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There are many problems with food names due to the use of plurals. There are many problems with food names due to the use of the plural Three Georgians or Georgians

What is the “rule of vegetables” in our grammar, explains Ksenia TURKOVA, Candidate of Philological Sciences.

Events in Ukraine and their comparison, for example, with the situation in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, made us think again about which is correct: Georgians or Georgians, Ossetians or Ossetians? However, this is not the only difficulty associated with the use of the plural. There are many examples, let’s take the closest ones...

Grams/kilograms. In the journalistic team they will definitely correct you if they hear the plural form of “gram”: “That’s right, “grams”!” However, in fact, forms with zero endings - gram and kilogram - have long been acceptable in colloquial speech (like neuter coffee). In the academic “Grammar of the Russian Language” of 1952 (!), the form “gram/kilogram” is generally indicated as the only one. So you can safely ask for one hundred grams of sausage. True, if you are giving a public speech, writing an official document or a journalistic text, then it is better to choose the full, more literary form. But in the expression “front-line hundred grams”, nothing needs to be changed under any circumstances - this is a stable combination.

Georgians, Ossetians, Turks. Remember, nouns denoting some nationalities do not have an ending in the genitive plural. The correct word would be “Georgians” and not “Georgians”, “Ossetians” and not “Ossetians”, “Gypsies” and not “Gypsies”. The “Turks” have the same option. “No Turks” is wrong.

Socks/stockings. If you can’t remember “stockings” or “stockings” and you also always get confused with socks, refer to the mnemonic rule. The stockings are long, but their ending is short: no stockings. But the socks, on the contrary, are short and have a long ending: there are no socks. This is the easiest option to remember.

Pancakes. If you stumble while trying to tell your relatives that you have baked pancakes/pancakes, of course, it’s best to say “pancakes.” But what about those who cannot tolerate diminutive forms? Remember the correct option: pancakes.

Tomatoes/oranges/pasta. There are a lot of problems with food names in general. Put macaroni or pasta? Slice an orange or oranges? Throw rotten tomatoes or tomatoes?

Everything is simple with pasta: you need to shorten it to make it more convenient. Correct option: pasta. With tomatoes and oranges (as well as, for example, apricots) it is a little more complicated. The correct option is considered full: oranges, tomatoes. But in colloquial speech, a form with a zero ending is also acceptable. So you can buy a “pack of orange” at the market and in the store. But the literary norm is still complete!

Shoes and manger. The question of “shoes or shoes” and where to put the emphasis there arises quite often. The literary norm is “no shoes,” with the emphasis on the first syllable. The option “NO SHOES” is marked by almost all dictionaries as unacceptable. Although some allow it in colloquial speech. The help service of the Gramota.ru portal recommends using one option: shoes. The singular number is shoe.

But the word “manger”, on the contrary, has the correct variant with “-ey”: manger. The stress falls on the first syllable. Remember the phrase: “I left the manger without shoes” - and everything will become clear to you.

Soldiers/epaulets. Remember the junior lieutenant from Irina Allegrova’s song? “Only two stars fell on his shoulder strap...” But what if they fell not ON, but C? With shoulder straps or with shoulder straps? Here we need to remember the “principle of nationality”, it works exactly the same. Georgians - Ossetians - shoulder straps.

By the way, the same rule applies to the word “soldiers”. The correct option is: “no soldiers.”

Rails. If there is a train accident, then journalists are always confused: some say that the train went “off the rails,” while others say that it “went off the rails.” And here we need to remember the “vegetable rule”. The correct option is the one that is more complete: “The train went off the rails.” Test phrase: “The train was carrying a ton of tomatoes and derailed.” True, in colloquial speech the option “went off the rails” is acceptable.

Sheets, pokers. We will devote the last paragraph to especially difficult cases. I think you have tried more than once, just for fun, to form the plural (genitive case) of the word “poker.” In everyday life, the ability to change the word “poker” is unlikely to be useful, but it still doesn’t hurt to know. That's right - poker. A sheet is a sheet.

