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Sentence #3494180

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Ooneykcall Ooneykcall September 14, 2014 September 14, 2014 at 12:21:11 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

@NNC, please.
This is meant to demonstrate the difference between #3493577 and #3493659. The former talks about a previously specified meeting ("the meeting"), while the latter is about "a meeting". Although Russian lacks articles, sometimes we can express the idea of (in)definiteness without any extra words but rather by word order. (The common misconception that 'word order isn't really important in Russian' is thus demonstrated false. Although it is indeed quite flexible, the meaning often changes slightly depending on which words go where.)

patgfisher patgfisher September 14, 2014 September 14, 2014 at 5:07:58 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

The sentence is OK in my opinion. You could also use "there's" for "there is".

This meeting with the indefinite article is a meeting that has already been arranged. The speaker is asking to be reminded of a meeting organised for Monday. "Remind me about the meeting on Monday." means almost the same.

Ooneykcall Ooneykcall September 14, 2014 September 14, 2014 at 10:32:31 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Hmm. The difference between the Russian two sentences is that the other one is talking of the meeting which has been mentioned previously in the conversation (definite in the context), while this one talks about a pre-arranged meeting as well but it hasn't been mentioned in the immediate conversation (indefinite in the context), and it would seem to me tthat his English sentence corresponds well to the latter?

patgfisher patgfisher September 15, 2014 September 15, 2014 at 4:18:34 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

>this one talks about a pre-arranged meeting as well but it hasn't been mentioned in the immediate conversation (indefinite in the context)..

Yes, I think your interpretation of the English meaning is correct.

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #3493659Напомни мне, что в понедельник собрание..

Remind me that there is a meeting on Monday.

added by Ooneykcall, September 14, 2014