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The Malefactor


— Я её не отвинчивал, её мне Игнашка, Семёна кривого сын, дал.

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— I never unscrewed that one; Ignashka gave it me, the son of Semyon the one-eyed.

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Это я про ту, что под сундучком, а ту, что на дворе в санях, мы вместе с Митрофаном вывинтили. That's the one under the trunk I'm speaking of; but the one out in the yard, in the sledge, that one Mitrofan and I unscrewed together.

The words in this sentence

я
I
её
it (of a feminine noun) (pron.) — она
не
not
отви́нчивал
he was unscrewing (past m) — отвинчивать
мне
to me (dat/prep of я) — я
Игна́шка
Ignashka (name, dim.)
семена́
seeds — семя
криво́го
one-eyed (adj.) — кривой
сын
son (nom)
дал
gave (past m of дать) — дать

А. П. Чехов, «Злоумышленник», 1885 · sentence 48 of 73

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