Here's some advice for you: "Don't leave the sheets without the sheets." This phrase will also help you remember the emphasis.

1. Grams/kilograms. The most painful question related to the plural. In the journalistic team they will definitely correct you if they hear the form of “gram”: “That’s right, “gram”!” However, in fact, forms with zero endings - gram and kilogram - have long been acceptable in colloquial speech (like neuter coffee). In the academic “Grammar of the Russian Language” of 1952 (!), the form “gram/kilogram” is generally indicated as the only form. So you can safely ask for one hundred grams of sausage. True, if you are giving a public speech, writing an official document or a journalistic text, then it is better to choose the full, more literary form.

But in the expression “front-line hundred grams”, nothing needs to be changed under any circumstances - this is a stable combination.

2. Georgians, Ossetians, Turks. Remember that nouns denoting some nationalities do not have an ending in the genitive plural. The correct word would be “Georgians” and not “Georgians”, “Ossetians” and not “Ossetians”, “Gypsies” and not “Gypsies”.
Remember the “Turk” option too. “No Turks” is wrong.

3. Socks/stockings. If you can’t remember “stockings” or “stockings” and you also always get confused with socks, refer to the mnemonic rule. The stockings are long, but their ending is short: no stockings. But the socks, on the contrary, are short and have a long ending: there are no socks. This is the easiest option to remember.

4. Pancakes. If you stumble while trying to tell your relatives that you have baked pancakes/pancakes, of course, it’s best to say “pancakes.” But what about those who cannot tolerate diminutive forms? Remember the correct option: pancakes.

5. Tomatoes/oranges/pasta. There are a lot of problems with food names in general. Put macaroni or pasta? Slice an orange or oranges? Throw rotten tomatoes or tomatoes?

Everything is simple with pasta: you need to shorten it to make it more convenient. Correct option: pasta. There is no ending.

With tomatoes and oranges (as well as, for example, apricots) it is a little more complicated. The correct option is considered full: oranges, tomatoes. But in colloquial speech, a form with a zero ending is also acceptable. So you can buy a “pack of orange” at the market and in the store. But remember that the literary norm is still complete!

By the way, there are names of vegetables and fruits whose zero ending is considered unacceptable even in oral speech. You can’t, for example, “weigh half a kilo of banana,” but you can “weigh a couple of kilos of eggplant.”

6. Shoes and manger. The question of “shoes or shoes” and where to put the emphasis there arises quite often. The literary norm is “no shoes,” with the emphasis on the first syllable. The option “NO SHOES” is marked by almost all dictionaries as unacceptable. Although some are acceptable in colloquial speech.

The help service of the Gramota.ru portal recommends using only one option: shoes. The singular number is shoe.

But the word “manger,” on the contrary, has the correct version with “-ey”: Manger. The stress falls on the first syllable.
Remember the phrase: “I left the Nursery without shoes” - and everything will become clear to you.

7. Soldiers/epaulets. Remember the junior lieutenant from Irina Allegrova’s song? “Only two stars fell on his shoulder strap...” But what if they fell not ON, but WITH? With shoulder straps or with shoulder straps?

Here we need to remember the “principle of nationality”; it works exactly the same here. Georgians - Ossetians - shoulder straps. By the way, the same rule applies to the word “soldiers”. The correct option is: “no soldiers.”

8. Rails. If there is a train accident, then journalists are always confused: some say that the train went “off the rails,” while others say that it “went off the rails.” And here we need to remember the “vegetable rule”. The correct option is the one that is more complete: “The train went off the rails.”

Remember the phrase: “The train was carrying a ton of tomatoes and derailed.”

True, in colloquial speech the option “went off the rails” is acceptable.

9. Carats. When it comes to jewelry, dictionaries make some concessions. You can use “karat” or “carat”. Wear it for your health!

