In Russian, when typing text, there are different ways to display quotation marks. This punctuation mark is paired and serves to highlight quotes and various titles. In another way, the “herringbone” quotes are also called “French”, as it is assumed that they were invented by the Frenchman Guillaume Le Be.
How to put quotes "Christmas trees"
IMPORTANT! Ways to print Christmas tree quotes in popular programs:
word: in order for the Christmas tree quotes to be displayed in the text of the document, you need to check if the layout for the Russian language is enabled in the lower right corner of the screen, and with this layout, press and hold the SHIFT button; then press the number button 2 - the sign “. After that, the word is written, which will be displayed in quotation marks. Next, press and hold the SHIFT key again, and press button 2.
REFERENCE! The SHIFT key must be held, not pressed one or more times, and simultaneously with SHIFT, press 2 (SHIFT + 2).
excel: since this editor is not a text editor, the method for Word will not work. The easiest method in this case is to copy the "Christmas tree" quotation marks from Word and paste it into Excel. If the document already has quotes of a different type (English double quotes, for example), then you need to hold down CTRL, press H (CTRL + H) and replace the sign with the symbol copied from Word "or".
Photoshop: similar to Excel - copy the desired character ("or") from Word.
Other ways to print Christmas tree quotes
IMPORTANT! To display Christmas tree quotes in the program you need, there are other methods:
Using keyboard shortcuts (ALT+0171). In any editor (Word, Excel, Photoshop, etc.), hold down ALT, and on the keyboard on the right, press the numbers 0171 in turn.
HELP! The NumLock indicator should be on. ALT + 0171 - for the sign „, and ALT + 0187 - for the sign “.
Using HTML code: If you are writing HTML code, then use the codes " and " for the Christmas tree quotes, respectively.
Using symbols without a keyboard: in Word and Excel, click "Insert" - "Symbol"; select the required sign.
What other quotes are
Christmas tree quotation marks are far from the only type of quotation marks; there are also:
"German quotation marks" ("paws");
"English doubles";
‘English singles’;
"Polish quotation marks";
"Swedish back"
REFERENCE! For the " sign, you can use the keyboard shortcut ALT + 34 on the NumLock keyboard.
In everyday life, the quotation marks "Christmas trees" are often called "Russian", referring to their use with the layout for the Russian language. SHIFT + 2 is the easiest keyboard shortcut to type these quotes in text editors.
When typing, sometimes you need or really want to use Christmas tree quotes instead of regular ones, but this is not so easy to do if you don’t know how in advance.
We put quotes "Christmas trees" - cheat sheet
- Press the Shift and "2" keys while in Microsoft Word. The keyboard layout must be Russian. Word will automatically determine which quote is needed now - opening or closing.
- Write "ab" and press the Alt and "X" keys in Microsoft Word. The keyboard layout must be English. For the closing quote, type "bb" and repeat the keystrokes.
- Turn on "Num Lock", hold Alt and type "0171" on the numeric keypad, release Alt. For the closing quote - "0187"
- In Microsoft Word, go to the tab "Insert", select the "Symbol" item on the right, find the quotation mark "Christmas tree" in the symbols and click on it.
- On Android phones press the quote mark on your keyboard and select "herringbone" from the list.
Quick Formulas
- shift 2 = «;
- Alt 0171 = «;
- Alt 0187 = »;
- ab Alt X = «;
- bb Alt X = »;
An overview of how to insert Christmas trees
Options for Word and other office applications
The easiest way to put a quotation mark "Christmas tree" in Microsoft Word and other office applications - press the Shift and "2" keys. In this case, an opening or closing quote will be placed, depending on the context. This method only works when the Russian keyboard layout is enabled.
We usually type large texts in Russian, so this method is the most convenient for Russians. Unfortunately, it will only work in office applications.
If it is more convenient for you to put "Christmas trees" when typing in English, write the Latin letters "ab" and press the Alt and "X" keys. After that, instead of “ab”, an opening quote “herringbone” will appear. To put a closing, instead of "ab" write "bb".
You can also insert a Christmas tree through the interface without using the keyboard. For this:
- Click the "Insert" tab in the top menu.
- Click on the "Symbol" icon in the upper right corner of the window.
- Click on the "More Symbols" button.
- In the Dial: list, select Punctuation.
- Find the tree in the list and click on it.
We put "Christmas trees" in any applications
To insert a Christmas tree in a browser or any other application, follow the instructions:
- Turn on the Num Lock button. Any modern keyboard has an indicator that lights up when Num Lock is enabled.
