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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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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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...
View ArticleAnswer 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...
View ArticleAnswer 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...
View ArticleAnswer 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...
View ArticleAnswer 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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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...
View ArticleAnswer 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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