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де

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  • 1.

    allegedly, they say, he says

    Он де ничего не знал.

    He says he knew nothing about it.

    Unstressed particle used informally (and in older literature) to mark someone else's words.

  • 2.

    (rarewhere

    Де ты был так до́лго?

    Where have you been so long?

    Colloquial or dialectal instead of "где".

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