[Corpora-List] Use of dash for "to be" elision in russian

[Dmitrii Miliaev]

Hi Oliver,

In general, you should put a dash, if the predicate in a sentence is a
noun in the nominative case.

E.g.
       Дуб — дерево.
       An Oak is a tree.

       Я — студент.
       I'm a student.

However, you don't need to put dash in a negative sentence.

All the best,
Dima



On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Galibert Olivier
<Olivier.Galibert at lne.fr> wrote:
>
>  Hello corpora list members,
>
> Russian has the interesting characteristic of representing an elided instance of "to be" with a dash in specific cases.  See for instance the last sentence of:
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Russian/Grammar/Articles
> to see what I"m talking about.
>
> My problem is to know whether that dash is grammatically required or optional.  Depending on my sources I see both opinions.  Does anyone know for sure, or maybe it's a regional issue?
>
> Best,
>
>  Olivier Galibert
>
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