10. Donya, sheets, pokers. We will devote the last paragraph to especially difficult cases. I think you have tried more than once, just for fun, to form the plural (genitive case) of the word “poker.” In everyday life, the ability to change the word “poker” is unlikely to be useful, but it still doesn’t hurt to know. That's right - poker.

As for the word “bottom”, the correct option would be the form “bottoms”.

A sheet is a sheet.

Here's some advice for you: "Don't leave the sheets without the sheets." This phrase will also help you remember the emphasis.

Unanswered question

It is completely unclear what to do with the modern footwear of the peoples of the world - uggs. Which is correct: ugg or ugg? Both sound terribly clumsy. Most likely, the “UGG” option is more correct. But if you still want to avoid this difficult choice, tell them that there are a lot of “Uggs” in the store. Yes, it’s disgusting, but what should I do?

Givi, your dogs are biting my strawberries.
- He doesn't bite, he sniffs.
- So that he sniffs pop tabbe like he pecks at my strawberry.

A small mountain town in Georgia. Our business traveler enters a wine and vodka store. Behind the counter, of course, is a Georgian seller. Business trip:
- Please tell me, do you have “Khvanchkara”?
Georgian:
- Of course, dear.
He takes an empty bottle, pours red liquid into it from a nearby barrel, corks it, takes out the Khvanchkara label from under the counter, sticks it on the bottle and hands it to the client. A business traveler, seeing something like this:
- You know, I’ll probably take “Kinzmarauli” instead.
Georgian:
- As you wish, dear.
Again he takes an empty bottle, pours the same liquid into it from the same barrel, corks it, takes out the “Kinzmarauli” label from under the counter, sticks it on and hands the bottle to the buyer.
Business trip (without any hope):
- Or maybe you have Teliani?
Georgian, looking under the counter:
- Yes, but there are no stickers.

A Georgian comes to a bread store, wants to buy two buns, and forgot how to say “two” in Russian, thought for a moment and said:
“Girl, give me three buns,” then he adds, “one nada!”

The Georgian sits eating a frog, the second one comes up:
- What are you doing?
- I eat fish.
- Where did you get it?
- I jumped myself.
- Why green?
- Probably still young.

At the Biathlon World Championships, a Georgian biathlete missed all 5 shots, drove up and stabbed the target with a dagger!

A Georgian is walking, and in front of him are two blondes:
- Girls, I want you!
- But we don’t!
- Well, it does, it does.

What do you call a Georgian carrying a ram under his left armpit and a goat under his right?
- Bisexual.

Married soldiers have gathered in the army and are talking about their wedding night. First:
- On my wedding night, my wife arranged such a holiday, in the highest class. This way and that. Where did I learn?
Second:
“And I fucked mine like that, the next day she was lying down and couldn’t walk.”
The third is Georgian:
- On the third wedding night...
- Which third, we are talking about the first.
- Don't worry, yes! On the third wedding night...
- You don’t understand, we’re talking about the first one.
- No worries, he said! On the third wedding night, my handsome young wife says: Givi, listen, get it, I want to write.

Zoo. There is an excursion past the gorilla cage. The last one is the Georgian. Suddenly he looks around, leans towards the cage and whispers:
- Givi, is that you?

The Georgian runs to the doctor, there are many patients there, but the Georgian does not pay attention and shouts:
- Doctor! I have problems with my d*ck!
- Listen! There are a lot of people here! Could you say this somehow... softer?
- Softer? OK. Doctor! I have problems with my ear!
- Here! So much better! And what's wrong with your ear??
- IT DOESN'T pee on me!

The Georgian took tests to the hospital, and when he came to find out the result, he was mistakenly told that he was pregnant.
He walks through the village, so sad, and then another Georgian shouts to him from the window:
- Hey Gogi, let’s go to Achko and play
Gogi:
- Enough, we've already finished the game.

