The inevitable ...

[Holl, Bruce]

A recent article on the BBC Russian site used the terms "zakliuchit' odnopolyi brak" and "pozhenit'sia." Here's the url
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/russian/russia/newsid_4183000/4183937.stm

Bruce Holl
Associate Professor of Russian 
Trinity University
San Antonio, TX 78250

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To my knowledge, there is none...

There is a more general phrase "sostoyat' v brake" that my be used.  I
recently read in a Russian newpaper reporting on Elton John's legal
battles in England that Elton wanted his "partner stat' officialnom."
That seemed apporpriately politically correct to me.

Josh Wilson
Consultant
The School of Russian and Asian Studies
Moscow, Russia
www.sras.org

Dear SEELANGers,

We all know there are two ways to "get married" in Russian--"vyiti
zamuzh (za
kogo)" if you're a woman, and "zhenitsya (na kom)" if you're a man.  It
was
inevitable: my students are now asking which verb is used when a man
marries
a man (etc.).  Help!

Charles at Knox

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