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Questions about usage of a particular word
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"Ты" versus "вы" confusion
thou ( ты ) implies close relations, not intimate, but quite friendly, transcending from official co-working into personal realm and safe zones. Camaraderie.
you ( вы ) implies somewhat cold officia …
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When can we omit есть?
I think I would add a rather well known song, which has many examples of "есть" used and still some examples of "есть" omitted (mostly to fit the rhymes into the rhythm):
https://www.youtube.com/watc …
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Why does колбасер "Sausage maker" mean someone who raves or hardbasser?
There's no specific word for sausage-maker. Колбасер does not, has not and never could mean this in common, general Russian.
This -er ending in kolbaser is clearly mimicking English, so it's from th …
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Does the famous Russian translation of Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll imply using drugs?
I would assume that "drugonauts" would definitely see those allusion there, but they would see allusions almost in any text anyway.
could pass Soviet censorship
The said translation has starte …
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Is this how to say "every other day" in Russian?
The key words, I am guessing, are через день, but I don't understand what the phrase is supposed to connote in this context.
Example: я перепрыгнул через камень - I jumped over a stone.
In such …