даёшь

[John Dingley]

Hi,

(шайба = disc, puck < German Scheibe)

I take it that when "шайбу, шайбу!" is chanted at a
hockey game it is short for something of the order
of "забейте шайбу!" ("score!") to account for the
accusative case?

John Dingley


On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 10:32 AM, Alina L. Israeli <aisrael at american.edu>
wrote:

> No, because there must be an object of даёшь: даешь победу, даешь медали.
> But register-wise it’s below “Go Navy” or “Forza Italia”.
>
> Incidentally, at hockey games they chant “Шай-бу, шай-бу”, nothing with
> даёшь. It should enter as part of curriculum on Accusative case.
>
> Даёшь is very much of an industrial and military slogan. “Даешь Перекоп!”
> Даешь Магнитку!”
>
> Alina
>
> On Jun 7, 2014, at 12:34 PM, Danine Falcon <falcon at USNA.EDU> wrote:
>
> > So, would it be possible to use "ДАЁШЬ!" to translate the slogan, "Go
> Navy, Beat Army!" ?? And what would be the best choice of words for "beat,"
> given the meaning of the word beat in this context?
> >
> > Thanks for any help with this!
> >
> > Danine Falcon
> >
> > Danine Falcon
> > Russian Language Adjunct Instructor
> > United States Naval Academy
> > Annapolis, MD 21402
>
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