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и |
| 1. Letter. The tenth letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is и (i) and is usually pronounced /i/, but unstressed or after certain consonants it merges with ы into /ɪ/. It is preceded by З and follow | i |
| 2. conj. and | |
| Вот я́блоко и гру́ша., Here’s an apple and a pear. | |
| 3. conj. as well as, both ... and ... | |
| Росси́и нужны́ и а́рмия, и фло́т., Russia needs an army as well as a navy. | |
| 2 |
в |
| 1. prep. (location) in, at, on (+ prepositional case) | v |
| Он в театре (on v teátre) — He’s at (in) the theater. | |
| 2. prep. (direction) to, into (+ accusative case) | |
| Он идёт в театр (on idyót v teátr) — He’s going to (into) the theater. | |
| 3. prep. (time) at, in, on | |
| 3 |
не |
| 1. part. (negative in full) not, no, -n't, without | ne |
| Он не зна́ет (vsjo bólʹše i bólʹše) - He does not know. | |
| не долете́в до це́ли (vsjo bólʹše i bólʹše) - without reaching the target | |
| он не ге́ний (vsjo bólʹše i bólʹše) - he is no genius | |
| Не де́лай э́того! (Ne délaj étovo!) - Don’t do it! | |
| 4 |
на |
| 1. prep. accusative case (sense, movement towards) | na |
| 2. prep. onto, on | |
| на стол (Što oná govorít?) - onto the table | |
| 3. prep. to, toward | |
| на по́чту (Što oná govorít?) - to the post office | |
| 5 |
быть |
| 1. v. to be | bytʹ |
| Так бы́ло, так есть и так бу́дет всегда́! (sam sebé golová) - So it was, so it is, and so it will always be! from the Hymn of the Russian Federation | |
| 6 |
он |
| 1. pron. third-person masculine singular pronoun: he, it. | on |
| 7 |
с |
| 1. Letter. The nineteenth letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is эс (IPAchar, (ɛs)) and it has the sound of English s. It is preceded by Р and followed by Т. | s |
| 2. prep. with (+ instrumental case) | |
| с братом (s brátom) — with my brother | |
| со всеми (so vsémi) — with everybody | |
| со мной (so mnoj) — with me | |
| 8 |
что |
| 1. conj. that | čto |
| 2. pron. what | |
| 3. pron. that, which | |
| 9 |
а |
| 1. Letter. The first letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. It is followed by the letter б (b). | a |
| 2. Letter. The name of the Roman letter A, a in Russian. | |
| 3. conj. but, and (introduces a new or different meaning). | |
| Сего́дня тепло́, а вчера́ бы́ло хо́лодно — It is warm today, but yesterday it was cold. | |
| Это не я́блоко, а гру́ша — This is not an apple, but a pear. | |
| 10 |
по |
| 1. prep. with accusative case | po |
| 2. prep. up to | |
| 3. prep. till | |
| 4. prep. indicates distribution (with numbers other than one, a thousand, a million, a billion) | |
| по́ два (две) / по две́сти - 1 | |
| 11 |
это |
| 1. pron. demonstrative pronoun: this, it, that | eto |
| Мне э́то нра́вится! (Sláva bógu, što oní dobrálisʹ tudá v celósti i soxránnosti!) - I like it! or I like that! | |
| 2. pron. neuter form of этот: this; compare этот/эта/эти and тот/то/та/те | |
| Э́то яйцо́ — све́жее, а вот э́то — ту́хлое. (Sláva bógu, što oní dobrálisʹ tudá v celósti i soxránnosti!) - This egg is fresh, and this one is rotten. | |
| 3. part. Used as subject: it (is), this (is), that (is), these (are), those (are). | |
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она |
| 1. pron. third-person feminine singular pronoun: she, it. | ona |
| 2. pron. third-person feminine singular objective pronoun: her, it. | |
| Да как же она, так и говорит? (Da kak že oná, tak i govorít?) — What is she like? Does she talk? | |
| Её нет дома (Jejó net dóma, genitive) — She’s not home. | |
| Ей не спится (Jej ne spítsja, dative) — She is unable to sleep. | |
| 13 |
этот |
| 1. pron. this, these | etot |
| 2. pron. it | |
| 3. pron. this one | |
| 4. pron. that | |
| 14 |
к |
| 1. Letter. The twelfth letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is ка (ka) and it has the sound of English k. It is preceded by Й and followed by Л. | k |
| 2. prep. to, toward | |
| к дом, дому — to the house | |
| к бра́ту, to (my) brother, inline=y | |
| ко я, мне — to me | |
| 15 |
они |
| 1. pron. third-person plural pronoun: they. | oni |
| 16 |
мы |
| 1. pron. first-person plural, nominative case: we | my |
| 2. pron. (only when used with с): I | |
| мы с тобой — you and me | |
| мы с сестрой — me and my sister | |
| 17 |
как |
| 1. adv. how | kak |
| Как он э́то сде́лал? (vo vsjom míre) - How did he do it? | |
| Как дела́? (vo vsjom míre) - How are things? | |
| Как пройти́ на по́чту? (vo vsjom míre) - Can you tell me the way to the post office? | |
| 2. adv. what | |
| 18 |
из |
| 1. prep. from | iz |
| Он приезжа́ет из Москвы́, He comes from Moscow. | |
| 2. prep. out of | |
| изде́лие из тка́ни, a product (that is) made out of cloth | |
| оди́н из ста, one out of a hundred | |
| 19 |
который |
| 1. pron. (interrogative pronoun) which? | kotoryj |
| 2. pron. (relative pronoun) which, that, who | |
| 20 |
то |
| 1. pron. that (neuter singular of тот). | to |
| то же — the same | |
| к тому́ (же) — in addition, moreover | |
| ни то ни сё — neither fish nor fowl | |
| ни с того́ ни с сего́ — all of a sudden; without any visible reason | |
