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- "Here are our lakes."
"Here are our lakes."
Translation:Вот наши озёра.
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I am still getting confused as when to use Вот, Там, and здесь. I don't understand why здесь is not correct here.
Вот is best translated as "here is," kind of like "voila" in French. Там is "there is." And здець is just "here."
I was just thinking that! in French is "voici" or "voilà" for вот depending on the context...it definitely helps to know various languages! :)
Вот has a finger-point feel to it, and/or the end of a search. You emerge from the Metro and spot the store you were looking for and you say "Вот магазин!" Whereas здесь is explanatory: if your Muscovite friend asks you on the phone where you are, you'd say, "Здесь, в Москве!"
Вот is also much more idiomatic. In conversation it can convey "exactly!" kinda like "órale" can in Mexican Spanish. In those cases, you can draw it out and it's really fun to say. Friend: "Petersburg is just way better than Moscow." You: "Вооот."
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Yes, if you grew up reading the King James Version of the Bible. Otherwise I have never heard the word "behold".
Exactly! John 19: 5 King James version And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! Иоанна 19:5 Перевод нового мира Пилат сказал им: Вот-Человек!
This is honestly how I've been mentally translating it, albeit slightly tongue in cheek.
Bot means 'here is...' Tam means 'there, over there' and здесь means 'here'
these are the two i can't tell apart.
вот translation: here, there, THIS IS, THAT IS, there is /////// это translation: it, it is, THIS IS, THAT IS, these are
because they mean the exact same thing in english. we just say 'this is' and talk about both the location and the thing.
in russian, i have to bisect this thinking into two streams of thought. вот is more about me waving my hands at a location that something may be in (emphasis on location), while это is more about me waving my hands at the thing itself (while ignoring location)
sometimes words don't translate, so you need just put on your grammar cap and accept it for what it is. when you read 'здесь' think of the word 'present' instead of 'here'. that word translates pretty well on the 1-to-1 level.
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I really like the fact that озёра is said approximately as "azura", which in Romance languages means "blue"
I was thinking the same thing, however, the etymologies are completely unrelated, so it's just a coincidence that it's a good mnemonic.
So is it наши and not нашА because adjectives decline differently to nouns or because the adjective plural ending would always be -и?
The latter. Plural possessive pronouns are always мои, твои, ваши, наши in the Nominative.
Adjectives do decline differently, though. Don't worry, we are not focusing too much on their oblique forms until MUCH later in the course.
How come in the plural the е in the middle of the word becomes an ё (озеро/озёра)? Is this a rule or an exception?
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It's an exception. озеро is a word that has irregular plural forms (all of the plural forms use ё).
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