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English translation: dog

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Russian term or phrase:	coбaka
English translation:	dog
Entered by:	Iren

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04:34 May 31, 2002

Russian to English translations [Non-PRO]

Russian term or phrase: cobaka

i fed cobaky

ruslan

dog

Explanation:
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Iren
United States

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Summary of answers provided

4 +12

dog

Iren

5 +1

I fed the dog (cobaka) I fed the dogs (cobaky)

Diane Fontainebleau Pochй

AYP

1 +2

I fed Sobaka (dog's name)

Jack Doughty

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4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +12

dog

Explanation:
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Iren
United States
PRO pts in pair: 23

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5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

I fed the dog (cobaka) I fed the dogs (cobaky)

Explanation:
You have two different endings.

Diane Fontainebleau Pochй
United States
PRO pts in pair: 8

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

I fed Sobaka (dog's name)

Explanation:
We ourselves have a cat which we have named "Koshka", so this might be a possibility. In such a strange mixture, who knows what case ending is intended or if it is grammatical or not? Diane's suggestion is also a possibility if the author of these words knows that собаки is the plural of dog but does not know about other case endings.

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:22
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 10568

21 hrs confidence:

-

Explanation:
Руслан,
Если вы переводите на английский фразу, которая по-русски звучит как «я кормил собаку», то я согласен со всеми коллегами, которые ответили раньше.

В том случае, если вы хотите сказать, что вы на/в чем-то собаку съели (глагол “to feed” в разговорной речи можно перевести как «есть», «кормиться»), то вам лучше использовать следующие варианты перевода:
собаку съесть (на чем-л., в чем-л.) —
to be an expert at/in smth,
to know one's onions,
to know smth. inside out,
to know the ropes.

Тогда ваша фраза по-английски будет выглядеть так:

I know my onions,
I know the ropes.

Удачи!

AYP
Ukraine
Local time: 08:22
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