I have been challenged by my fiancee to speak to her in Russian. "No
Russian, no joy," quoth she. Anyway, I need a translation for "Olga,
take off your hat."
I also need a translation for "clothes", "underwear," and
"everything!" Seechst!:) Oh, btw, could I have this is American
phonetic rather than those funny Russian letters which I don't know
how to prounounce :).

Dear jimbaen


The Russian for "take off", when you're speaking to one person, is
"snimai", prononouned "snee-MY". "Hat" is "shlyapa". "Olga, take off
your hat" is pronounced:

  "Olga, snee-MY SHLYAP-oo."

The Russian for clothes is "odezhda". "Take off your clothes" is
pronounced:

  "snee-MY o-DYEZH-doo."

"Underwear" is "bel'e", pronounced "bel-YAW", and "everything" is
"vse", pronounced "vs-YAW".

More simply, the Russian for "get undressed" is "razdevais’",
pronounced "raz-di-VICE".

BTW, there's a page of clothing vocabulary at Russian Vocabulary List
No. 7:

http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/russian/ru201/vocab/clothes.html

but you would need to learn about the Russian alphabet to be able to
read it. There's a helpful pronunciation guide at Bucknell Russian
Studies Department:

http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/russian/language/pronounc.html

Thanks for your question, which I enjoyed answering. I hope your
fiancee enjoys hearing the answer!!
Kind regards

blackbird-ga


Search strategy:

personal knowledge
Google search on some Russian words for clothes

Thank you very much for the rating & the tip!

Jimbaen-ga--

Here are two fun things that would fit your theme. . .that I was
taught to say a while ago:

1.  Ha-ROSH-eye-ya  ZHOHP-ah. 

"Fine piece of ass."   You should probably pronounce the "Ha" with a
little clearing-of-your throat sound. .  . like in "chutspah."

2.  Yah  Ha-CHOO  Gahv-a-REETS,  noh  ya  knee  mah-GOO.

("I wish I could speak Russian, but I can't.")

I can also say "Last night I was pensive and today I threw myself into
despair," but it does tend to be a conversation stopper.

Thanks again. She said, "I'll do whatever you say -- in Russian." 
Muahahahahaaa.... :)