Daily used word (top 100)
Translation
- 1.
about
Example: О чём э́тот фильм? - What's this movie about?
Info: о + object in prepositional case
- 2.
of
Example: Он продолжа́ет ду́мать о ней. - He keeps thinking of her.
Info: о + object in prepositional case
- 3.
on
Example: Kни́га об исто́рии И́ндии. - Book on Indian history.
Info: о + object in prepositive case
- 4.
against
Also: over
Example: Она уда́рилась руко́й о дверь. - She hit the hand against the door.
Info: о + object in accusative case
Usage info
о is written as об before а, э, и, о, у О + accusative denotes the object of collision, friction, pressure etc.: has the meaning "against", "over"
Expressions
- о чёмabout
- О́ не-е-ет!Oh nooo!
Examples
- Я интересу́юсь информа́цией о ваших но́вых компью́терах.I'd like some information about your new computers.
- Кто рассказа́л тебе о её сме́рти?Who broke the news of her death to you?
- Он взял за правило никогда не говори́ть дурно о други́х.He makes it a rule never to speak ill of others.
- Я никогда раньше не слы́шал о Львове.I had never heard about Lviv before.
- О чём ты?What're you talking about?
- Я хочу́ тебя кое о чём попроси́ть.There's something I want to ask you.
- Лю́ди рыда́ли после известия о его сме́рти.People were weeping at the news of his death.
- Его мать волну́ется о нём.His mother is worried about him.
- О, здесь ба́бочка!Oh, there's a butterfly!
- Он часто говори́л о лю́дях, среди кото́рых жил, пока был в Африке.He would often talk about the people he had lived among while he was in Africa.
Contributions
- vern.martin.2 edited translation 7 months ago.
- quincy.j.coleman edited translation 1 year ago.
- drvuquangson edited translation and usage info 1 year ago.
- drvuquangson edited usage info 1 year ago.