Помню, фамилия лошадиная, а какая — из головы вышибло…
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I remember the surname is a horsey one, but which — it’s been knocked clean out of my head…”
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Жеребцов нешто? Zherebtsov [stallion], perhaps?
Нет, и не Жеребцов. No, not Zherebtsov either.
The words in this sentence
- по́мню
- I remember (1sg of помнить) — помнить
- фами́лия
- surname, family name (nom)
- лошади́ная
- horse's, equine (f adj) — лошадиный
- а
- and, but (conjunction)
- кака́я
- what, which (nom sg f) — какой
- из
- from, out of (+ gen)
- головы́
- head (gen sg); also nom pl го́ловы — голова
- вы́шибло
- it knocked out (past n, impersonal) — вышибить
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