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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).
very often used word (#104)
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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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why
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- Бог зна́ет почему. God knows why.
- Почему ты пришел раньше? Why did you come early?
- Я не зна́ю, почему он опозда́л. I don't know why he was late.
- Почему лю́ди иду́т в кино́? Why do people go to the cinema?
- Почему ты не возьмёшь выходно́й? Why don't you take the day off?
- Почему бесполе́зен маши́нный перево́д? Why is machine translation useless?
- Спасибо за то, что наконец объясни́ли, почему лю́ди принима́ют меня за идио́та. Thanks for having explained to me at last why people take me for an idiot.
- Почему Вы не пришли́? Why didn't you come?
- Почему она ушла́ в спе́шке? Why did she go out in a hurry?
- Почему он жил в Соединённых шта́тах? Why did he live in the United States?
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