Re: Russian 'zhe' (the word)

No, but: "Moja mat--nje korova!"

On 5/5/06, Sai Emrys <sai@...> wrote:
> Ex (pardon my bad transliteration - I'm a native speaker but only semiliterate):
>
> (seeing someone about to break something you just fixed)
> "Shto'zhe tj dyeljaesh? Ya'zhe tolko'zhe pod'chinil'zhe eto'!"
> vs. same with all the 'zhe-s dropped.
>
> It seems you can insert it damn near anywhere, with not much limit on
> the number; if there are a *lot* it starts to sound kinda whiny
> though.
>
> 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).
>
> Any help?
>
>  - Sai
>

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