вот
Daily used word (top 100)
here is, here are, this is, there, there you go
presenting or pointing something out
Example:Вот мои ключи.
Here are my keys.
Info: вот is a very common Russian discourse particle / deictic word. It doesn’t translate 1-to-1; English uses different words depending on function. Its translation is extremely context-dependent, it is often omitted in natural English translation and closely tied to gesture, intonation, or discourse flow.
Fixed expressions
like this
Examples
- Вот так лю́ди избавля́ются от вещей, кото́рые им больше не нужны́.This is how people get rid of things they no longer need.
- И вот тогда меня посети́ла хоро́шая иде́я.A good idea occurred to me just then.
- Э́то не нож. Вот Э́ТО - э́то нож.That's not a knife. THIS is a knife.
- Да, а вот фотогра́фия фе́рмы, на кото́рой мы дои́ли коро́в.Yes, and here's a photo of the farm where we milked the cows.
- А вот и авто́бус!Here comes the bus!
- Вот откуда я её зна́ю.That's how I got to know her.
- Вот мой ключ.Here is my key.
- Почему? Потому что его семье́ нужны́ бы́ли де́ньги, вот почему.Why? Because his family needed the money, that's why.
- Вот э́то настро́й.That's the spirit.
- Вот уже десять лет, как я уе́хал из Япо́нии.It has been ten years since I left Japan.
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