"My brother fell from the tree but did not break anything."
Translation:Мой брат упал с дерева, но ничего не сломал.
November 9, 2015
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If you are "on" the tree, you fall "off" it (с дерева). If you are inside the tree, you can fall out of it (из дерева). Unlike in English, in Russian в дереве means being physically inside the trunk or something like that—otherwise you use на дереве. Thus, when you move from that position, it is с дерева.
February 12, 2016
