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Answer by Tom Au for "Left" and "right" in Russian

The basic forms of right and left are, respectively право and лево.What apparently confused you are the preposition forms, с, в and, на which mean "to,""in," and "on" respectively, and are connected to...

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Answer by stillenat for "Left" and "right" in Russian

I tried to figure out if German or English do also have different words for left and right, but I can't think of any. Maybe my understanding of the three word pairs is just wrong and therefore I can't...

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Answer by Sergey Kirienko for "Left" and "right" in Russian

Think of prefixes as if they were prepositions:С+ɢᴇɴ: слева, справа (like English from, from left/right side)В+ᴀᴄᴄ: влево, вправо (like English in)На+ᴀᴄᴄ: налево, направо (like English on)The...

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Answer by Prizoff for "Left" and "right" in Russian

There is another possible using of налево in Russian: сходитьналево - means cheating on one's wife...EDIT:Another possible meaning can be: левая (илиправая) партия (впарламенте). From Russian...

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Answer by Quassnoi for "Left" and "right" in Russian

There are two interrogatives in Russian corresponding to English "where": locational (где?) and directional (куда?)Compare:Where are you? Гдеты?Where are you going (to)? Кудатыидёшь?справа and слева...

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Answer by A-K for "Left" and "right" in Russian

These words are sometimes used in different situations:мы (намеренно) сворачиваемнаправо/налево We are turning to the right / to the leftbutмы (непроизвольно) отклоняемсявправо/влево We are deviating...

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Answer by Rustam for "Left" and "right" in Russian

I. Are the summarized results valid for nowadays colloquial speech and everyday conversations? YESIII. Which main distinctions do you personally see between those three word pairs. As a non-native, do...

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"Left" and "right" in Russian

On a German page about the Russian language, I learned the wordsпрямо [prjáma] – gerade aus (straight on)направо [napráwa] – rechts (right)налево [naléwa] – links (left)for directions (location...

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Answer by Johnson for "Left" and "right" in Russian

Япойдунаправо. = I'll go right.Наследующемповоротеповернитенаправо. = Turn right at the next corner.Чашканаходитсяслеваотменя. = The cup is on my...

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