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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).
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The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
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refuse
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Examples
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- Том хоте́л пригласи́ть её на та́нец, но боя́лся, что она отка́жет. Tom wanted to ask her to dance but was afraid that she would say no.
- Я не могла́ отказа́ть. I could not refuse.
- Мы сохраня́ем за собой пра́во отказа́ть в обслу́живании любо́му. We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone.
- А что, если он отка́жет? But what if he says no?
- Ка́ждый ве́чер после ска́зки на ночь Мэри проси́ла колыбе́льную, и ма́ма, конечно же, не могла́ ей в э́том отказа́ть. Every evening after bedtime stories Mary asked for a lullaby and Mama of course, could not deny her.
- Води́тель говори́т, что у нас тормоза отказа́ли! The driver says that we don't have any brakes!
- Когда Sony верну́лась, предложив два миллиа́рда, CBS не смогла́ отказа́ть. When Sony came back with a 2 billion bid, CBS could not refuse.
- Когда я попроси́л его одолжи́ть мне де́нег, он отказа́л. When I asked him to lend me some money, he turned down my request.
- Он попроси́л её вы́йти за него, но она отказа́ла. He asked her to marry him, but she refused.
- Тормоза отказа́ли. The brakes didn't work.
Imperative
| singular | откажи́ |
|---|---|
| plural | откажи́те |
Past
| male | отказа́л |
|---|---|
| female | отказа́ла |
| neuter | отказа́ло |
| plural | отказа́ли |
Present / Future
Note: Stress change
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | - | откажу́ |
| ты | - | отка́жешь |
| он/она́/оно́ | - | отка́жет |
| мы | - | отка́жем |
| вы | - | отка́жете |
| они́ | - | отка́жут |
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