Learning the Russian letter 'Ж' and how to use it when proposing!
Talk about marriage using these useful phrases.
Привет!
What do you think of the letter ‘Ж’? Some say it doesn’t even look like a letter, but a bug,,, which is fitting, since 'bug' in Russian is 'жук'!
In Russian there are two words for the phrase 'to be married': the masculine version is 'женат' (from the word for 'wife' - жена), while the female is 'замужем' (from the word for 'husband' - 'муж'). So, if you're a woman, you'd effectively be saying: "married to a man", and vice versa.
Here are some examples:
- Вы замужем?
- Да, я замужем.
- Вы женаты?
- Нет, я не женат.
Note that 'замужем' doesn’t change, but 'женат' has a singular and plural form - the latter being used as a polite form (like in the example above).
Congratulations! Now you know what to do if you fall in love with a Russian man or woman. (But, first things first - let them know that you're not married!).
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