'kushat''

[Natalia Samoilova]

I remember my teacher of stylistics at Moscow State University (1994)
used to make fun of this word: in the 1 person it is as inappropriate as
"moja supruga" (you can say "Kushajte, pozhalujsta!" (polite) or "Vasha
supruga"
(official), but you should say "ja em" or "moja zhena").
But the situation could change.

Natalia Samoilova.

>Hello all. My question is: What is the sphere of usage and the 'status'
>of the verb 'kushat''? I have an emigre student who uses it instead of
>est', zavtrakat', etc., for example, when I ask the students what they
>did yesterday. Is it colloquial? Substandard? Dialectal?
>    Thanks!
>    Emily Tall
>
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