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    женщина: Russian Word of the Day

    Add your own examples, comments, translations, pictures!
    Добавляйте свои примеры, переводы, замечания и фотки.

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    Meaning: woman, female life partner

    Pronunciation: [ZHEHN-schee-nah]

    Part of speech: noun (feminine noun)

    Examples:

    Женщина смотрит в зеркало.
    A woman is looking in the mirror.

    На скамейке сидели мужчина и женщина.
    There were a man and a woman sitting on the bench.

    В его жизни было две женщины.
    There were two women in his life. (meaning "significant other")

    В своем романе Лев Толстой описывает, как маленькая шаловливая девочка становится настоящей женщиной, матерью и любящей женой.
    In his novel, Leo Tolstoy describes how a playful little girl becomes a real woman, a mother and a loving wife.

    В кресле сиде́ла молода́я и о́чень привлека́тельная же́нщина.
    There was a young and very attractive woman sitting in the chair.

    Сколько в вашей жизни было женщин или мужчин?
    How many women or men have you had in your life? (referring to intimacy)
    ~ Мастерадминов Мастерадмин Мастерадминович ~

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    Re: женщина: Russian Word of the Day

    Quote Originally Posted by MasterAdmin
    В своем романе Лев Толстой описывает, как маленькая шаловливая девочка становится настоящей женщиной, матерью и любящей женой.
    In Russian, all nationalities and their corresponding languages start with a lower-case letter.

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    Re: женщина: Russian Word of the Day

    significant other
    English as a Second Language by Jeff McQuillan and Lucy Tse.

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    Re: женщина: Russian Word of the Day

    Fixed, but I'd really want to see more examples for future daily words. This one is fine because it's very simple.
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    Re: женщина: Russian Word of the Day

    Cool... This one I knew, but only in its basic meaning.
    Master Admin, I like the way you set this up word of the day on the main site..
    I subscribe to the RSS feed ....

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