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Vanka


Милый дедушка, а когда у господ будет елка с гостинцами, возьми мне золоченный орех и в зеленый сундучок спрячь.

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Dear grandfather, and when the gentlefolk have their Christmas tree with presents on it, get me a gilded walnut and hide it in the little green chest.

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Попроси у барышни Ольги Игнатьевны, скажи, для Ваньки». Ask the young mistress Olga Ignatyevna for it, say it is for Vanka.”

The words in this sentence

ми́лый
dear, sweet, nice (nom m sg)
де́душка
grandfather, grandpa (nom sg)
а
and, but (conjunction)
когда́
when
у
at, by; belonging to
госпо́д
gentlemen, masters (gen/acc pl) — господин
бу́дет
will be (3sg of быть) — быть
ёлка
fir tree, Christmas tree — ёлка
с
with (+instr); from, off (+gen)
гости́нцами
with presents, treats (instr pl) — гостинец
возьми́
take (imper of взять) — взять
мне
to me (dat/prep of я) — я
золочённый
gilded (m sg participle) — золочёный
оре́х
nut (acc sg)
и
and; also, even
в
in, into
зелёный
green (nom sg m, = зелёный)
сундучо́к
little trunk, small chest
спрячь
hide it (imper sg of спрятать) — спрятать

А. П. Чехов, «Ванька», 1886 · sentence 41 of 68

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