often used word (#499)
Translation
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The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
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1.
cause
Also: reason, motive
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Separate translations by commata. New major meaning should get a new line entry.
A good example is ручка which looks like
1. pen, ballpoint
2. handle, knob, grip
3. arm
4. arm rest
Usage Info
Examples
- Для его увольне́ния нет причи́н. There is no reason why he should be dismissed.
- Он не хо́чет разгова́ривать со мной сейчас, и я не зна́ю причи́ны. He doesn't want to talk to me now, and I don't know why.
- Дие́та явля́ется причи́ной более чем миллио́на смерте́й. Diet accounts for more than one million deaths.
- В чём причи́на? What's the reason?
- Я никогда не спо́рил с мое́й ма́чехой, и для э́того не бы́ло причи́н. I never argued with my stepmother, nor she gave me the reasons.
- Он оскорби́л меня без причи́ны. He insulted me without reason.
- У Тома не бы́ло причи́н не доверя́ть Мэри. Tom has no reason not to trust Mary.
- У Тома не бы́ло причи́н серди́ться. Tom had no reason to be angry.
- Что бы́ло причи́ной взры́ва? What was the cause of the explosion?
- В чём и́стинная причи́на э́той траге́дии? What is the real cause of this tragedy?
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Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | причи́на | причи́ны |
| gen. genitive | причи́ны | причи́н |
| dat. dative | причи́не | причи́нам |
| acc. accusative | причи́ну | причи́ны |
| inst. instrumental |
причи́ной причи́ною |
причи́нами |
| prep. prepositional | причи́не | причи́нах |
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Accents: Mark the accent with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки. 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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