Jan 13, 2003 03:41
21 yrs ago
English term

baby

Non-PRO English to Russian Other
I am having a baby in February.

Proposed translations

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Ребенок, маленький ребенок, дитя

In this context - ребенок (rebionok)

Your phrase:
В феврале у меня будет/родится ребенок
Я жду ребенка, он родится в феврале

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Note added at 2003-01-13 04:33:14 (GMT)
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I repeat these translations by latin letters:

V fevrale u menya budet rebionok.
V fevrale u menya roditsya rebionok.
Ya zhdu rebionka, on roditsya v fevrale.

February === Февраль (fevral\' )



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Note added at 2003-01-13 04:44:17 (GMT)
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You can say briefly:

Ya zhdu rebionka v fevrale (Я жду ребенка в феврале)

It will be clear and also correct

I have to add that the word \"baby\" is widely known in Russia, so if you say :
\"Ya zhdu bebi v fevrale\" ,
it will be also clear, I think.
Peer comment(s):

agree Ravindra Godbole
6 mins
Thank you, Ravindra
agree Mark Vaintroub
44 mins
Thank you, Mark
agree Fernando Muela Sopeña
2 hrs
Thank you, Fernando
agree Galina Labinko Rodriguez
3 hrs
Thank you, Galina
agree Yakov Tomara : Not with "zhdu bebi". Widely known doesn't mean acceptable in educated speech
3 hrs
Thank you, Yakov. But why do you think that Asker translates an educational speech? Maybe it is an oral dialogue, I don't know....
agree Andrew Vdovin : Absolutely agree
4 hrs
Thanks!
agree Yelena.
4 hrs
Thank you, Yelena
agree Ludwig Chekhovtsov : А также детеныш (узверей и прочих животных)
7 hrs
Да, но звери обычно не говорят (разве что в сказке). Спасибо, Людвиг
agree Nikita Kobrin : and w/ Yakov Tomara. "zhdu bebi" sounds simply mincing (like the word "wow" among Russian words).
10 hrs
Thank you, Nikita
agree Yuri Kalgin : Ok... Good
14 hrs
Thank you, Yuri
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you! You did a wonderful job with explaining everything to me and writing in Latin letters, also. I cannot read or write Russian, so the symbols do me no good when trying to translate a word."
1 day 15 hrs

Ja rozhaju v fevrale

mne rozhat' v fevrale

... and we assume that it will be a baby and not a mouse o a frog or a "nevedoma zverushka"

other proposed answers are also good.
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