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The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
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tell a difference
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- Ма́льчик не мо́жет отличи́ть ла́сточку от воробья́. The boy can't tell a swallow from a sparrow.
- Я не могу́ отличи́ть жа́бу от лягу́шки. I can't tell a frog from a toad.
- Иногда реа́льность трудно отличи́ть от вы́мысла. Sometimes reality and fantasy are hard to distinguish.
- Ты мо́жешь отличи́ть Джейн от её сестры-близняшки? Can you tell Jane and her twin sister apart?
- Он не мо́жет отличи́ть порок от доброде́тели. He can't distinguish vice from virtue.
- Ты мо́жешь отличи́ть кита́йца от япо́нца? Can you tell a Chinese person from Japanese?
- Вы мо́жете отличи́ть кита́йца от япо́нца? Can you tell a Chinese person from Japanese?
- Мо́жете ли вы отличи́ть серебро́ от о́лова? Can you distinguish silver from tin?
- Я не могу́ отличи́ть Тома от его мла́дшего бра́та. I can't tell Tom and his younger brother apart.
- Мо́жете ли вы отличи́ть его от бра́та? Can you tell him from his brother?
Imperative
| singular | отличи́ |
|---|---|
| plural | отличи́те |
Past
| male | отличи́л |
|---|---|
| female | отличи́ла |
| neuter | отличи́ло |
| plural | отличи́ли |
Present / Future
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | - | отличу́ |
| ты | - | отличи́шь |
| он/она́/оно́ | - | отличи́т |
| мы | - | отличи́м |
| вы | - | отличи́те |
| они́ | - | отлича́т |
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