Re: Russian 'zhe' (the word)

Sai wrote:
<<
But I can't think of any way at all to convey the diff in a
translation - or for that matter even to explain what "zhe" *means*
(let alone a translation of it).
 >>

If I remember rightly from Russian class, /Ze/ is an emphatic
particle.  Works like "did" in a sentence like:

English: I *did* write it!
Russian: ja *Ze* nOpisal_j eto!

But also works to just intensify statements, so you could say,
"Leave me alone!", and then add a /Ze/ for emphasis.

That was my impression.

-David
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