C. Ten Poetic Riddles
These exercises, apart from amusing you, will help you in analysing the structure of
some Russian words
No.
Russian Original
and
its English Equivalent
Comments & Explanations
1
Я с полки книгу взял, прибавил "А"
И стало вдруг мучительно обидно:
От книги не осталось и следа,
И даже в микроскоп не видно.
I took
а book from the shelf and added
"
A".
And, suddenly, I became extremely sad:
The book was gone without a trace,
And I could not see it even in a microscope.
I will give you a clue to solve this
mystery. A large published work
can be printed in several volumes,
for example: Volume 1, Volume 2,
etc. Russian equivalent for word
"Volume" in this context is "
Том"
What will happen if you add letter
А to word том? ...
2
Сидит дед
Во сто шуб одет.
Кто его раздевает,
Тот слёзы проливает.
An old man sits
Dressed in 100 fur coats.
Whoever strips him,
Clue:
Дед (the old man)
represents here some vegetable.
Which one?
335
Will shed tears.
3
Начало – нота.
Потом – оленя украшенье,
А вместе – место
Оживленного движенья.
At first, you have a note.
Then - deer's head decoration,
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