"budesh" and "choc'esh"

[Edward M Dumanis]

I forgot to mention the distinction between "ja budu pit' kofe" and "ja
budu kofe."
It is clear from the following two situations.

1) What are you going to do?
"Ja budu pit' kofe" (One cannot answer "Ja budu kofe").

2) Do you want tea or kofe?
"Ja budu kofe" (One can insert "pit'" but it is not necessary).

Note: there is a case of choice here.

In questions, the choice is not important.
It is just the emphasis.

"Budesh kofe?" emphasizes "kofe" as the type of beverage.


Edward Dumanis <dumanis at acsu.buffalo.edu>



On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Tanaka Takashi wrote:

> 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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