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The Malefactor


Нас три брата: Кузьма Григорьев, стало быть, Егор Григорьев и я, Денис Григорьев…

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There are three of us brothers: Kuzma Grigoryev, that is, then Yegor Grigoryev, and myself, Denis Grigoryev…

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— бормочет Денис. — mutters Denis.

— А что староста набрехал в учёте, это я хоть под присягой… — But that the elder lied about the accounts, that I'll swear to on oath…

The words in this sentence

нас
us (gen/acc/prep of мы) — мы
три
three
бра́та
brother (gen/acc sg) — брат
Кузьма́
Kuzma (name)
Григо́рьев
Grigoryev (surname/patronymic) (name)
ста́ло
so, it follows (in стало быть) — стать
быть
to be
Его́р
Yegor (name)
и
and; also, even
я
I
Дени́с
Denis (name)

А. П. Чехов, «Злоумышленник», 1885 · sentence 69 of 73

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