Russian speakers? (small favor)

[Robb]

I feel so silly for asking, but the internet is not being helpful today. :)

Could someone who speaks Russian give me a rough phoenetic spelling of the word for "send", as in "transmit"?

[Dogmudgeon]

1. Could you give us a sentence?

Russian verbs get conjugated about 400 different ways. In addition, IIRC, there are at least five or six ways to say "send".

da zvi'

--bkl

[Robb]

2. Like an imperative...

As if he clicked on the button that said "send". :shrug:

[Dogmudgeon]

4. Here's my attempt

peredevaitye

It's pronounced more like "pee-ree-div-AYE-tee"

Now all we need is someone who speaks Russian like a native to make sure what I found really is what you want!

But this should make you understood.

--bkl
Ya govoryu ... plokho ...

[Robb]

5. I'll take it!! Thanks!

...er, spaziba! :hi:

[TXlib]

6. peredevaitye is imperfective

I think in this sense, you may want perfective:

peredaitye

as in:

peredaitye ot menya privyet

"Send my greetings"

ty neplokho govorish'.

[Dogmudgeon]

8. That sounds about right

Now to hash out whether privyet should be singular or plural or if I've forgotten more than 50% of the Russian grammar I've learned.

--bkl
Oo menya mozgi nyet ...

[TXlib]

9. Yesli u tebya mozgi nyet, golosovai za Bush!

[curse10]

10. What about poslatz?

With poshlutye being the impertive case?

[TXlib]

11. peredat' is the verb that means 'to transmit'

poslat' means to send, as in through the post.

I am not sure, but I think russian web forms have buttons that say peredaitye for 'send'.

[curse10]

15. transmit would be a better choice then

my bad :-) I'm out of practice

[liberalhistorian]

3. Sorry, Robb, all I remember

from college Russian are the phrases for "hello, how are you, do you speak russian, and what is this!" Fascinating language, though.

[ConcernedCanuk]

7. cool tool (free) for translating text and whole web pages !

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http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/

Loads in One second !!

[bobthedrummer]

12. Bush, yob wos!

eom

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

13. Roff ees Dingbatsky, da? (nt)

[TXlib]

14. I'm reminded of a poem I learned in russian class

Napisal ya po pis'mu
Sashe, Mashe, i slonu.

Otvyeteli mnye pis'mom
Sasha, Masha, no nye slon.

Bonus points if anybody other than KCDem can read that!

And a dialog I had to memorise to learn genitive case (rodityelniy padyezh):

Gdye general? Ya nye vizhu generala?

- Generala uvyeli. Vy ego bol'shye nye uvidetye.

Translation:

Where's the general? I don't see the general.

- They took the general away. You'll never see him again.