Thursday, February 9, 2023

Russian Word For Today (2/9)


This is a short one (after a long sentence yesterday, Gogol gifted me a two word beauty today (worth searching for the context,* but I won't bore you with it here...). This word is a wonderful onomatopoeia

Он содрогнулся. (Ohn sadragNOOLsia)

He shuddered.

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* If you go to the link, scroll down to the middle of p. 256. Know, however, that there is a long em (or double em?) dash before the word "He" in the Russian, as though time has stopped for Piskarev and this shudder is a reaction to time starting again.

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