к
Daily used word (top 100)
- 1.
towards
к + location in dative case
Example:Мы ме́дленно дви́жемся к теа́тру.
We are slowly moving towards the theatre.
- 2.
to
к + person in dative case
Example:На выходны́х мы е́дем к ба́бушке.
On the weekend we are going to our grandmother's.
- 3.
by (time)
к + dat.
Example:к ноябрю́
by November
- 4.
for the purpose of
к + dat.
Example:К опла́те
for payment
Info: к до́му - towards the house ко мне - towards me идти к + Dative = go to someone's place (i) To relate a part, component or supplement to the whole: (ii) With nouns that denote emotional reaction to an event or impression:
Fixed expressions
unfortunately
close to heart
by the way
Examples
- Прислоните ле́стницу к стене.Place the ladder against the wall.
- Пра́ктика — путь к соверше́нству.Practice makes perfect.
- Она всегда к нему придира́ется.She always picks fault with him.
- Бы́вшие поп-звёзды к соро́ка годам стано́вятся обы́чными ста́рыми же́нщинами.Former pop stars are just plain old women by the time they're 40.
- Но, опять же, латы́нь к тому вре́мени уже была́ «мёртвым» языко́м.But, then again, Latin was already a "dead language" by that time.
- Он пристрасти́лся к старбаксовскому ко́фе.He's addicted to Starbucks coffee.
- К моме́нту отста́вки мой оте́ц прорабо́тает почти тридцать лет.By the time he retires, my father will have worked for almost thirty years.
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drvuquangson edited translation 2 months ago.
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