How do you say comrade in Russian?

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In movies Russians always say comrade (in English), how do you say this in Russian?

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[+1] - Monger - 12/30/2002[color=#330099]"Tovarish." I'm not sure if that's the official English spelling though.[/color]
[+1] - Phoenix32890 - 12/30/2002[b][color=green]I think that it is more like "Tovarisch". Remember, what you are doing is transliterating, so what you want to do is best capture the sound of the word in a different...
[+1] - DalTheJigsaw23 - 02/17/2003hey all i am russian and ukranian if you want to know anything in russian tell me and you say this by tovarich phoenix u were close
[+1] - steissd - 02/19/2003Dal, there are two more people having Russian as a native tongue: DocentP and me. But Ukrainian for me is like Chinese: do not know even one word...
[+1] - TechnoGuyRob - 04/05/2003welcome bicurious
[+1] - Abraham222 - 09/06/2009how do i pronunce it?
[+1] - Tai Chi - 09/06/2009toe - VAR - ish
[+1] - djjd62 - 09/06/2009not to be confused with nail polish for the feet toe varnish
[+1] - OmSigDAVID - 09/06/2009[quote="Monger"] [color=#330099]"Tovarish." I'm not sure if that's the official English spelling though.[/color] [/quote]Who makes the English spelling [b]official[/b] ?

"Tovarish." I'm not sure if that's the official English spelling though.

I think that it is more like "Tovarisch". Remember, what you are doing is transliterating, so what you want to do is best capture the sound of the word in a different alphabet.

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hey all i am russian and ukranian if you want to know anything in russian tell me
and you say this by tovarich

phoenix u were close

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Dal, there are two more people having Russian as a native tongue: DocentP and me. But Ukrainian for me is like Chinese: do not know even one word...

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welcome bicurious

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@DalTheJigsaw23,

how do i pronunce it?

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@Abraham222,

toe - VAR - ish

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@Tai Chi,

not to be confused with nail polish for the feet

toe varnish

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@Monger,

Monger wrote:

"Tovarish." I'm not sure if that's the official English spelling though.

Who makes the English spelling official ?

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