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— Ну, так как же я буду ему писать?

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“Well, then how am I to write to him?

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Ты подумай! Do think!”

The words in this sentence

ну
well!, come on (particle)
так
so, thus
как
how; as, like
же
emphatic/contrastive particle: but, however, indeed
я
I
бу́ду
I will be (1sg fut of быть) — быть
ему́
to him (dat of он/оно) — он
писа́ть
to write

А. П. Чехов, «Лошадиная фамилия», 1885 · sentence 26 of 56

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