"Где магазин?"

Translation: Where is the store?

[Lars200]

Magasin, c'est exactement comme en français !

[deactivated user]

Il y a un beaucoup de mots du français en le russe. En fait, durant l'âge des tsars, quasiment tout les russes éduqué ont pu parler le français.

[dempl]

Magazin can be a supermarket as well . I've never seen a sign in front of any large store "SuperMarket" (Perekrostok, Sedmoy Kontinent etc.) to say "SuperMarket", they always say "magazin" , i.e. you should add it to the possible answers list

[IvyRoseMidwinter]

While I agree that magazin can be a supermarket, we see a lot of supermarket signs in Omsk. These are from Omsk. The first was taken a week ago and the other 2 were taken this morning, November 12th, 2017. All are within 5km. https://imgur.com/a/oxveU

[kdammers]

Again, I got shot down on a/the. Please, if this is not just a quirk of Duolingou's, can some-one guide me to a clear (and, if possible, simple) explanation of how to understand the Russian nouns in terms of English article adding.

[SaintUrsula]

I'm with you. "I need some milk. Where is a store?" Is perfectly ordinary English.

[deactivated user]

I know. This is so stupid. The bubbles let me choose a or the and I choose the first one I saw: a.

[Dav7nn]

"Магазин" can be both store and magazine, right? If yes, what is the difference between "магазин" and "журнал"?

[Nemesis_NaR]

I don't think so, магазин is only a "store" and "magazine" is only "журнал"

[Dav7nn]

I see, thank you for the reply.

[deactivated user]

Can it mean "warehouse" as it does in Polish?

[Shady_arc]

It can mean a magazine attached to a firearm.

[OmerTabach]

Is there a problem with "where's the shop"?

[MattinMaverick]

Does magazin indicate on a huge store and some kind of mall or it also means a shop or a supermarket? In persian, we call small shops "Maghaze".

[Shady_arc]

It does not say anything about the size.

[hLzl7]

Need to add "where is a shop?"

[Keeletaat]

"Где магазин?"
"Подержи арбуз... откуда я знаю!"

A common joke in Russia. Works actually with a body language.