The Russian word for “courageous” or “brave” is “manly.” This is very annoying because when I want to say that Klara is very brave – and it’s true, this is one of her most obvious characteristics – it comes out as “Klara is manly.” Which sounds outlandishly bizarre.
What a useless language.
Is it impossible to form neologisms in Russian – like “femly”? Eller “valkyriely”
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The Russian for womanly means exactly what it does in English. It has no double meaning. And it feels just as weird to call a 1-year-old “womanly.”
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Why not use “smelaya”?
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It’s not quite the same word. It’s more like “daring”, but that’s a different thing.
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Here is one manly man for your enjoyment…
http://weirdrussia.com/2015/05/06/vladimir-the-doll-the-plush-toy-of-the-year/
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It’s funny but 200 CAD? She’s got to be dreaming. 5.99 is a good price for him.
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