пра́дед

Examples

• Он лю́бит рассма́тривать семе́йные фотогра́фии своего́ пра́деда.

  He likes looking at family photographs of his great-grandfather.

• В нашей семье есть предание о прадеде

  Our family has a story about our great-grandfather that has been passed down through the generations.

• Мой прадед служил столоначальником в губернской канцелярии.

  My great-grandfather served as a government official in the provincial administration.

• Мой прадед, крестьянствовавший до старости, умер в родной деревне.

  My great-grandfather, who had lived as a peasant into old age, died in his native village.

• Мой прадед ямщичничал в этих краях.

  My great-grandfather worked as a coachman in these parts.

• Моего́ отца́, де́да, пра́деда и прапра́деда зва́ли так же, как и меня.

  My father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather all had the same name as I have.

• Мой прадед был унтером в царской армии.

  My great-grandfather was a noncommissioned officer in the tsarist army.

• Мой прадед был известным заводчиком на Урале.

  My great-grandfather was a well-known factory owner in the Urals.

• Мой прадед был смолокуром в северной деревне.

  My great-grandfather was a tar extractor in a northern village.

• Мой дед у́мер раньше пра́деда.

  My grandfather predeceased my great-grandfather.