"budesh" and "choc'esh"

[Tanaka Takashi]

Hello from Japan.
My name is Takashi and I am teaching Russian at public institute at
different levels. I joined this list just a few days ago and I mostly
follow the matters concerning Russian.

I lived in Russia during 1992 - 93 academic year and though I lived in
a Univ. dorm, I have spent a lot of time in Russian speaking family.

Although I encountered the expression " Ty budesh' xxx?" for the
first time in Russia, I somehow understood it right, or at least
I got what they meant.

But I was more surprised at the fact that people hardly say
"Kushajte" to me. Instead, they kept saying "Esh'te" or "Esh'",
which, as I learned in Japan, is not appropriate .

TANAKA Takashi


Uladzimir Katkouski wrote:
>
> That's an interesting case. I remember the confusion of my Albanian friend
> who was learning Russian with some help from his Russian roommate. And he
> just
> couldn't grasp the construction "you will sausage?" or "you will cheese?" ;)

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