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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).
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instead of
Example: Вме́сто того́ что́бы игра́ть в компью́тер, лу́чше бы убра́л в ко́мнате. - You should have cleaned up your room instead of playing computer games.Translation:Example:Info: -
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- Том повреди́л ле́вое коле́но во вре́мя трениро́вки, так что Джону пришло́сь игра́ть вместо него. Tom hurt his left knee during practice, so John had to play the game in his place.
- Я пил чай вместо ко́фе э́тим утром. I had tea instead of coffee this morning.
- Я вы́брал их вместо ту́фель. I chose these over the shoes.
- Мы посади́ли ара́хис вместо хлопка. We planted peanuts instead of cotton.
- Он был так за́нят, что посла́л вместо себя своего́ сы́на. He was so busy that he sent his son instead of going himself.
- Я купи́л чёрный велосипе́д вместо кра́сного. I bought the black bike instead of the red one.
- Он испо́льзует мёд вместо сахара. He uses honey instead of sugar.
- Можно мне получи́ть другу́ю кни́гу вместо э́той? May I have another book in place of this one?
- Разреши́те мне пойти́ вместо него. Let me go in place of him.
- Вместо того́, чтобы пойти́ самому, я посла́л пода́рок. Instead of going myself, I sent a gift.
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