Questions tagged [word]
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How to reply to пожалуйста (you're welcome)
If I'm not mistaken, "пожалуйста" means both "please" and "you're welcome" in Russian. But how do I reply if someone says "You're welcome" to me in Russian? I'...
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Difference between "это" and "этот"
Are these two words interchangeable or is there a difference? My online dictionary says that "это" and "этот" both mean "this". I'm a bit confused.
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Would someone have an Excel list of at least 20’000 most frequent Russian lemmas with part of speech based on a large and modern corpus?
For non-commercial purposes (personal research), I have researched the resources freely available on Internet and have found lists that did not contain lemmas with part of speech or were based upon ...
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A word that exist in Russia that mean "rehiability politically", how do you write it?
A word that I came across from this video. Just wounder how it is pronounced (because she say a long sentence) and primarely how it is spelled.
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Meaning of "втрескался" [closed]
I am having problems with the word
"втрескался", the context being -
Сказ о том как Ванька дурачок втрескался в распрекрасную заморскую
принцессу с грустными очами, и как полез ее спасать.
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When and why did Asian and Southern people start to be called "чурки"?
Wiktionary gives eight different meanings as well as the etymological origin of the word "чурка": Meanings 1-4 are various small pieces of wood or metal, Meaning 5 is a simpleton or ...
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How should I understand the word "повем" in the line "кому повем печаль мою"?
This is a quotation from Chekhov's story "Тоска"(See https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_(%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B2)#cite_note-1). I have googled but couldn't find ...
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(по)вредить with accusative and/or dative
According to my dictionary (Kenneth Katzner, link), see attached pic,
I think I should use the dative case after this verb. BTW, the повредить entry basically directed me to the вредить entry. ...
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"Published computer scientist" in Russian? [closed]
How to say in Russian "published computer scientist"?
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Difference between "девушка", "девочка" and "подруга"
So, if I remember correctly, "девушка" can mean both "girl" (of any age) or "girlfriend" (I'm not entirely sure of this, so feel free to call me out), but what about '...
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Implementation of the word "вот" in different places
вот means behold
But, вот офис means here is office
So why вот is having different meanings in different places?
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Pronunciation of "о" [duplicate]
Can someone explain the correct pronunciation of "o"? (I know it may vary but maybe there's some rule of thumb that I can take advantage of).
Take just the word мост for example, it seems that "o" is ...
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What's the difference between доброе, добрый and доброй? [closed]
Also, is there a difference between "спокойной ночи" and "доброй ночи"?
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What are other possible materials for дурилка? [closed]
Most common usage I have seen for the angling utility дурилка, it is referenced to be made of cardboard which possible would attract fish after getting wet, maybe similar to bread crumbs; but are ...
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