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Кланяюсь тебе в ножки и буду вечно бога молить, увези меня отсюда, а то помру…»

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I bow down at your feet and will pray to God for you for ever, carry me away from here, or else I shall die…”

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А спать мне велят в сенях, а когда ребятенок ихний плачет, я вовсе не сплю, а качаю люльку. And they make me sleep in the passage, and when their baby cries I don't sleep at all, but rock the cradle.

Милый дедушка, сделай божецкую милость, возьми меня отсюда домой, на деревню, нету никакой моей возможности… Dear grandfather, do me the godly kindness, take me away from here, home to the village, there is no bearing it any longer…

The words in this sentence

кла́няюсь
I bow, I send my regards (1sg) — кланяться
тебе́
to you (dat/prep, informal) — ты
в
in, into
но́жки
little feet (acc pl, dimin.; кланяюсь в ножки = I bow low) — ножка
и
and; also, even
бу́ду
I will be (1sg fut of быть) — быть
ве́чно
eternally, always
бо́га
God (gen/acc of бог) — бог
моли́ть
to pray to, beseech
увези́
take me away, carry off (imper sg) — увезти
меня́
me (gen/acc of я) — я
отсю́да
from here
а
and, but (conjunction)
то
or else, otherwise (in а то) (conj.)
помру́
I'll die (1sg of помереть, colloq.) — помереть

А. П. Чехов, «Ванька», 1886 · sentence 30 of 68

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