Thread: A hidden word

Thank you. I couldn't add a file since I get only wav files. I think a have got the words.

"Мы прожили там не дождаясь три года. We lived there three years without hoping so".
It fits with the meaning and what I can hear. Thank you.

Originally Posted by radomir

"Мы прожили там не дождаясь три года."

No-no. Wait. "не дождаясь" is not a Russian word. "не дожидаясь" (without waiting) does exist.

However, even if you put "не дожидаясь", the sentence still does not make any sense to me: "Мы прожили там, не дожидаясь, три года". Because "дожидаясь" requires an object: "to wait for WHAT?".

I'm afraid it's something different there than what you think...