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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).
very rarely used word (#32324)
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once
Also: formerly
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- Когда-то я мечта́л завести́ аква́риум. Formerly, I had a dream of keeping fish.
- Когда-то на Земле́ цари́ли диноза́вры. Dinosaurs once ruled the earth.
- Когда-то мы все до́лжны умере́ть. One day, we'll all have to die.
- Лю́ди когда-то ве́рили, что Земля́ пло́ская. People once believed the world was flat.
- Всякая проститу́тка когда-то была́ де́вственницей. Every Harlot was a Virgin once.
- Когда-то в Америке бы́ло много рабо́в. At one time there were many slaves in America.
- Ка́ждый сери́йный уби́йца когда-то был чьим-то ребёнком. Every serial killer was somebody's baby once.
- Скайп когда-то был безопа́сным. Он был полностью зашифрован. Потом его продали США. Сего́дня он больше не надёжен. Skype used to be secure. It used to be end-to-end encrypted. Then it was sold to the United States. Today, it no longer is secure.
- Когда-то жила одна ста́рая же́нщина на ма́леньком о́строве. Once there lived an old woman on a small island.
- Моя́ мать когда-то была́ чемпио́нкой по пла́ванию. My mother was once a champion swimmer.
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