Re: Russian 'zhe' (the word)

If, as I infer, "zhe" is an intensifier, I would render it in English
via expletives.

"What the Hell are you doing?  I just f*cking fixed that f*cking thing!"

On 5/5/06, veritosproject@gmail.com <veritosproject@...> wrote:
> 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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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>

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