Он вспомнил, что за елкой для господ всегда ходил в лес дед и брал с собою внука.
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He remembered that it was always grandfather who went to the forest for the gentlefolk's Christmas tree, and that he took his grandson along with him.
Where it stands
Ванька судорожно вздохнул и опять уставился на окно. Vanka sighed convulsively and stared at the window again.
Веселое было время! What a merry time that was!
И дед крякал, и мороз крякал, а глядя на них, и Ванька крякал. Grandfather grunted, and the frost grunted, and, looking at them, Vanka grunted too.
The words in this sentence
- он
- he
- вспо́мнил
- remembered (past m of вспомнить) — вспомнить
- что
- what; that (conjunction)
- за
- behind, beyond; for (+ acc/instr)
- ёлкой
- with the fir tree (inst sg) — ёлка
- для
- for, for the sake of (+ gen)
- госпо́д
- gentlemen, masters (gen/acc pl) — господин
- всегда́
- always
- ходи́л
- he walked/went (past m of ходить) — ходить
- в
- in, into
- лес
- forest, wood
- дед
- grandfather
- и
- and; also, even
- брал
- took (past m of брать) — брать
- с
- with (+instr); from, off (+gen)
- собо́ю
- oneself (instr, archaic ending) — себя
- вну́ка
- grandson (gen/acc sg) — внук
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