Vakhtang and Givi met.
Vakhtang:
- I had a dream yesterday. I bought a 600 Mercedes and I’m driving it along Rustaveli Avenue, there are a lot of people standing there and everyone is waving at me, and I go past them, suddenly you jump up and wave at me more than anyone else, and I’m driving past you and don’t stop...
Givi:
- Dear, what a dream I had yesterday. I come to the Iveria restaurant, see Pugacheva there, well, I liked her and spent the evening with her in the restaurant. Then she says to me: Gogi, I love you and want you. She and I went to the room. Suddenly I answer the knock on the door, and there Rotaru rushes at me and says that he loves me and wants me. Well, you see, I’m the only one of them, I jump out onto Rustaveli Avenue. I see you driving a Mercedes, I wave to you, and like a fool you pass me by, back and forth!

Stockings, socks and shoes: dealing with the difficulties of the plural
We remember how to correctly bow “manger”, “pancakes” and “ugg boots”

Events in Ukraine and their comparison, for example, with the situation in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, made us think again about which is correct: Georgians or Georgians, Ossetians or Ossetians? However, this is not the only difficulty associated with the use of the plural. “Moscow News” has made a reminder for those who want to buy one hundred gram(s) of sausage, a kilogram of tomato(s), as well as stockings, socks and shoes.

But in the expression “front-line hundred grams”, nothing needs to be changed under any circumstances - this is a stable combination.

5. Tomatoes/oranges/pasta. There are a lot of problems with food names in general. Put macaroni or pasta? Slice an orange or oranges? Throw rotten tomatoes or tomatoes?

Everything is simple with pasta: you need to shorten it to make it more convenient. Correct option: pasta. There is no ending.

By the way, there are names of vegetables and fruits whose zero ending is considered unacceptable even in oral speech. You can’t, for example, “weigh half a kilo of banana,” but you can “weigh a couple of kilos of eggplant.”

The help service of the Gramota.ru portal recommends using only one option: shoes. The singular number is shoe.

Here we need to remember the “principle of nationality”; it works exactly the same here. Georgian - Ossetian - shoulder straps.

By the way, the same rule applies to the word “soldiers”. The correct option is: “no soldiers.”

8. Rails. If there is a train accident, then journalists are always confused: some say that the train went “off the rails,” while others say that it “derailed.” And here we need to remember the “vegetable rule”. The correct option is the one that is more complete: “The train went off the rails.”

Remember the phrase: “The train was carrying a ton of tomatoes and derailed.”

True, in colloquial speech the option “went off the rails” is acceptable.

9. Carats. When it comes to jewelry, dictionaries make some concessions. You can use “karat” or “carat”. Wear it for your health!

As for the word “bottom”, the correct option would be the form “bottoms”.

Sheet - sheet.

Here's some advice for you: "Don't leave the sheets without the sheets." This phrase will also help you remember the emphasis.

Unanswered question

It is completely unclear what to do with the modern footwear of the peoples of the world - Ugg boots. Which is correct: ugg or ugg? Both sound terribly clumsy. Most likely, the “UGG” option is more correct. But if you still want to avoid this difficult choice, tell them that there are a lot of “Uggs” in the store. Yes, it’s disgusting, but what should I do?

The police ask the crook:
- So you still claim that you are Latvian because you were born in Riga?
- Of course, dear!
- In your opinion, if kittens were bred in a stable, then they are horses?

A Georgian has buried his wife, walks slowly out of the cemetery and repeats in deep sadness:
- Eh, all alone...?! Wow, all alone...?!
As a result, the true meaning of the situation in which he found himself gradually dawned on him. The pace quickened, the shoulders and mustache straightened, sadness gave way to joy:
- Wow, all alone...!!! Wow, all alone...!!!

On Christmas Eve, Georgians and Russians pray in church. Russian:
- Lord, make sure that I receive my thirteenth salary!
Georgian:
- Gentlemen, make sure that I sell all my oranges!
These pleas continue for some time, after which the Georgian turns to the Russian and asks:
- Listen, how much is your thirteenth salary?
“Five hundred rubles,” the Russian answers.
- Listen, here are five hundred rubles, and don’t worry the gentlemen about little things!

