Thread: поэма Пушкина

iCake я знаю все слова и еще не могу понять значение.
The problem I think is that I don't understand the role of "тот" in this sentence and also because my dictionary says: презирать = despise (= underestimates).

Originally Posted by Antonio1986

iCake я знаю все слова и еще не могу понять значение.
The problem I think is that I don't understand the role of "тот" in this sentence and also because my dictionary says: презирать = despise (= underestimates).

I've just written what it means, haven't I?

As for the word тот, it's just a determiner there, in other words it's a demonstrative pronoun.

despise doesn't mean to underestimate, so doesn't the Russian word презирать.

презирать (despise) - to have strong hatred to someone or something or to dislike something very much