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Chameleon


— Это генералова брата, что намеднись приехал.

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— She belongs to the General's brother, the one that arrived the other day.

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— Это не наша, — продолжает Прохор. — She's not ours, — Prokhor continues.

Наш не охотник до борзых. Ours is no lover of borzois.

Брат ихний охоч… Their brother, now, he's partial to them…

The words in this sentence

э́то
this; it is — этот
генера́лова
the general's (gen m sg, possessive adj) — генералов
бра́та
brother (gen/acc sg) — брат
что
what; that (conjunction)
наме́днись
the other day (dial. variant of намедни)
прие́хал
arrived, came (by vehicle) (past m of приехать) — приехать

А. П. Чехов, «Хамелеон», 1884 · sentence 49 of 53

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