Russian Language Trivia

1. "Zima" is the Russian word for which season of the year?

From Quiz Russkiy Yazyk!

Answer: Winter

"Zima" is indeed winter. "Vesna" is spring, "Leto" is summer, and "Ocen'" is autumn. Russian is the seventh most spoken language worldwide: approx. 164 million people speak it as their first language, and approx. 114 million speak it as a second language, giving a total of 278 million speakers! The title of this quiz, "Russkiy Yazyk" is of course Russian for "Russian tongue" or "Russian language".

From Quiz Russian Colours

Answer: tsvet

Russians use the Cyrillic Alphabet invented by St. Cyril and based upon the Greek alphabet. It has 33 letters.

From Quiz Foods in the Russian Language

Answer: sandwich

A "buterbrod" is a name for any kind of sandwich. It can be made with bologna, cheese, jam, or even honey. The most popular type among people in Russia is probably the simple butter sandwich.

From Quiz Everyday Russian Phrases

Answer: nyet & net & niet

The word for 'yes' is 'da'.

From Quiz Basic Russian Verbs

Answer: Eat

The verb "est'" is often used with the same meaning. As in French, it would change the ending depending whether it's singular and what point of view it is spoken from. In infinitive form the verb "est'" sounds exactly the same as the verb "to be", but when in the other forms it would change the endings in a different way.

From Quiz Basic Russian for Dummies

Answer: goodbye

From Quiz Pavlova's Dogs

Answer: Now (happening at this moment)

The abbreviation "shcha" is used to denote "seychas" which means "now, currently" in English. The Russian word for "now, consequently" is "tieper'". The Russian alphabet also has characters for "ch" and "sh". Since there are often consecutive consonants grouping, and speech is often fast, in textspeak, the letter "ch" often gets replaced by "sh" or "shch"; other letters could also end up being omitted/replaced. A key example is the word for "what" which is is actually written as "chto" but in natural speech sounds more like "shto". This is closer to it's counterpart in Ukrainian, and demonstrates the fluidity of language, since Internet chatrooms can be open to anyone with access worldwide.

From Quiz Russian Colours

Answer: krasnyi

The Red Square in Moscow = 'Krasnaja ploshchad'. 'Rozevyi' means 'pink', 'vzroslyi' means 'mature' and 'mertvyi' means 'dead'.

From Quiz Foods in the Russian Language

Answer: prianik

A "prianik" is a sweet-tasting pastry. It has a hard shell outside which is covered with hardened white glaze. It is usually soft on the inside, making it easier to chew. Because of the spices that are added during baking, it has a unique taste unlike anything you have ever tried.

From Quiz Everyday Russian Phrases

Answer: Spaseeba

You would hope to hear in return 'Pazhalsta'- 'You are welcome'.

From Quiz Basic Russian Verbs

Answer: pit'

"Spat'" means "to sleep"; "smotret'" means "to look"; "plevat'" means "to spit". To tell somebody on Russian that you don't care about the person in idiomatic way, you would say that you want to spit on them.

From Quiz Basic Russian for Dummies

Answer: four

From Quiz Russkiy Yazyk!

Answer: Children

"Deti" means children - the singular is "ditya", although "rebyonok" (child) is more commonly used in the singular (pl. "rebyata"). "Brothers" would be "brat'ya", "parents" would be "roditeli", and "cousins" "kuzeny". Russian is part of the Indo-European language family, and along with Ukrainian and Belorussian (or Byelorussian) makes up the East Slavic languages.

From Quiz Russian Colours

Answer: zelenyi

Russian is a Slavic language. There are 11 Slavic languages, divided into East Slavic (Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian), West Slavic(Polish, Czech, Slovak, Sorbian) and South Slavic (Slovene, Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian). Some of these languages, such as Sorbian, have very few native speakers, while others, like Russian, Ukrainian and Polish have a very substantial native-speaking population.

From Quiz Basic Russian Words

Answer: Bulochnaya

'Bulochnaya' is a bakery {store;} 'Igrushechnyi Magazin' is a toy {store;} 'Promtovary' are hardware and homeware {stores;} a 'Bolnitsa' is a hospital.

From Quiz Basic Russian for Dummies

Answer: R

The Greek letter 'ro' looks like that too, so we're really the odd ones out here.

From Quiz Pavlova's Dogs

Answer: Crying

"Khnij" symbolizes someone (generally in a sad way) sobbing or crying, so basically just think of this as being like "waaaah" in English.

From Quiz Russian Colours

Answer: Belyi Dom

'Dom' means 'house', 'glupyi' means 'dumb', 'lukavyi' means 'cunning' and 'krasivyi' means 'beautiful'. In Russian there are seven cases: nominative, vocative (little used), accusative, prepositional, genitive, dative and instrumental. Each with its own endings and uses.

From Quiz Foods in the Russian Language

Answer: Borscht

"Borscht" is usually eaten with dark rye bread and a dollop of sour cream on top. It is one of the classics of Russian cuisine.

From Quiz Everyday Russian Phrases

Answer: Dobri dyen

An informal greeting at any time would be 'Preevet'

From Quiz Basic Russian Verbs

Answer: govorit'

If you want to show the insignificance of what you were speaking about, you would use the analogue of the verb "to chat" that sounds "boltat'" in Russian language. The verb "pisat'" is an interesting verb because if the voice highlights the first syllable then it takes the meaning "to pee", but if the voice highlights the last syllable the verb means "to write".

From Quiz Basic Russian for Dummies

Answer: ten

From Quiz Russkiy Yazyk!

Answer: Utrom

"-om" is the standard ending in the instrumental case for neuter nouns ending in "-o" and also for masculine nouns ending in a consonant - for example, "karandash", meaning "pencil", would become "karandashom" - "with a pencil". Russian is the official language in Russia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan. While it is widely spoken in the Ukraine, it is not an official language. It is also an official language of the United Nations.

From Quiz Russian Colours

Answer: goluboi

This was a tricky question: 'goluboi' is actually 'light blue', 'sinyi' is regular blue,'fioljetovyi' is 'violet' and 'glubokyi' is 'deep'. Russian is spoken by more than 100 million native speakers and several millions of non-natives in the world.

From Quiz Everyday Russian Phrases

Answer: Kak dela

You might expect to hear 'Narmal'no'-'OK'- in reply.

From Quiz Basic Russian Words

Answer: Rubl'

Russian currency is pronounced and spelt 'Rubl' in Russian, but spelt 'Rouble' or 'Ruble' in English.

From Quiz Basic Russian for Dummies

Answer: zh

As in 'measure'.

From Quiz Pavlova's Dogs

Answer: To carouse, to have a good time

The verb "gulyat'" can also mean to have a leisurely stroll, however in the virtual world of online chatrooms it means to have fun and enjoy yourself, which is also another meaning of this verb in the real world. This could involve (avatars) being occupied in certain different activities; the advanced level of modern computerization allows many possibilities that are too inappropriate to mention on Funtrivia!

From Quiz Foods in the Russian Language

Answer: ikra

Beluga, sevruga, and osetra caviars are among the most expensive caviars in the world.

From Quiz Basic Russian Verbs

Answer: bolet'

Surprisingly, the same verb is used to express a person who is a fan of some sports team and is cheering the team to win.

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