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Subject: "Who is it" vs "Who is that" Znakomiy russkoyazichniy sdelal mne zamechanie kogda ya skazal "Sorry who is it?" po telefonu. Govorit, nado govorit "who is that?", potomu chto razgovarivaesh s lyudmi a ne jivotnymi.On prav? |
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(Excuse me) who is this? Can I ask who is calling, please? |
| who is that - более распространенный вариант |
| who is calling - sounds truly english |
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link 22.11.2006 9:48 |
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по-русски тоже можно сказать Кто это? однако звучит немного грубовато, в английском то же самое, IMO другие варианты: |
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link 22.11.2006 9:56 |
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Будьте проще: who am I having the pleasure of speaking to? may [this unworthy] one enquire who is calling, Sir/Madam? |
| А russkoyazichniy - Who is it? |
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