TRANSLATION PROBLEMS: REPLIES

[Steve Marder]

Don Livingston wrote:
>
> > Date:    Wed, 11 Apr 2001 15:44:31 +0100
> > From:    J.Dunn at SLAVONIC.ARTS.GLA.AC.UK
> > Subject: Re: TRANSLATION PROBLEMS: REPLIES
> >
> > Avid readers of Russia's bul'varnaja pressa will
> > know that the Russian for boyfriend is 'bojfrend'.
>
> Hm, if this is so, then I anxiously await the appearance of
> 'bojfrendka' for girlfriend...

You may, or may not, have a long wait, but in the meantime note the
following "girlfriends":

boyfrendsha

gerlfrend/gyorlfrend (usu. indecl. fem., but occasionally also "masc."
(e.g., gen./acc. in -a))

gerlfrenda/gyorlfrenda

gerlfrendsha/gyorlfrendsha

At this point I think I had better stop. :-)

Steve Marder

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