A Georgian is being tried. Judge to the defendant:
- Do you plead guilty to gang rape?
- Kanechna!
- I ask the group of those raped to stand up.

A Georgian is walking through a meadow and sees his friend Vano sitting and lamenting:
- How she played badminton, how she played badminton.
- What happened, Vano?
- Yes wait. Do you know how she played badminton?
- Yes, what happened?
- I’m walking through a meadow and I see a pretty girl grazing a flock of sheep, and behind her back is a backpack with badminton rackets. Well, I invited her to play. If I win, then she is mine, and if not, then I give blowjobs to all her sheep. How she played badminton. Eeeeh...

A Georgian rapes a woman, the woman screams:
- Help! Help!
Georgian:
- Why are you shouting, I can handle it myself.

The Georgian is sitting in the maternity hospital, waiting for his wife to give birth. Finally a nurse appears, the Georgian jumps up:
- Well! Boy?!
- No.
- Who?

A boy walks through the bazaar, sees a Georgian standing there and sells khachapuri...
A boy comes up to him and asks:
- Uncle, did this khachapuri bark or meow during life?
Georgian:
- No boy, it walked around and asked too many questions.

Two Georgians are walking along a dark passage at two o’clock in the morning and from the other end they see two figures appearing from the darkness, one Georgian says to the other:
- Let's go back, otherwise there are two of them, and we are alone!

Two Georgians are being tried for driving a BelAZ into Zaporozhets at night. Judge:
- Why did you, citizen Sukhishvilli, run into a car walking in the oncoming lane, crush it and wrap it around the wheel?
The second Georgian Genikhtsvalli, indignantly, to the first:
- I told you that it was a car, and you: “Bucket, bucket!”...

Hotel. Sofa. There's a prostitute on it. It's Georgian.
- Citizen, at least take off your cap...
- Take off your cap, right?! Take off your coat, right?! Take off your shoes, right?!…
- Yes Yes…
- Listen, dear, did I come here to fuck you or show you a striptease?

Givi, what will you do if you meet a bear in the forest?
- Wow, of course, I’ll kill him with a gun.
- What if there is no gun?
- Then from a pistol...
- And if there’s no gun, then what?
- Then I’ll kill you with a dagger.
- But you don’t have a dagger.
- How's it going? Always with you!
- I forgot my dagger at home, so I took it away.
- Then I’ll hit you with a stone.
- But there are no stones in the forest.
- Are there any stones in the forest?
- Nat. This is the forest.
- Then I’ll climb the tree!
- But there are no trees in the forest!
- Wow, Gogi, how come there are no trees in the forest?
- And here is such a forest - without trees.
- Then I’ll run away!
- If you can’t run away, the bear runs fast!
- I’ll dive into the lake!
- But there’s a lake in the forest!
- Listen... Who are you for anyway? For me or for the bear?

There lived two neighbors: a Georgian and a sailor. The sailor was preparing to sail to Africa. The Georgian gave him 100 bucks to bring him a talking parrot. Well, the sailor drank all the money and squandered it. I bought a Georgian owl for 5 cents at the market. I brought it. After some time they meet.
- How's the parrot? Talking?
- You know, no. But how sloppy it is!!!

Two Georgians are standing on a railway bridge and peeing down. One says to the other:
- Listen, Vano, who's next?
- Come on, dear.
Then the one who suggested it reaches the high-voltage wires with a stream, he is shocked below the waist, and he begins to jump on the bridge, quickly knocking his feet, while holding his genitals with both hands, and squealing loudly. Second (clapping hands):
- Ay, ay, ay, Givi, daragoy, since childhood you have written the furthest, wah, wah, wah! But I dance lezginka better!

Gruzin comes to the women's hospital and stands in line at the gynecological office. He stands there for about 10 minutes, then some woman asks him:
- What line did you stand in?
Georgian answers:
- That one!
The woman is surprised, but the Georgian continues:
- Do they put spirals here?
- Yes?!
- Well, that means they’re filming it!

All jokes are fictitious. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.