- Hold the Alt button and type on the numeric keypad (it's on the right, to the right of the arrows) 0171, release Alt. An opening quote will be printed.
- Repeat the previous steps, but dial 0187 to display the closing Christmas tree.
If you do not have a numeric keypad, use the second method, you do not need a keyboard to use it.
Click on the magnifying glass next to the "Start" button and write "Symbol Map" in the search bar, click on the application that appears in the search results:
Click on the Christmas tree and it will appear in the text.
Android mobile phone option
Most Android keyboards allow you to select the type of quotes by holding your finger on the quote button until a pop-up window appears:
If your keyboard does not provide such an opportunity, you can always replace it with any other by installing it from Google Play. I recommend trying GBoard or Hacker's keyboard, these are very comfortable and functional keyboards.
If you are used to your keyboard and do not want to change it, but it does not allow you to put "Christmas trees", then there is an alternative way:
1. Install the Templates app from Google Play, it's free and does not contain ads:
2. Enter it, click on the "New Phrase" button:
3. Copy the opening Christmas tree from the text of this article and click OK.
4. Repeat adding the closing phrase.
Now, when you need to put "Christmas trees" on your Android phone, pull down the menu bar from the top and select the "Templates" application there, it will always hang in notifications. Select the desired "Christmas tree" and click on it. After that, you will automatically return to the original application, and the Christmas tree will be inserted last in the typed text.
When you can put "Christmas trees" instead of regular quotes
According to the rules of the Russian language, in the first place in the texts it is necessary to use the quotes “Christmas trees”, and not “paws” (““”). If there are one more quotes inside the quote or the name, which is already in quotes, then in this case it is necessary to use "paws". Of course, this rule is not strict and many do not follow it. But you must admit that with "Christmas trees" the text looks prettier.
If you have any questions or need clarification, be sure to write a comment below. I respond promptly and always.
This page contains quotes of all kinds, pulled from various sections of Unicode.
This punctuation mark is paired. They denote direct speech, or a word that is used in a meaning that does not correspond to the usual one - for example, in reverse. There are several types. The names came from the country where they were invented and from the similarity of the outline with some objects.
Different scripts use different quotation marks according to... Probably tradition. Yes, there are punctuation rules, but they don't specify the form. There are typographic standards that ordinary people can spit on. So, according to tradition, we (in Russia) use quotation marks "Christmas trees". If you need to put them inside an already quoted part of the text, the outer and inner characters must be different. Nested are "paws" ("... "). In addition, when writing by hand and in print, the appearance may not be the same. In the good old days, when I still wrote by hand, the so-called Polish ones were always used (see below). However, the fonts are not rendered uniformly either.
It was Konstantin the Philosopher who first tried to introduce the rules for placing quotation marks for Slavic scripts. In the 15th century, he wrote a treatise On Letters. It was proposed to highlight quotations from church texts with special symbols. The images of these symbols were very similar to modern Christmas tree quotes.
“ ” English doubles.
‘ ’ English singles.
Quotation marks "Christmas trees". HTML code (mnemonic): " " (" ")
„ “ German paws.
„ ” Polish.
Swedish reverse.
Double universal. HTML code (mnemonic): "(")
The use of quotation marks in different languages.
The rules are not strict (if at all), don't be surprised if they are loosely enforced.
Main and spare (placed inside the main ones, if necessary):
Albanian "…" ‹…›
English "…" '…'
Arabic "…" ‹…›
African „…” ‚…’
Belarusian "..." "..."
Bulgarian „…“ ‚…‘
Hungarian „…”
Greek “…” ‹…›
Danish »…« ›…‹
Hebrew "…" / "…" "…" /<<…>>
Irish “…” ‘…’
Icelandic „…“ ‚…‘
Spanish “…” “…”
Italian "..."
Chinese "…" '…'
Latvian „…“ „…“
Lithuanian „…“ ‚…‘
Dutch „…” ‚…’
German "…" ,…'
Norwegian "..."
Polish „…” “…”
Portuguese “…” ‘…’
Romanian „…” “…”
Russian "…" "…"
Serbian „…“ ‚…‘
Slovak „…“ ‚…‘
Slovenian „…“ ‚…‘
Turkish “…” ‘…’
Ukrainian "..." "..."
Finnish ”…” ’…’
French " … " < … >
Croatian »…« ›…‹
Czech „…“ ‚…‘
Swedish ”…” ’…’
Estonian „…” „…”
Japanese 「…」 『…』
Many of these icons are horizontally symmetrical. Even if the whole, they will remain unchanged.
