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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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originally
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- Первоначально э́та у́лица называ́лась Парк-Стрит. This street was originally named Park Street.
- Первоначально K, равно как W и Y, не была́ ча́стью португа́льского алфави́та. K was originally not included in the Portuguese alphabet; neither were "W" and "Y".
- Сто́имость строи́тельства но́вого го́спиталя была́ значительно выше, чем планировалось первоначально. The cost of building the new hospital was considerably higher than first estimated.
- Мне удиви́тельно, что в славя́нских языка́х сло́во «сла́дкий» первоначально зна́чило «солёный»! I find it amazing that in the Slavic languages the word “sweet” originally meant “salty”!
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