Moscow metro names

[bruce phipps]

I am reading a tourist guide book and planning a trip to Moscow.

* A lot of the metro station names end in "-skaya" , such as
"Arbatskaya". What does "-skaya" mean?

* Is end of September OK time to visit? Weather not cold yet?

Bruce

[D.K.]

Post by bruce phipps
I am reading a tourist guide book and planning a trip to Moscow.
* A lot of the metro station names end in "-skaya" , such as
"Arbatskaya". What does "-skaya" mean?

It means "belonging to". Thus, Arbatskaya is located on Arbat St.

Post by bruce phipps
* Is end of September OK time to visit? Weather not cold yet?

No, not cold. Think Chicago in the end of October.

DK

[Luc R]

Russian language use genders, like french. However, they have three gender
and french has only two. Feminine gender words in russian ends with "aya" in
nominative case. If you know some latin, you already know what is
nominative, genitive, etc...

And "sk", "tsk" etc are just common group of letters used in many russian
nouns. City of Krasnoyarsk. If used as an adjective form, it will be for
krasnoyarskaya + feminine noun. Masculine words ends with ?? or ?? and
neutral with "oe" like in krasnoye plochad. (Red square). In english
language, there is no gender of words, except for living beings.

Post by bruce phipps
I am reading a tourist guide book and planning a trip to Moscow.
* A lot of the metro station names end in "-skaya" , such as
"Arbatskaya". What does "-skaya" mean?
* Is end of September OK time to visit? Weather not cold yet?
Bruce

[Captain!]

Post by bruce phipps
I am reading a tourist guide book and planning a trip to Moscow.
* A lot of the metro station names end in "-skaya" , such as
"Arbatskaya".

What does "-skaya" mean?

streets also. russian is not my first language but so i could be wrong but i
think it is a posessive ending, indicating "belonging to" or "of".

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[Stinky Pete]

Post by bruce phipps

Post by bruce phipps
I am reading a tourist guide book and planning a trip to Moscow.
* A lot of the metro station names end in "-skaya" , such as
"Arbatskaya".

What does "-skaya" mean?
streets also. russian is not my first language but so i could be wrong but i
think it is a posessive ending, indicating "belonging to" or "of".
<snip>

lol

[The Black Monk]

Post by bruce phipps
I am reading a tourist guide book and planning a trip to Moscow.
* A lot of the metro station names end in "-skaya" , such as
"Arbatskaya". What does "-skaya" mean?

Kind of like "-s". So "Voikovskaya" would be like "Voikov's" (when
are they going to change the name of that one; he's the guy who was
invovled in the murder of the tsar and family).

Post by bruce phipps
* Is end of September OK time to visit? Weather not cold yet?

Any time to visit Moscow is a good time. However, you might want to
wait till October so you get get ballet/theater/opera tickets. The
season doesn't start until the end of September and you might have
trouble getting good seats.

Otherwise, the weather as in much of Europe may be cold and rainy : (

I've found winter to be a magical and wonderful season in Moscow.
Contrary to the reputation, the baseline temperature isn't much colder
than in Chicago.

Good luck,

BM

Post by bruce phipps
Bruce