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- If at the beginning or end of the text (quotes, direct speech) there are internal and external quotes, then they should differ from each other by a pattern (the so-called Christmas trees and paws), for example: The correspondent reports: The ballad about a soldier was highly appreciated at the international film festival; I received a telegram: I'm coming tomorrow, I'll stay at the Moscow hotel
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GUIDE TO SPELLING, PRONUNCIATION, LITERARY EDITING)In Russian writing, the following types of quotation marks are most common:
Christmas trees (used in printed texts);
paws (used, as a rule, in handwritten texts);
Marr quotes (used to describe the meaning of a word and when translating the meaning of a foreign word, for example: the word skimmer is borrowed from the Polish language, in which it goes back to the verb szumowa # 263; remove foam from szum foam);
"computer quotation marks" A special type of quotation mark in which the pattern of opening and closing quotation marks is completely indistinguishable. Such quotes are found in texts typed on a computer keyboard.In any text typed on a computer, you can arrange Christmas trees yourself. To do this, remember the following key combinations: press Alt, type 0171, release Alt, get. We press Alt, we type 0187, we release Alt we receive.
If inside the words enclosed in quotation marks there are other words enclosed in quotation marks, it is recommended (provided that there are technical possibilities for this) to use quotation marks of different patterns: external herringbones, internal paws (or in texts typed on a computer, "computer quotes"). If this is not possible, then closing quotes are placed only once. The quotation marks of the same picture are not repeated side by side. For example:
Preferably: the work of V. I. Lenin On the caricature of Marxism and imperialist economism, Komsomolskaya Pravda Publishing House CJSC, Metallinvest Company LLC.
Permissible (if it is not technically possible to use quotation marks of different patterns): V. I. Lenin's work On the caricature of Marxism and imperialist economism, CJSC Komsomolskaya Pravda Publishing House, Metallinvest Company LLC.
Incorrect: V. I. Lenin's work On the caricature of Marxism and imperialist economism, CJSC Publishing House Komsomolskaya Pravda, OOO Metallinvest Company.
Punctuation is one of the most difficult sections of the Russian language, not only for foreigners, but also for Russians themselves. Today's topic will be devoted to such a punctuation mark as quotation marks. We will find out why quotation marks are needed and how to use them correctly in writing.
Some facts about the origin of quotation marks
Quotation marks are a relatively young punctuation mark. They appeared in Russian punctuation around the end of the 18th century. However, before that (from about the 16th century), quotation marks were used as a musical sign. It is also interesting where the word "quotation marks" came from. Here, the opinions of linguists differ, but most scientists agree that this word comes from the verb "kavykat". Translated from one of the southern Russian dialects, this word means "to limp", "to hobble". Why such a strange association? Everything is simple - in the same dialect, "kavysh" means "gosling" or "duckling". Hence the "quotation marks" are squiggles, traces of goose or duck feet.
Types of quotation marks and their use in Russian punctuation
In total, there are several types of quotation marks, and they are named after the name of the country from which they originated, as well as by similarity with objects. The first of the two types of quotation marks used in Russian is called the French “Yolochki”, the second type of quotation marks, also used in Russian writing, is called the German “paws”. More about the rules for using Christmas trees and paws a little lower, but for now, let's talk about two more types of quotation marks that are not customary to use in Russian punctuation, but, nevertheless, many people mistakenly use them. These are English ‘single’ and ‘double’ quotes. According to the norms of Russian punctuation, only French Christmas trees and German paws can be used. Herringbones are used as regular quotation marks, and paws are used as "quotes 'within' quotation marks", as well as when writing text by hand.
Rules for using quotation marks in a sentence
Let's introduce one more definition of quotation marks. We call quotation marks a paired punctuation mark, with the help of which certain types of speech and word meanings are distinguished in writing. What are these types of speech? First, these are quotes from some sources. In Russian, in many cases it is more literate to use quotation marks instead of the copyright sign - (c). Secondly, with the help of quotation marks, direct speech is highlighted in the text. If we talk about words in quotation marks, then there are also two rules for their formulation. Firstly, the names of various organizations, enterprises, firms, brands, varieties, etc. are distinguished with quotation marks. Secondly, with the help of quotation marks, you can give the word an indirect, that is, figurative meaning, including the opposite and / or ironic. For example, the word "clever" in quotation marks can mean a person who is either stupid or has committed some kind of ridiculous or thoughtless act. We are sure that now it will not be difficult for you to write an essay on the topic "Why quotes are needed." Read about other punctuation marks in our other articles!
