Post #6310

Эй, водила, потише — не дрова везёшь! Hey, driver, easy does it — you're not hauling firewood! 🔻The phrase не дрова везёшь! appeared in the past, when firewood was seen as a rough, unbreakable cargo - you could throw it around, drive over bumps, and it wouldn't matter. 🔻It's a humorous way to tell the driver to stop driving so roughly because the passengers can feel every bump. • Водила (водилы) (masc.noun) [va-di-la (va-di-ly)] A driver(s) 🔻This is a slang, informal noun, often used by passengers (from водитель (водители) [va-di-til' (va-di-ti-li)]. • Маршрутка (маршрутки) (femin.noun) [mar-shroot-ka (mar-shroot-ki)] A Russian fixed-route minibus(es) 🔻It's a minibus or van that follows a specific route (like a bus) but you can often flag it down anywhere. It's a common form of public transport in Russia. 🔻The noun comes from маршрутное такси(route taxi). #useful_vocabulary #spoken_Russian 🟠 Stay with @learnRCRussian