{"id":13836,"date":"2017-04-06T10:21:41","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T10:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/blog\/?p=13836"},"modified":"2017-04-06T10:21:41","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T10:21:41","slug":"just-simply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=13836","title":{"rendered":"Just simply"},"content":{"rendered":"

A useful Russian word I learnt this week is \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043e<\/strong> [\u02c8pr\u0254st\u0259], which means easily, simply or just.<\/p>\n

Here are some examples of how it is used:<\/p>\n

– \u041d\u0430\u043c \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043e \u043d\u0430\u0434\u043e \u0432\u044b\u0435\u0437\u0436\u0430\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0435\u043c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0440\u0430\u043d\u044c\u0448\u0435 \u043e\u0431\u044b\u0447\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e.
\n= We just have to leave, you know, a little earlier than usual.<\/em><\/p>\n

– \u044f \u0437\u0430\u0448\u0451\u043b \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0434\u0430\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f = I just popped in to see you<\/em><\/p>\n

– \u0423\u0436 \u0441\u043b\u0438\u0448\u043a\u043e\u043c \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043e \u0437\u0430\u043f\u0438\u0445\u0430\u0442\u044c \u043c\u0430\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0441 \u0441\u0437\u0430\u0434\u0438.
\n= It’s way too easy to fit a mattress in the back.<\/em><\/p>\n

– \u0432\u0441\u0451 \u044d\u0442\u043e \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043e \u043d\u0435\u0434\u043e\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0443\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 = all this is simply a misunderstanding<\/em><\/p>\n

– \u041c\u044b \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043e \u0441\u043e\u0431\u0438\u0440\u0430\u0435\u043c\u0441\u044f \u0432\u044b\u043f\u0438\u0442\u044c = We’re just going in for a drink<\/em><\/p>\n

– \u041c\u043d\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043e \u043d\u0435 \u0445\u043e\u0447\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0440\u044f\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u043a\u0435\u043c-\u0442\u043e \u0434\u0440\u0443\u0433\u0438\u043c.
\n= I just wish I didn’t have to pretend like I was someone else.<\/em><\/p>\n

– \u041c\u043d\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043e \u043d\u0443\u0436\u043d\u043e \u0432\u043a\u043b\u044e\u0447\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0438 \u043c\u043e\u0437\u0433\u0438.
\n= I just need a minute to get my head in gear.<\/em><\/p>\n

Just, a very useful little word, can also be translated as \u0442\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e<\/strong> [\u02c8t\u0254l\u02b2k\u0259], for example:<\/p>\n

– \u0422\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u0432\u0441\u0435 \u044d\u0442\u043e \u0442\u0430\u043a \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0436\u043d\u043e = It’s just all so complicated
\n– \u041e\u043d\u0438 \u0442\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u0447\u0442\u043e \u0437\u0430\u0431\u0440\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0438\u0445 = They just took them
\n– \u041e\u043d \u0442\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u0447\u0442\u043e \u0443\u0448\u0451\u043b = He’s just left
\n– \u0422\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u043d\u0435 \u0441\u0435\u0439\u0447\u0430\u0441 = Not just now<\/p>\n

In other contexts there are other ways to translate just:<\/p>\n

– \u041a\u0430\u043a \u044f \u0438 \u043e\u0436\u0438\u0434\u0430\u043b = Just as I expected
\n– \u042d\u0442\u043e \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0440\u0430\u0437 \u0442\u043e, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u043d\u0430\u0434\u043e = It’s just right
\n– \u0420\u043e\u0432\u043d\u043e \u0434\u0432\u0430 \u0447\u0430\u0441\u0430 = Just two o’clock
\n– \u042f \u0443\u0436\u0435 \u0441\u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u043b\u0441\u044f \u043f\u043e\u0437\u0432\u043e\u043d\u0438\u0442\u044c = I was just about to phone
\n– \u041e\u043d\u0430 \u0441\u0442\u043e\u043b\u044c \u0436\u0435 \u0443\u043c\u043d\u0430, \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0438 \u0442\u044b = She’s just as clever as you
\n– \u041a\u0430\u043a \u0440\u0430\u0437 \u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u043e\u043d \u0441\u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u043b\u0441\u044f \u0443\u0445\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0442\u044c = Just as he was leaving
\n– \u041f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0434 \u0441\u0430\u043c\u044b\u043c \u0420\u043e\u0436\u0434\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e\u043c = just before Christmas<\/p>\n

Sources: Reverso<\/a> and Reverso Context<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A useful Russian word I learnt this week is \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043e [\u02c8pr\u0254st\u0259], which means easily, simply or just. Here are some examples of how it is used: – \u041d\u0430\u043c \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043e \u043d\u0430\u0434\u043e \u0432\u044b\u0435\u0437\u0436\u0430\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0435\u043c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0440\u0430\u043d\u044c\u0448\u0435 \u043e\u0431\u044b\u0447\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e. = We just have to leave, you know, a little earlier than usual. – \u044f \u0437\u0430\u0448\u0451\u043b \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0434\u0430\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f = I just […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104,10,52,78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-language","category-russian","category-words-and-phrases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13836\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}