потолковать

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Russian

Etymology

по- (po-) +‎ толкова́ть (tolkovátʹ)

Pronunciation

Verb

потолкова́ть (potolkovátʹpf

  1. to talk (with about), to have a (short) talk (with about)
    потолкова́ть де́сять минутpotolkovátʹ désjatʹ minutto have a ten minutes' talk
    • 1862, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “Глава 16”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:
      — Вы меня́ удивля́ете, господа́, — промо́лвила Одинцо́ва, — но мы ещё с ва́ми потолку́ем. А тепе́рь, я слы́шу, тётушка идёт чай пить; мы должны́ пощади́ть её у́ши.
      — Vy menjá udivljájete, gospodá, — promólvila Odincóva, — no my ješčó s vámi potolkújem. A tepérʹ, ja slýšu, tjótuška idjót čaj pitʹ; my dolžný poščadítʹ jejó úši.
      "You amaze me, gentlemen," commented Madame Odintsov, "but we will talk about this again. I hear my aunt now coming in to tea--we must spare her."
  2. to discuss (with)

Conjugation