"русский язык"

Translation: the Russian language

[feyMorgaina]

Я не понимаю русский язык! :-o o_o

[DerAndereLerner]

*Я ЕЩЁ НЕ понимаю русский язык. )))

[itsrogger]

I already knew "Русский" before trying Russian here, but only now I'm aware of the ий and ая endings being related to adjectives.
Cool reaching this part; everything seems to connect now!

[Jeffrey855877]

Also, the Russian Spelling Rules changing русскый -> русский because of the к at the end of the stem русск-. The "dictionary" masculine singular nominative/accusative (inanimate) adjective ending is -ый

[-Sauroc-]

Should 'russian tongue' be accepted here?

[R_Andersson]

I think it would need an article: a Russian tongue.

[Jeffrey855877]

"The Russian tongue" = "The Russian language"
"A Russian tongue" = either "A Russian dialect" or "[The organ inside a Russian mouth]"

[Marta787667]

A tongue is an organ.

[IwantToLea20884]

Should really learn English better, it is also a language

[QurtQurt]

But not in Russian.

[SerhatUcar2]

Can i say only "Russian"?

[Connor-R]

No

[pye20]

Ambiguously yes. [ русский ] is some Russian masculine noun adjective, может быть; алфавит, балет, борщ, вальс, глагол, гриб, диалог, театр, текст, фестиваль, флаг, экзамен, i.t.d., и так далее.

Chinese, Indian, Indonesian, Brazilian, ..,what ? agriculture, business, culture, demography, dentistry, diplomacy, economy, people, person, population, zoology, and so on.

[Jeffrey855877]

In a sentence, you could: Вы знаете русский язык = "You know Russian/the Russian language". Depends on how literal or formal you want to be. It should be obvious from the exercises that язык isn't necessary, either.

Although the point of the exercise seems to be to include both words, https://www.duolingo.com/lwGu6
lwGu6 (see below) reported 6 months ago that "Russian" alone was accepted.

[flint72]

Славный Великорусский Язык

[QurtQurt]

The Великорусский word did not exist in Russian before you gave it.

[Peterza1]

Does this mean specific the language or any language spoken in Russia?

[nizzle1931]

The specific Russian language.

[Jeffrey855877]

According to Google, "Russian dialect" is русский диалект

[pye20]

100 minority languages spoken in Russia ‧ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Russia

[Daoken]

Это - красивий язык.

[guido506552]

Is the pronounciation /eesik/ (as opposed to /ja-sik/) to be assumed as correct ?

[__CF__]

I am puzzled as well

[25XXV]

I said Russian and it worked. Should it be Russian language? Russian itself is just an adjective, doesnt seem right.

[Jeffrey855877]

Sitesurf has said elsewhere that it depends on the formality the speaker chooses to use. "The Russian langauge" is very formal in English, and русский язык is formal in Russian, the kind of wording seen on a text-book or a syllabus. язык is often dropped, as "language" is dropped in English.

[Brilli15Bri]

Мой любимый язык