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Daily used word (top 100)
- 1.
about
о + object in prepositional case
Example:О чём э́тот фильм?
What's this movie about?
- 2.
of
о + object in prepositional case
Example:Он продолжа́ет ду́мать о ней.
He keeps thinking of her.
- 3.
on
о + object in prepositive case
Example:Kни́га об исто́рии И́ндии.
Book on Indian history.
- 4.
against, over
о + object in accusative case
Example:Она уда́рилась руко́й о дверь.
She hit the hand against the door.
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"
Fixed expressions
about
Oh nooo!
Examples
- Не беспоко́йся о про́шлом.Don't worry about the past.
- 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.
- Ле́ктор расска́зывал о пробле́мах загрязне́ния.The lecturer spoke on pollution problems.
- У меня спроси́ли моё ли́чное мне́ние о де́ле.I was asked for my personal opinion about the matter.
- О нём я не зна́ю ничего, кроме и́мени.I don't know anything about him, other than his name.
- Э́та карти́на напомина́ет мне о мое́й семье́.The picture reminds me of my family.
- Лю́ди рыда́ли после известия о его сме́рти.People were weeping at the news of his death.
- Кто рассказа́л тебе о её сме́рти?Who broke the news of her death to you?
- Я часто ду́маю о свое́й поко́йной матери.I often think about my deceased mother.
- Он рассказа́л о происше́ствии так, будто ви́дел его свои́ми со́бственными глаза́ми.He told me about the accident as if he had seen it with his own eyes.
Contributions
vern.martin.2 edited translation 2 years ago.
quincy.j.coleman edited translation 2 years ago.
drvuquangson edited translation and usage info 2 years ago.
