How Not to Speak at A Russian Nightclub

I’m taking first semester Russian this year, and I am lucky enough to have a Russian guy in my lab group.  So sometimes I like to practice my Russian on him.

While we were at work in the office kind of late last night, he asked me what I had been learning in Russian class.

«У тебя есть кровать?» (Do you have a bed?) I asked.

Slightly perplexed, but «Да.» “What else do you know?” he asked.

«У тебя есть душ?» (Do you have a shower?)

Even more perplexed, but «Да.»

A few minutes pass.

“You know Kacey, these are not the questions that you should ask at a nightclub,” he said.

“But why not?” I said without thinking.

Now he was a little uncomfortable.  “Well, it might imply something.”

“Oh, yeah.”  Yeah, whoops.  Apparently I was very badly, accidentally hitting on my labmate in Russian.  Yeah….  I guess that’s what happens when I stay up too late working.

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