Re: Another Russian Question

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> >> I have also heard Moyo imye - Peter [mahYOH
> >> EEMyah - Peter] (litterally my name Peter - Russian lacks a copula)
> >
> >Yep.
>
> Note however that _imya_ tends to mean 'first name' rather than 'full
> name'. So, in neutral speech the above may be understood as 'my first
> name is...', and followed by e. g. _Moya familiya - Smith_. Or it may
> imply some additional stylistic effect (from elevated tone to foreign
> accent). _Menya zovut..._ is in fact the only neutral way to say 'my
> name is...'.
This led to an amusing situation once when I was speaking with a Russian
not long ago, recently enough that my Russian was at the point where I
can't speak it properly anymore. So he asked me, "kak tvoja familija", and
I, thinking in Serbian, said, "dobro...." with a bit of a confused look on
my face. =)

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