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Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).

а

very often used word (#9)

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but

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oh

Also: ah, oh well

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А, так вот как до́ят коро́ву? Ah, so that's how you milk a cow?
Я изуча́л францу́зский, а не неме́цкий. I learned French instead of German.
Когда я вы́расту, ста́ну лётчиком. А ты кем будешь? When I grow up, I'll be a pilot. And what will you be?
А пра́вда, что «Спасибо» по-вьетнамски звучи́т «Come on»? Is it true that "Thank you" sounds like "Come on" in Vietnamese?
А сейчас? And now?
А да, у меня за́втра что-то есть. Oh right, I have something tomorrow.
А здесь напи́тки есть? Do you have any drinks?
Де́вочка поёт и танцу́ет, а потом смеётся надо мной. The girl sings and dances and then laughs at me.
Некоторые кра́сные, а други́е бе́лые. Some are red and others are white.
Мир меня́ет коммуника́ция, а не информа́ция. What changes the world is communication, not information.