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- Verb знать
- Noun знать
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1.
know
Also: be aware, be acquainted, have a knowledge, aristocracy, nobility, the elite, evidently, it seems
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1. pen, ballpoint
2. handle, knob, grip
3. arm
4. arm rest
Usage Info
Examples
- Я зна́ю, что он уме́ет рисова́ть. I know that he can draw.
- Я не зна́ю, откуда тако́й слух. I don't know the origin of the rumor.
- Один из мои́х друзе́й зна́ет тебя. One of my friends knows you.
- Я обнару́жил на столе́ запи́ску, но не зна́ю, от кого она. I found a note on the table, but I don't know who it's from.
- О нём я не зна́ю ничего, кроме и́мени. I don't know anything about him, other than his name.
- Я зна́ю её а́дрес. I know her address.
- Я всё зна́ю. I know everything.
- Я не зна́ю, когда Боб прие́хал в Япо́нию. I don't know when Bob came to Japan.
- Если вы не зна́ли меня с э́той стороны, то вы вообще меня не зна́ли. If you didn't know me that way then you simply didn't know me.
- Ты не зна́ешь, где мои́ часы? Do you know where my watch is?
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Imperative
| singular | зна́й |
|---|---|
| plural | зна́йте |
Accents: Mark the accent with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки. 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).
Past
| male | зна́л |
|---|---|
| female | зна́ла |
| neuter | зна́ло |
| plural | зна́ли |
Accents: Mark the accent with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки. 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).
Present / Future
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | зна́ю | бу́ду знать |
| ты | зна́ешь | бу́дешь знать |
| он/она́/оно́ | зна́ет | бу́дет знать |
| мы | зна́ем | бу́дем знать |
| вы | зна́ете | бу́дете знать |
| они́ | зна́ют | бу́дут знать |
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1.
nobility
Also: noble people
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Editing translations: Please do not include annotations (e.g. "medicine" or "colloquially") or hints of usage (e.g. "[Acc.]").
Separate translations by commata. New major meaning should get a new line entry.
A good example is ручка which looks like
1. pen, ballpoint
2. handle, knob, grip
3. arm
4. arm rest
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Declension
| singular | plural | |
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| nom. nominative | зна́ть | - |
| gen. genitive | зна́ти | - |
| dat. dative | зна́ти | - |
| acc. accusative | зна́ть | - |
| inst. instrumental | зна́тью | - |
| prep. prepositional | зна́ти | - |
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