вот
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Meanings
- here is, here are, this is, there, there you gopresenting or pointing something out
Usage notes
вот is a very common Russian discourse particle / deictic word. It doesn’t translate 1-to-1; English uses different words depending on function.\n\nIts translation is extremely context-dependent, it is often omitted in natural English translation and closely tied to gesture, intonation, or discourse flow.
Examples
- Ты зна́ешь, как говоря́т: «что посе́ешь, то и пожнёшь». Я посе́ял ветер, а вот и бу́ря.You know the phrase, we reap what we sow. I have sown the wind and this is my storm.
- Вот мы здесь.Here we are.
- Вы вдвоём до́лжны отнести́ де́душке корзи́нку я́блок, - сказа́ла ма́ма. - Ты возьмёшься с одной стороны, ты - с друго́й. Вот так и пойдёте.The two of you need to take the basket of apples over to your grandfather, the mother said. "You will grab it from one side, and you - from the other. And that's how you'll set out."
