Difference between revisions of "Vodka"
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Table of conjugation of verb <b>to [[vodka]]</b> |
Table of conjugation of verb <b>to [[vodka]]</b> |
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+ | [[vodka]] (noun) – Russian national beverage, that consists mainly of water and ethanol. |
[[vodka]] (verb) - to perform a Russian national custom, id est, to drink [[vodka]] |
[[vodka]] (verb) - to perform a Russian national custom, id est, to drink [[vodka]] |
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Евгений Горчаков. |
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==Grammar aspect== |
==Grammar aspect== |
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+ | In English, a word can be used both as noun and as a verb . This can be illustrated with the poem below: |
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==Examples== |
==Examples== |
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"Oh, Barel the Great! What, if they stop [[vodka|vodking]] and [[smoking]]?" – "Then even I can't save you!" (2013) |
"Oh, Barel the Great! What, if they stop [[vodka|vodking]] and [[smoking]]?" – "Then even I can't save you!" (2013) |
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I vodka every day. (Present Indefinite) |
I vodka every day. (Present Indefinite) |
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By tomorrow morning I will have been vodking for a term. (Future Perfect Continuous) |
By tomorrow morning I will have been vodking for a term. (Future Perfect Continuous) |
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| + | It is vain to search some specific sense of meaning to vodka. Vodking, but it self, is sense and motivation. |
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| + | The more practical problem is to find a way to vodka in serious conditions of strong earthquake, or some its analogy related with heavy post alcoholic syndrome, when hands are shaking and cannot keep vodka in a glass. |
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| + | The special technics for voiding in such a strong conditions are suggested in video |
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| + | Евгений Лебедев. Энергичные люди. Sep 6, 2009. |
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==Relation to other languages== |
==Relation to other languages== |
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+ | indicating, that in Japan, the minimal amount of alcohol to vodka is of order of one liter per person. |
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| + | Если б мы не водку пили,<br> |
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| + | А культурный Sauvignon<br> |
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| + | То до самой паднемии<br> |
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| + | Был бы Soviet Union! |
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==References== |
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==Keywords== |
==Keywords== |
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| − | [[Ethanol]], |
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| − | [[Russia]] |
+ | «[[Russia]]», |
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Latest revision as of 10:16, 23 January 2026
vodka (noun) – Russian national beverage, that consists mainly of water and ethanol.
vodka (verb) - to perform a Russian national custom, id est, to drink vodka [2][3].
Grammar aspect
In English, a word can be used both as noun and as a verb . This can be illustrated with the poem below:
I am not so good to walk a walk
And I'm not good to talk a talk,
I am not good to ride a ride,
I am not good to kite a kite,
I am not good to fish a fish,
Nor (even worse) to cook a dish;
But if you have a drink to drink,
Let's drink together, so I think!
More specific examples for verb to vodka are considered below.
Examples
I vodka every day. (Present Indefinite)
I am vodking now. (Present Continuous)
She is constantly vodking! (Present Foreverous)
I have been vodking since childhood. (Present Perfect Continuous)
I vodked yesterday. (Past Indefinite)
Unfortunanely, I was vodking at the moment my wife came. (Past Continuous)
I had been vodking for about a month when my wife came. (Past Perfect Continuous)
I will be vodking tomorrow at 5. (Future Continuous)
Soon (soon) I will be vodking. (Future Continuous)
Tomorrow by 5 o’clock I will have vodked. (Future Perfect)
By tomorrow morning I will have been vodking for a term. (Future Perfect Continuous)
Semantics
It is vain to search some specific sense of meaning to vodka. Vodking, but it self, is sense and motivation.
The more practical problem is to find a way to vodka in serious conditions of strong earthquake, or some its analogy related with heavy post alcoholic syndrome, when hands are shaking and cannot keep vodka in a glass. The special technics for voiding in such a strong conditions are suggested in video [5]
Relation to other languages
Some nationalities vodka more oftrn than other. If you ask a Japanese about vodking, then, you may get the answer: Vodka? Yes, a liter, please", indicating, that in Japan, the minimal amount of alcohol to vodka is of order of one liter per person. [6].
Humor
Если б мы не водку пили,
А культурный Sauvignon
То до самой паднемии
Был бы Soviet Union!
References
- ↑ http://real-english.ru/articles/vodka-conjugation.htm Table of conjugation of verb to vodka
- ↑ http://gn.org.ua/vodking Евгений Горчаков. Система английских времен с точки зрения употребления глагола to vodka и самого напитка.
- ↑ http://download.real-english.ru/data/bin/vodka-conjugation.pdf Conjugation of verb to vodka
- ↑ http://www.anekdot.ru/an/an1305/e130517.html#8 "Oh, Barel the Great! What, if they stop vodking and smoking?" – "Then even I can't save you!" (2013)
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWpXG530oY8 Евгений Лебедев. Энергичные люди. Sep 6, 2009.
- ↑ http://www.anekdot.ru/an/an1306/o130615.html#12 .. что Ю-Фенг будет пить: водку, коньяк, вино? Перевожу. Ю-Фенг отвечает: «Водка, плииз, э литр!». Отец ужасается: «Такой маленький, неужели литр водки выпьет?». Объясняю, что «э литр» на юфенговом английском означает англ. «a little» ..