"Это значит, что мы идём домой."
Translation:It means that we are going home.
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известно means "it is known" and is quite commonly used.
Note that "it" in "it is known" is pretty much meaningless - it's like "it is cold" - and has no corresponding word in Russian, but the "it" in "it means" actually refers to something concrete hence 'Это'.
(Also: значить - "to mean, to signify" is not the same verb as "знать" - to know. )
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Not so. In English, if you say "It means we're walking home", you emphasize the walking. There is no such meaning conveyed in the Russian sentence. In fact, "идём домой" could mean going home using any form of transportation in most contexts.
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If you want to emphasize walking (in most cases you won't), you will want to use the combination идти пешком. For example:
- Я иду домой пешком = I am walking home.
In regards to the general use of идти: there is a nuance here which is context-related: When you say "Я иду домой" (I am going home), like in English it can mean that you're in the process of going home, or that you're going to start going home right away (a note on that later).
If it's the former, then Russian "я иду домой" usually means walking. It doesn't have to, but this is usually the intention. For example:
- "Где ты? —Я иду домой" = Where are you? I am on my way home (can imply walking)
If it's the latter, the verb идти implies nothing at all:
- "Мне пора, я иду домой" = It's time for me, I am going home
Note: The verb пойти is often more appropriate in this context, i.e. "Мне пора, я пошёл домой". It still doesn't imply any specific mode of transport.
Back to the original sentence: "Это значит, что мы идём домой" is the latter case in most practical contexts. In the rare case that it would be the former, for example:
- "Видишь, что мы не в обмундировании? Это значит, что мы идём домой" = Do you see that we're not in uniform? It means we're going [on our way] home.
it could imply walking, but that's really circumstance-dependent.
Dear avichaim Your phrase translates as "this means we are going home." что is the word "that" as in "this means that we are going home." Although we sometimes state English sentences in speaking without the "that" the word "that" is understood in English if omitted.. Including что makes a grammatically complete Russian sentence.
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If u know Spanish, что is perfectly understandable, similar to que. Sometimes is a question, and sometimes it means "affirmation?"