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    help with translation

    Hello!

    How would you say "self-preservation" in Russian? I really appreciate your help.

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    It's "самосохранение" as my dictionary said

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    Can you also help me with pronunciation? Thank you!

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    samasakhranyeniye.

    The last syllable is stressed.
    «И всё, что сейчас происходит внутре — тоже является частью вселенной».

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rtyom
    samasakhranyeniye.

    The last syllable is stressed.
    Are you sure because my dictionary says самосохранение.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rtyom
    samasakhranyeniye.

    The last syllable is stressed.
    No, not the last one, not even penultimate - the third syllable from the end.
    samasakhranyEniye.

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    well since ие On the end of words is almost never (or maybe never) stressed i think rostova meant that the E самосохранение was stressed becaue he assumed you people were smart enough to figure that out.
    Вот это да, я так люблю себя. И сегодня я люблю себя, ещё больше чем вчера, а завтра я буду любить себя to ещё больше чем сегодня. Тем что происходит,я вполне доволен!

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    Sorry, never meant to mislead you... Though I winked at ya! Like this: You finally figured that out, as Dogboy pin-pointed.

    Maybe I was carried away transliterating that, so I began splitting the word in syllables, and the last one when said like that is sure stressed. Agagin, no lie in your dictionary. I'm winking again.
    «И всё, что сейчас происходит внутре — тоже является частью вселенной».

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    I'll quote myself when i said...

    (or maybe never)
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    I was certain that there had to be at least one exception as there almost always is in russian. Though Самоё doesnt end in ие, does it?
    Вот это да, я так люблю себя. И сегодня я люблю себя, ещё больше чем вчера, а завтра я буду любить себя to ещё больше чем сегодня. Тем что происходит,я вполне доволен!

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    Самоё
    I haven't heard this word before. Did you mean СамоЕ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by ReDSanchous
    Самоё
    I haven't heard this word before. Did you mean СамоЕ?
    We have самое and самоё.

    Самоё is the accusative of сам, and is used in the phrase самоё себя. I've never come across of different usage.

    BTW, бытие is the only right variant. No yo is possible.
    «И всё, что сейчас происходит внутре — тоже является частью вселенной».

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    We have самое and самоё.
    Where did you pick this up? I never use самоё. Can you give me several examples of самоё?
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    "Самоё себя" is a favourite phrase of my lecturer of philosophy. For example "На протяжении всей истории цивилизации человек пытался познать самоё себя." I think she feel herself very clever when she says it.

    And in some fairy tales you can see the phrase "житьё-бытьё"

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    Quote Originally Posted by ReDSanchous
    We have самое and самоё.
    Where did you pick this up? I never use самоё. Can you give me several examples of самоё?
    I practically never use this form of the word. You can say самого себя which will be acceptable 100%. The example is well illustrated by Rostova.
    «И всё, что сейчас происходит внутре — тоже является частью вселенной».

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spiderkat
    Are you sure because my dictionary says самосохранение.
    I wonder isn't that word have two stresses because it's a compaund word? Like ",самосохра'нение"?

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