of a word you know well.
