Russian translation of "larger"

[Irina Ustinova]

At 10:11 AM 2/25/99 +0000, you wrote:
>Dear Seelangers
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>Could anyone give me an indication of the grammaticality of either or both
>of the following translations of "Soon I will need a larger car":
>
>1. Skoro mne nuzhna budet b>ol'shaja mashina. (> denotes stress)


Sounds grammatically correct, but a little bit artificial.
>
>2. Skoro mne nuzhna budet mashina pobol'she.

That's how a native Russian speaker will say.

Irena Ustinova
>
>If neither of these are grammatically well-formed, suggestions for a
>well-formed alternative would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Peter Chew
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