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Fat and Thin


Это вот моя жена, Луиза, урождённая Ванценбах… лютеранка…

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This here is my wife, Luiza, née Wanzenbach… a Lutheran…

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Женат? Married?

Я уже женат, как видишь… I'm married already, as you can see…

А это сын мой, Нафанаил, ученик III класса. And this is my son, Nafanail, a pupil in the third form.

Это, Нафаня, друг моего детства! This, Nafanya, is the friend of my childhood!

The words in this sentence

э́то
this; it is — этот
вот
here (is), there
моя́
my (f nom sg of мой) — мой
жена́
wife (nom sg)
Луи́за
Luiza, Louise (name)
урождённая
née (fem) — урождённый
ва́нценбах
Wanzenbach (name)
лютера́нка
Lutheran woman

А. П. Чехов, «Толстый и тонкий», 1883 · sentence 10 of 33

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